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Mountaineering training courses and schools

School: Red Rocks Community College
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Mountaineering
Course Format: Classroom
provides students with a combination of skills and practical experience in the fundamentals of mountaineering. Emphasis is placed on basic climbing skills and techniques, equipment usage, safety systems, mountain travel and awareness, problem solving and decision-making, high altitude climate and weather, wilderness ethics, and physical fitness.
 

School: Sheldon Jackson College
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Mountaineering
Course Format: Classroom
Our mountaineering offerings range from introductory courses on nearby Mount Edgecumbe to internships with our partners at Alaska Mountain Guides, who run expeditions world wide.
 

School: Alpine Adventures
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Summer Mountaineering Basics
Course Format: On-site
This course will teach you the basics of how to plan and execute an off-trail mountain adventure in conditions that do not involve snow or ice. You will also learn techniques for moving efficiently and safely on open rock slides. Summit views are always spectacular, but they are especially appreciated after an exhilarating and exposed ascent, without the aid of marked trails. We begin this c...
 

Slide Climbing Overnight
Course Format: On-site
This course will teach you the basics of how to plan and execute a multi-day mountain adventure in conditions that do not involve snow or ice. You will learn techniques for environmentally-aware backpacking and camping along with skills for moving efficiently and safely on open rock slides. This course takes place in a slide climber¡¯s paradise, miles from the nearest road. We begin instructi...
 

Winter Mountaineering Basics
Course Format: On-site
This course will teach you the skills required to summit an Adirondack peak in midwinter. You will learn essential trip planning and navigation skills in addition to basic techniques for using crampons, a single ice axe, and (conditions permitting) snowshoes. This course will also help prepare you for treks worldwide, involving ice or snow travel. If you want to gain the skills needed to ¡°su...
 

Winter Camping Basics
Course Format: On-site
This course will teach you the fundamentals of how to plan and execute a midwinter, multi-day adventure in the mountains. You will learn techniques for winter camping and skills for pursuing non-technical objectives in the winter mountains. Winter camping is serious business, with little room for error. During this course you will spend two days (and one night) in the mountains learning, fir...
 

Basic Navigation
Course Format: On-site
This course will teach you how to use traditional navigation tools and techniques to plan outdoor adventures, keep track of your whereabouts, and facilitate accurate routefinding. Straightforward methods for using map, compass and altimeter in the real world are taught. Every outdoor enthusiast should have the skills we present in this course, especially people who venture off marked trails. ...
 

Advanced Navigation
Course Format: On-site
This course will teach you how to efficiently incorporate the latest reliable technology into your outdoor adventures. We present methods for integrating computer-based mapping, aerial photography, and GPS with traditional tools, to enable you to better plan and execute your adventures. Navigation technologies are rapidly evolving and offer the potential for better planned outdoor adventures...
 

School: Alaska Mountaineering School
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Wilderness First Responder
Course Format: On-site
WHO SHOULD TAKE THIS COURSE The Wilderness First Responder (WFR) course has been created for guides, outdoor leaders, field workers (e.g. biologists, geologists), CLICK rescue personnel and anyone who works or travels in an environment where there is no immediate backup support of the emergency medical system (911). COURSE DESCRIPTION The internationally recognized Wilderness Fi...
 

Wilderness Expedition
Course Format: On-site
Alaska Mountaineering School¡¯s wilderness backpacking expedition explores a remote region of the Talkeetna Mountains with expert instructors who teach a full backcountry curriculum. Participants take a 40 minute flight by float plane from Talkeetna and land on a remote lake in the Talkeetna Mountains. The goal of the expedition is to learn wilderness skills while exploring a vast and scenic alp...
 

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