General Info
Duration: 3 Days
Dates:
April 23rd – 25th, 2021
(Custom dates can also be set)
Price: $700/person. 2 person min.
Location: TBD (dependent upon current conditions)
Learn the skills necessary to travel through technical terrain with your skis or snowboard
The Ski and Splitboard Mountaineering course was developed to teach skills and decision making for traveling through technical terrain with your skis or splitboard. This is a course in which we will be covering a wide array of topics emphasized on traveling through intermediate to advanced terrain. On day one we will learn and overview many “hard-skills” including use of crampons, an axe, and rope management. Next we will start to focus on trip and route planning, communication, and emergency response to prepare ourselves for our decided objective. Afterwards, the group will plan a mountaineering objective and head out into the field on day two to setup camp for an early start on our objective on the day three.
What you’ll learn:
Topics Covered
- Advanced trip planning and route selection
- Steep skinning and bootpacking techniques
Execution of winter camping (if overnight applicable)
Introduction and overview of technical gear
Ropework; use of knots, tie-ins, belays, anchors, and rappelling
Ice axe use; including self-arrest, belay, and climbing techniques
Crampon usage
Techniques used while traveling through technical terrain
Climbing and snowboarding couloirs
Steep riding
Gear List
Skis or splitboard, boots, poles, and skins
Beacon, Shovel, Probe (rentals available upon request)
Ice axe and crampons
Synthetic or wool long underwear bottom and top (base layer)
Mid layer top and bottom (insulation layer)
Insulated “Puffy” Jacket
Waterproof Jacket and pants
Wool or synthetic socks + 2 extras
Warm gloves or mittens
Hat and neck gaiter or balaclava
Goggles and sunglasses
Multi-Day pack backpack (40-70 Liter)
Sleeping bag (0 to 30 degree)
Personal Hygiene Kit
Headlamp
Camp shoes (slippers or booties)
Water bottle (At least 1 Liter per person)
Hand warmers
Hot liquid in thermos
Extra gloves (Liner Gloves for the uphill)
Chapstick
Camera
Notebook and pencil
Compass
Snow Study Kit (thermometer, snow saw, crystal card, magnifier)
CAG Operations LLC DBA Colorado Adventure Guides is an Equal Opportunity Employer, operating as a service partner of the United States Forest Service under a special use permit in the White River National Forest
