Mixed Climbing Course
SPECIFIC TOPICS COVERED ON THE COURSE INCLUDE:
- Ice and snow/ice gully climbing
- Steep rock climbing
- Multi pitch “speed up” tips and use of terrain features for safety
- Natural protection and revision of appropriate snow/ice anchors
- Climbing on varied terrain in winter boots and crampons (some climbs may be in rockshoes in the village)
- Transitions between snow/ice and rock
- Route selection and approach strategies
- Problem solving and self and team rescue
- Retreat and extraction skills and techniques
- Revision of glacier travel and crevasse rescue, as venue required
- Introduction to avalanche theory
- Winter gear and equipment, what to bring and how to use it
- Winter trip planning and preparation
- Hut management, food preparation