Glacier Travel Training Course |
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This is a 3 day program designed to teach you the basics
of glacier travel and crevasse rescue. This course is
scheduled during the summer season and can be arranged
with custom dates.
Day One –
Depending on conditions and time of year, there are
several areas we may choose for this program. On the
first day, we will hike into a base camp, set up camp
and spend the afternoon on several topics. These will
include:
- Various rope configurations
- Roping up - How far apart
- Tying off excess rope
- Prussik systems
- Ascending the rope
- Snow anchors
- Team rope travel
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Navigating the White Salmon
glacier.
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Day Two – We will use
the previous day's skills and venture out onto a glacier.
We will discuss routefinding and rope management. Touring
around on the glacier will eventually lead us to a suitable
crevasse for rescue practice. Here we will cover the
following topics:
- Probing for hidden crevasses
- Arresting a crevasse fall
- Multiple rescue and pulley systems; 2:1, 3:1, 6:1,
9:1 etc.
- Students will have the majority of the day to practice
crevasse rescue in a variety of teams. The most difficult
being the two person team where the entire rescue
is performed by one person. We feel it is important
to have each student run through this life saving
rescue procedure at least once.
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Day Three–We
will leave early for a final glacier tour with a student
out front, routefinding and managing the team. There
will be time for several students to have a turn on
the front of the rope before heading down to break camp.
Back at camp we will debrief the mornings tour and answer
any remaining questions. Afterwards we will pack up
and hike out to the trailhead.
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| Dates for Glacier Travel Training
Courses for 2008 |
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This year,
this course can only be scheduled with custom dates or
followed up with a peak ascent.
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| Prerequisites: |
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To get the most out of a program like this it is important
climbers arrive with some basic skills. If you feel
like you lack these, consider adding an extra day before
the start of this program to cover these skills.
- Basic snow climbing and descending techniques
- Self arrest
- Use of crampons
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| COST: |
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These courses are offered at significantly lower prices
than our private guiding rates, though we maintain our
commitment to low ratio guiding here as well.
$550 per climber (min 2 climbers)
Maximum ratio: 4:1
Click here to print equipment
list for GTT course.
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