BOOK NOW Price: $349.00 /per person
SUMMER CREVASSE RESCUE & GLACIER TRAVEL
Join one of our Professionally Certified ACMG (Association of Canadian Mountain Guides) guides and let them share their passion for this sport.
Visit our Guides Page to find out more about your guide.
Book online or contact our office to ask any questions: 1-604-938-9242 or [email protected]
COURSE INFORMATION
Our certified guides will teach you all the critical crevasse rescue and glacier travel safety skills. As well as the essential techniques for rescuing both roped and un-roped victims from a crevasse.
MSAA has developed a carefully crafted, cutting-edge curriculum, delivered by highly qualified guides who use a lesson plan. This ensures all participants acquire the full intended curriculum, demonstrate the skill to standard and are set up for rapid future progression. All participants receive a valuable course handout essential for future skill practice and refinement.
This course provides the necessary skills to not only undertake crevasse rescue and glacier travel but also how to deal with glacier travel cruxes such as when to rope up, how to assess, cross and belay, or rappel, over crevasse snow bridges and bergschrunds. Learn how to navigate complex crevasse fields in this field-based course.
Practice the following knots to prepare for the course: Figure 8, Figure 8 on a bite, Clove-Hitch, Münter-Hitch; Girth-Hitch and Prussik knots.
**The price of the tour does not include a gondola ticket. Gondola tickets are available for purchase through our office.**
Meet at 8:30am at the Squamish Adventure Centre. The guide will have everyone sign a waiver and give a brief safety briefing along with discussing the day's objectives.
Day 2 (Whistler):Meet at 9:00am at the GBB Patio. Day 2 will be located on a Glacier and will require a lift ticket (can be purchased at checkout).
Rentals/Purchase:
If you require rentals we have teamed up with local rental companies to provide discounted rentals. Visit our rental page HERE for more information!
Equipment:Crevasse Rescue Kit:
Clothing:
Day 2 - Glacier Travel and Rescue Scenario’s (lift pass for Whistler required):
- Glacier Morphology Session and Glacier Travel Considerations
- Roping Up for Glacier Travel
- Rope Travel Exercise
- Team Rescue Exercise
- Practice and skill refinement
Click HERE for the full curriculum
The important details:
Season: May – October
Duration: 2 Days (8:30am – 4:30pm)
Location: Day 1: Squamish & Day 2: Whistler
Max Ratio: 8 Clients to 1 Guide
Minimum Age: 16 yrs
Prerequisites: None
BOOK COURSE:
Price: $369/per person | $1599/private (up to 6ppl)
Extra Participants (max 2) $280pp
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