Glacier Travel & Rescue Course with Summit Climb
An excellent mountaineering course
for learning the techniques
needed to safely climb glaciated terrain.
A must for all climbers
wanting to climb the snow capped peaks of the
Pacific Northwest, Mt. Mckinley, South America or the Himalayas. We take you from the beginning with a review and/or introduction
to the basic tools of ice ax and crampon techniques to rope team travel
and crevasse rescue skills. You put your skills to the test on a climb
of Mt. Shasta via a glaciated Northside route. Taught on the Hotlum glacier
of Mt. Shasta's Northside.
Instruction includes: basic to advanced crampon
and ice axe skills, glacier team travel, individual and team self arrest,
crevasse self-rescue, z and c pulley rescues systems, snow & ice anchors, glacial navigation, and ice climbing techniques. Culminating with an alpine style summit attempt via
a glaciated Northside route.
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Climbing High on the Second Ice Fall, Hotlum Glacier, Mt. Shasta, CA. |
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Crevasse Rescue Practice |
Serac Ice Climbing Practice |
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Dates 2012:
OPEN: all 8 spaces available
CONFIRMED: Confirmed departure # Spaces available
Note: Minimum 2 to confirm course.
June 6-10- Confirmed departure
2 Spot available
June 16-20 -Confirmed departure
4 Spots available
June 30 - July 4th -OPEN
(4th of July)
July 18-22-OPEN
August 8-12-OPEN
August 20-24-OPEN
September 1-5 - OPEN
September 12-16 - OPEN
October 1-5 -OPEN
Duration: 5 days
Departure City: Mt. Shasta, CA.
Closest Airport: Redding, CA. / Medford, Oregon
Recommended Airport: Sacramento, California.
or Reno, Nevada
Group Size: Limited to 8 clients
Guide to client ratio: 1:4
Cost: $895.00
Shasta Summit fee included
Experience Level: Hiking
and Backpacking experience / Good to excellent physical condition required.
Additional dates maybe available by arrangement
with 3 or more.
Mt. Shasta
Ice & Snow Expedition Course Outline
Ice & Snow
Expedition Equipment list
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Glacier safety
and Rescue Course
A condensed 3 day version of our 5 day Ice and Snow Course (listed above) with emphasis on the glacier skills needed to climb the Northwest Volcanoes
such as Mt. Rainier, Mt. Hood or Mt. Jefferson. From our base camp we will venture to the ice falls
and seracs of the lower Hotlum Glacier where we will spend two days
teaching roped team travel, team self arrest, crampon technique, technical
ice climbing (front pointing); use and placement of anchors in snow
and ice (pickets, bollards, flukes, ice screws), crevasse self-rescue,
crevasse rescue systems ( 'C' and 'Z' pulley systems), ascending fixed
lines, and glacier route finding. No summit attempt is schedule for this course, just not enough time! Have three days and need the practical training in glacier skills give us a call!
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Whitney Glacier Upper Ice Fall |
First Ice Fall, Hotlum Glacier |
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Dates 2012:
OPEN: all 8 spaces available
CONFIRMED: Confirmed departure # Spaces available
Note: Minimum 2 to confirm course.
May 18-20-OPEN
May 26-28-OPEN
(Memorial Day)
June 8-10-OPEN
June 22-24-OPEN
July 1-3 -OPEN
(4th of July)
July 20-22 -OPEN
August 10-12-OPEN
August 24-26-OPEN
September 1-3-OPEN
(Labor Day)
September 21-23 - OPEN
October 5-7-OPEN
Duration: 3 days
Departure City: Mt. Shasta, CA.
Group Size: Limited to 8 clients
Guide to client ratio: 1:4
Experience Level: Hiking
and Backpacking experience and Good physical condition required, basic
rock or rope skills recommended
Cost: $595.00
Additional dates maybe available by arrangement
with 3 or more.
Mt. Shasta Glacier Travel Course Outline
Glacier Travel Equipment list
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