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Name: Winter Crevasse Rescue & Glacier Travel
Starts: Sat Apr 05, 2025 08:00
Return: Sun Apr 06, 2025 22:00

Registration opens: Tue Sep 24, 2024
Event category: Guided Instruction
Difficulty grade: B4  [?]
For members only: No
Screening used: No
Max participants: 8

Organizer: MountainSkills AcademyAdventures
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Participant Information

This course is taught by Mountain Skills Academy & Adventures by a professional ACMG certified guide. MSAA is offering a special price for BCMC members of $330.65 + GST (regular price for non-members: $389 + GST). 

Don't forget that all Active BCMC Member receive a 15% Discount on ALL MSAA Courses. To receive the discount please contact our office at info@msaa.ca with your valid membership number.  

Develop your "Crevasse Rescue Skills" with the Sea to Sky's leading mountain school. Obtain the complete required skill set & implementation through expert certified guides and our carefully crafted curriculum. Est. 1991 - Trip Advisor; Hall of Fame status,  beloved and trusted by BCMC members!

Course Details:

From experience garnered worldwide and testing many different systems, ours combines the best elements of safety, lightness and ease of use.

An important point that differentiates our course from others is the un-roped victim course component. This includes rappelling and ascending into and out of a crevasse to perform rescue of an un-roped victim – an essential skill considering over 85% of glacier skiing is performed un-roped.

In order to be self-sufficient, backcountry skiers and alpine climbers learn the three all-important components: rope ascension, crevasse rescue and glacier travel.

Itinerary:

Day 1: Meet at 8:30am. The guide will have everyone sign a waiver and give a brief safety briefing along with discussing the day's objectives. This day will take place in the valley, and the guide will take you to an appropriate location to practice rope ascension.

The day will end at approximately 4:30pm with a short debrief of the day

Day 2: Meet at 8:30am The guide will start a discussion on the previous day, current conditions and glacier morphology. The group will then head to a local glacier (using the Whistler Blackcomb lift system) for the rest of the day.

The day will end at approximately 4:30pm with a course debrief and discussion of next steps for the students.

Topics Covered:
  • Introduction to Glacier Kit and equipment check

  • Situational awareness, review hazards

  • Arresting the fall, holding the victim and anchor building

  • Crevasse rescue system

  • Incorporating a ratchet

  • First raise method

  • Crevasse Rescue Scenario

  • Glacier morphology, physiology, terminology

  • Glacier travel, rope handling, route finding & track setting

  • Belaying from an anchor over a bridge

  • Downhill glacier skiing safety strategy discussion

Payment:

Please head to the MSAA Website and use code “BCMC15” at checkout to get your discount.

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