The summer mountaineering program is open to 12 participants with previous hiking, backpacking and scrambling experience, who would like to take their skills to the next level. Previous basic rope and rock experience will be a plus.

The program instructors are active mountaineers and club members who have a wealth of experience to pass on.

This program is for members-only. If you are a new member joining to take the course, you will be required to prepay two years of the club membership.

PROGRAM DETAILS:

Dates:

June 9, 2010: evening session: meet the instructors, gear talk, getting organized for the overnight weekends).
June 12-13, 2010: First weekend

June 23, 2010:  evening session: meet the instructors, practice evening on crevasse rescue, knots etc
June 26-27, 2010: Second weekend

July 3-4, 2010: Third weekend with a summit day!

Location: to be determined but some of the popular locations where we have had the program in the past include Cerise Creek, North Shore mountains, Mount Baker. The evening sessions will take place in Vancouver.

Topics covered:

-          use of crampons, ice axe, self arrest, descending techniques
-          snow anchors and belay systems
-          rope management, knots, prussiks
-          travel in a roped team
-          glacier travel and snow travel
-          reading the terrain, assessing hazards, route planning, navigation
-          crevasse rescue
-          ascent of a peak as part of the last weekend, weather and conditions permitting

Gear required:

In addition to being equipped for an overnight camping, you will be required to provide your own helmet, crampons (that fit your boots), a general mountaineering ice axe, harness, belay device and a handful of carabiners (locking and non-locking) and prussiks.

The BCMC provides ropes if needed, two prussiks for each participants and some text material.

Cost: $325

To sign up: Please send an email to enibasd@gmail.com. You will be provided with further instructions and asked to answer a few questions about your previous experience.