Backcountry Education
Beyond Avalanche Safety Training
Next level backcountry education
Have you completed your AST 2, but still feel like there’s more to learn about backcountry travel. Don’t worry, we feel the same way too. We’ve created a a course that will fortify the skills you learned in your Avalanche Safety Training Level one and two. In a small group environment, you will develop professional decision-making, communication and terrain movement skills. We’ll also cover advanced companion rescue techniques.
We’ll put you into unfamiliar and big terrain where students will make big decisions. Class size will be small 4-6 students. Each day the group will decide where to go and what to do. Expect to break trail, get coached along the way and learn how to communicate with your backcountry partners to maximize the fun meter.
- 6:1 Student to Guide Ratio
- 4 Full Field Days
- Different Locations Each Day
Price: $995
January 4-7, 2024
Ski Mountaineering / Splitboard Mountaineering Basecamp
April 22-27, 2024
Flying from Golden, BC to a remote location (To be Decided, based on conditions.) The camp will be set up in a venue that will provide excellent access to big, glaciated, north facing terrain—the key elements for an incredible spring ski and splitboard trip.
This camp is designed to operate as a course format, whereby participants will learn navigation, rope management, improve their decision making process, develop a stronger sense of terrain/group management and generally become more well rounded mountain travellers in big terrain.
This a small group trip with a 4:1 client to guide ratio.
-Heli flights included
-Two ACMG Guides
-Eight spaces available
Price $2500 +5%tax (Exact location will dictate price, the price will probably be less.)
Itinerary
April 21, 2023- Meet in Golden, BC. Welcome dinner and meet and greet your trip companions.
April 22- Fly into camp location, set up camp, avalanche safety briefing and warm up ski.
April 22-27-Ski objectives around the camp.
April 27- Breakdown camp and fly back to Golden.
Companion Rescue
Practice is being a good partner
This one day intensive course is designed to refresh your companion rescue skills and train you to deal with an injury or avalanche rescue in the backcountry.
In a small group setting, we will cover advanced transceiver search techniques, missing skier search techniques, tree well immersion extraction, advanced avalanche companion rescue techniques, rescue toboggans and helicopter landing zone considerations.
Cost: $150/person
Dates: November 18, 25, 2024
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 travel on glaciers, read terrain, rope up and rescue your friends in the event of a crevasse fall.
Course schedule:
Day 1- Glacier morphology and rope skills
Day 2- Crevasse rescue systems and snow anchors
Day 3- Glacier travel in Rogers Pass. We’ll get to practice putting the rope on and moving through glaciated terrain.
Location: Revelstoke/ Rogers Pass
Price: $525+GST
Max six participants
Dates:
December 2,3, December 9,10, December 16,17, 2023
Alternative dates are available upon request if you have a group of three or more.
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 12, 2023
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 16,17 2023, January 6,7 2024
$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 riding skills
- AST 1 (minimum)
- Adventure stoke
DATES AND RATES
- $725/pp.
- March 8-10, 2024, April 12-14, 2024
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
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