PEAK Alpine and Arctic Ice Climbing Course (5-Day)
Climber High on the Alpine Ice of Mt. Baker
GLACIAL ALPINE ICE CLIMBING AND ARCTIC MOVEMENT
5 DAY Glacial ALPINE ICE CLIMBING & ARCTIC MOVEMENT
Mt. baker WA, North Cascades
Itinerary
Day 1 - Travel to the Skagit Valley, WA. The team will start with a welcome meeting around 09:00 and run through a group gear-check and program orientation. We will make sure that you have everything you need to be successful, ensure your crampons are sized to your boots. Last we will teach you how fit your harness properly, and introduce some basic climbing knots in preparation for the field days.
Day 2 - Depending on conditions, we will travel to the trailhead for the Coleman-Deming Glaciers Route (~3,700’). The team then hikes to base camp where we will learn to set up camp on snow. Once camp is set we will move on to “snow school”, learning to travel on glacial ice with crampons with the use of an ice axe as well as a review of self arrest in the event of a slip or fall. We will finish our day with more knot practice, an introduction to glaciers and their hazards, and dinner.
Day 3 - Taking advantage of the morning’s firm snow, we start our day learning various crampon techniques before moving on to steep ice techniques, ice anchors, and repelling. We will work in Vertical ice climbing and crampon work for Alpine ice.
Day 4 - The team will move camp closer to the glacier and work on team crevasse rescue systems. This will positioning the team for greater success of our student led summit attempt.
Day 5 - With an alpine-start, we will begin our student led summit attempt. Under the close supervision of your guide, the team will use all of the previously developed knowledge and skills to navigate around hazards on their way to the top. We will then return to camp, pack-up and descend all the way to the trailhead.
Description
The Peak* 5-day ALPINE ICE CLIMBING COURSE, operated June- September by the credentialed AMGA guides, is deigned to give your team the skills to safely navigate glaciated alpine terrain around the globe.
This hands-on 5- day course starts with the fundamentals of Ice climbing and team glacier travel. Your team will focus in efficient movement and tenches on steep alpine ice and is a hands on training to team travel strategies. The capstone experience of this course is a participant led summit attempt of Mt. Baker via the Roman Mustache. Along the way, your team will learn everything from camping on a glacier to ice and steep snow anchors, as well as crevasse rescue for teams.
Details
Program Location: Mount Baker, WA.
Program Ratio: Up to 5:1 participant to guide per program (max. 4 simultaneous programs; or 20 participants)
Program Length: 5 days
Program Cost: $6000.00 per program (Saving of $1475.00)
Program Season: June-Sept
Custom dates are available for this program by submitting a Booking Request or email: train@thepeakinc.com, or by calling our office at (406) 494-7999
Includes
Skagit Valley camping accommodations on night one of the program
All breakfasts and dinners on the mountain
Team Tents
Stoves and fuel
All group climbing equipment
Emergency communication
Guide guaranteed to be working within their Scope of Practice
Excludes
Personal climbing and camping equipment
Lunches and snacks on the mountain
Transport to the Skagit Valley
Overnight accommodations on the final night of the program
TOPICS COVERED
Equipment Selection and Use
Glacier Terminology and Hazards
Camping on a Glacier
Leave No Trace Principles for Glacier Travel
Glacier & Vertical Ice Axe Techniques
Glacier & Vertical Ice Crampon Techniques
Ice climbing movement
Fixed lines Accession
Self-Arrest
Basic Climbing Knots for Glacier Travel
Roping up for Glacier Travel
Rope Team Travel
Steep Snow Anchors for climbing and crevasse Rescue
Basic Team Crevasse Rescue
Students ascending in fixed line moving personnel and equipment in icy terrain.
*The PEAK 5-day Alpine and Arctic Ice Climbing Course is offered in partnership with a US based and federally permitted outfitter Mountain Bureau LLC. All guides are working in SOP or certified by the American Mountain Guides Association.
All programs can be booked with custom dates and itineraries. Contact Us for a custom program.
All programs are subject to the Mountain Bureau LLC Terms & Conditions