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Aim

Develop essential skills to travel safely and enjoyably on skis through mountainous terrain. Learn navigation, terrain reading, and efficient movement to confidently explore backcountry ski environments.

Objectives

• Confident identifying environmental hazards when climbing steep waterfall ice
• Confident with the NoFall Program for Ice Climbing™ when applied to steep waterfall ice
• Confident tool swapping, tool testing, and resting while climbing
• Comfortable with the techniques for climbing mushrooms, chandelier, and thin ice
• Comfortable with traversing, stemming, and Twistlock for Ice Climbing™ technique
• Understand how steep ice features are formed and where to find the best ice protection
• Understand route selection and lead climbing strategy on steep ice
• Perform a mock lead and test ice screws in steep ice formations

Prerequisites

• Confident identifying hazards in mountaineering terrain
• Confident with glacier rope systems
• Confident putting skins on and taking skins off
• Confident putting skis on a backpack
• Comfortable with Peak Planning Procedure™ and debriefing
• Comfortable navigating using map, compass, and GPS
• Comfortable with the crevasse rescue systems
• Comfortable with glacier morphology
• Comfortable with T-slot snow anchors
• Understand how to use a technical mountaineering tool
• Understand how to walk in crampons
• Understand how an ice screw works
• Understand how to build ice anchors and v-threads

*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.

Avalanche Skills Training 1 (AST1)

Introduction to Mountaineering (A1)

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