Alpine Skills Course
Topics covered on your course include:
- Equipment, what to bring and how to use it
- Trip planning and preparation
- Knots and hitches for mountaineering
- Snow and Ice Climbing
- Abseiling, belay techniques and systems
- Snow, ice, and rock anchors
- Glacier travel and crevasse rescue
- Route finding and mountain navigation
- Emergency shelters
- Mountain weather, and forecasting
- Basic avalanche hazard evaluation
- Hut Management, food preparation