Backcountry Education

Up your backcountry game with some backcountry education. Our team of professional ACMG guides will help you get your skills dialed for your next adventure. Whether you are considering venturing into the backcountry for the first time or a seasoned backcountry enthusiast, we have a course for you. We take a client-centric approach to learning.

We offer small group sizes taught by professional ACMG Guides committed to teaching the skills required to be safe and have a blast while elevating your backcountry adventures.

Crevasse Rescue and Glacier Travel

Want to spend more time on glaciers and how to do it safely? Learn from an experienced ACMG guide how to rescue your friends in the event of a crevasse fall. We’ll spend one day covering rescue systems, rope management, ascension and rigging and one day in the field travelling on a glacier.

Location: Revelstoke

Price: $300+GST

Max six participants

Dates:

Dec 3,4, 2021

Navigation

How to get to the goods

This course focuses on streamlining your approach to modern navigation- From Gaia, to Caltopo, to Google Earth, to mobile apps and dovetailing it with map and compass skills. There is an abundance of navigational resources out there, the key is knowing how and where to apply them. In this course, you’ll learn to build digital route plans, create your own maps and understand how the various products integrate. We’ll get your pre-trip planning dialed so you have more time to explore the backcountry!

Course Format

Two 1.5 hr Google Meetings

One Field Day

Max six students

Dates

November 9,12 2021 Google Meeting Evening

November 13, 2021 Field Day

Price

$250+ GST

Skin Track Management

How to put in a great skin track

We will spend two days in the backcountry learning and practicing how to put in safe and efficient skin tracks.

Course Focal Points

How to set a constant grade
How to work with terrain
How to maximize your efficiency
When and how to kick turn
When to bootpack
White out navigation
How to manage hard and slippery snow

Course Dates and Price

December 10,11, 2021

$350 + GST
Max 4:1 ratio

Prerequisites

AST 2, or equivalent skills and experience.
Strong ski/snowboard skills
Experience in complex terrain.
Good fitness for deep trail breaking.

Intro to Ski / Splitboard Mountaineering

Skills to take you higher.

This is a three day program designed for folks who are ready to take their skiing to the next level. We will spend two days learning the skills needed to access, and enter lines you’ve dreamt about riding. This will include the rope and gear management skills needed to build safe anchors, rappel, belay your partners and more. This course will have a 3:1 student to guide ratio.

WHAT TO BRING

Backcountry ski or snowboard set up
Advanced skiing skills
AST 1 (minimum)
Adventure stoke

DATES AND RATES

$725/pp.
March 4-6, 2022

Custom dates are available.

Custom Backcountry Education Courses

Drop in to the knowledge you seek.

We cater to all levels of backcountry enthusiasts. If you have something in particular you’d like to learn, drop us a line. We’d be happy to create a custom course for your group.

Here are a few ideas:

Crevasse Rescue and Glacier Travel
Companion Rescue- Multiple burial scenarios. Patient care and extrication.
Backcountry Tune-ups. Refresh your skills and learn something new at the same time.
Winter Camping
Traverse Planning, what to bring and what to eat.
Avalanche Terrain Management

Cost

Starting at $150/person/day + GST