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Aim

Develop the skills to travel safely and enjoyably through introductory snow, ice, and rock terrain in the alpine. Learn basic techniques for navigating diverse alpine environments with confidence.

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 walking and climbing in crampons
• Confident using a technical mountaineering tool for climbing and self-arrest
• Confident with multi-pitch anchors and rope systems
• Comfortable protecting and moving through 4th and easy 5th class alpine terrain
• Comfortable with glacier morphology and navigation
• Comfortable crossing bergschrunds
• Comfortable using terrain belays

Prerequisites

• Confident leading rock up to 5.6 with removable protection
• Confident leading waterfall ice up to WI3
• Confident with glacier travel rope systems
• Confident with self-arrest and self-belay
• Comfortable with crevasse rescue system

*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)