$575.00
Description
This 12-week course provides an introduction to outdoor rock climbing, navigation, ice axe arrest, rope team travel, lead belay, and crevasse rescue. The course utilizes Mountaineering: Freedom of the Hills as foundational reading prior to experiential coursework. Each week includes readings, classroom practice, and an outing that will provide recurring practice with skills a mountaineer will need to travel safely in the alpine. Participants must show basic skills competence during weekday session prior to weekend outing.
Fitness Level
Each outing will be physically demanding and requires strong hiking fitness and endurance. We recommend that all students engage in several weeks of regular hiking experience with more than 1,000ft of elevation gain each hike prior to starting the course. Strength training experience is also recommended. Prior to the course there will be a mandatory fitness hike. All participants in the 8 week course will need to show that they are able to carry 30lbs up the Pine & Cedar Trail in the Chuckanuts in under 1 hour and 5 minutes.
Required Fitness Hike: Sat Mar 16 2024
First Class Session, Burlington: Wed Mar 27 2024
Navigation Outing: Sat Mar 30 2024
Navigation Outing (Rain Backup): Sun Mar 31 2024
Trail work party day placeholder: Sat Apr 06 2024
Class Session in Burlington: Wed Apr 10 2024
Ice Axe Arrest Outing: Sat Apr 13 2024 - April 14, 2024
Class Session in Burlington: Wed Apr 17 2024
Rock Climbing Intro Outing: Sat Apr 20 2024
Rock Climbing Intro Outing (Rain Backup): Sun Apr 21 2024
Class Session in Burlington: Wed Apr 24 2024
Rope Team Travel Outing: Sat Apr 27 2024 - April 28, 2024
Class Session in Burlington: Wed May 01 2024
Lead Belay Outing: Sat May 04 2024 - May 5, 2024
Trail work party day placeholder: Sat May 11 2024
Class Session in Burlington: Wed May 15 2024
Crevasse Rescue outing: Sat May 18 2024 - May 19, 2024
(Optional) Skagit Alpine Club Group Camp: Fri May 31 2024 - June 2, 2024
Class Session in Burlington: Wed Jun 05 2024
Crevasse Rescue 2 Outing: Sat Jun 08 2024 - June 9, 2024