Mountaineering Essentials Training
Aug 14, 2026 - 8:00 AM
Aug 17, 2026 - 4:00 PM
Trip Description
BCMC Members-only course fee: $850 + GST (non-BCMC fee is $195 + GST)
Registration: book your course on the Canada West Mountain School BCMC page here - https://themountainschool.com/program/mountaineering-essentials-bcmc/.
The Mountaineering Essentials course is designed to build a solid foundation of the essential skills required for basic general Mountaineering objectives. This mountaineering course is held in the Coast Mountains of Southwest British Columbia, including 4 days/3 nights working from a base-camp in a remote alpine region, with all training being held in the mountains. Participants should be in very good physical condition and should plan for travel days up to 15 km’s with between 500-1000 meters elevations gain in off-trail conditions.
Registration: book your course on the Canada West Mountain School BCMC page here - https://themountainschool.com/program/mountaineering-essentials-bcmc/.
The Mountaineering Essentials course is designed to build a solid foundation of the essential skills required for basic general Mountaineering objectives. This mountaineering course is held in the Coast Mountains of Southwest British Columbia, including 4 days/3 nights working from a base-camp in a remote alpine region, with all training being held in the mountains. Participants should be in very good physical condition and should plan for travel days up to 15 km’s with between 500-1000 meters elevations gain in off-trail conditions.
At the conclusion of this course, students will have the skills and knowledge to travel off-trail and into snow-covered and glaciated terrain above the treeline. Participants on the Mountaineering Essentials course will have been taught:
- methods for planning and preparing for a multi-day mountaineering objective
- how to recognize mountain hazards, and methods of avoiding or minimizing those hazards
- navigation techniques using a map, compass and altimeter
- rope management skills related to basic snow climbing
- glacier travel techniques
- alpine travel skills for moderate terrain and non-technical glaciers
- crevasse rescue fundamentals with a three person rope-team
- Minimum Environmental Impact camping and travel practices
- methods to practice and refine each set of skills taught on the course, on their own time
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