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Aim
Develop the skills necessary to travel safely and enjoyable through intermediate snow, ice, and rock terrain in the alpine, while improving efficiency in mountaineering and introductory alpine terrain.
Objectives
- Confident navigating introductory alpine terrain using map, compass, and GPS
- Confident with Peak Planning Procedure™ and debriefing
- Confident identifying hazards in snow, ice, and rock alpine terrain
- Confident with crevasse rescue systems
- Confident with multi-pitch anchors and rope systems
- Confident protecting and moving efficiently through 4th class alpine terrain
- Confident using terrain belays
- Comfortable protecting and moving through mid 5th class alpine terrain
Prerequisites
- Comfortable travelling through introductory alpine terrain
- Comfortable with multipitch systems
- Comfortable with placing rock and ice protection in steep terrain
*Prerequisites are recommended for an optimum learning opportunity.
If you have questions about how your experience relates to the prerequisites, please contact us at info@peakstratagem.com.
Introduction to Mountainering (A1)
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