Alpine Adventures, Inc.
Keene, New York, United States
http://www.alpineadven.com/

Backcountry Skiing: Basics

If you are able to ski the “more difficult�trails at most nordic ski centers you’ll enjoy this two-day introduction to the world of backcountry skiing. We start out by discussing the various types of equipment and clothing suitable for the backcountry and then we’re off for a tour. We’ll work on your stride, aiming for efficiency, not speed, and your climbing technique, again looking for m......
 

On radical terrain and demanding snow conditions lightweight nordic equipment becomes very difficult to use effectively. The additional support of alpine touring equipment can allow skiers to enjoy descents that would otherwise be too difficult. The first day’s objective will be to adapt your alpine skiing technique to conditions we encounter in the backcountry. We’ll also cover the use of ......
 

The renaissance of the versatile telemark turn has been luring skiers into the backcountry in search of new skiing horizons. On the first day we’ll introduce you to this classic turn through our own carefully structured learning progression. The second day will be devoted to applying the skills introduced on the first day to skiing situations encountered along a classic backcountry tour. We......
 

The adaptability of the telemark turn to a wide variety of snow conditions makes it the most useful turn in a backcountry skier’s downhill repertoire. In this course we’ll refine your basic telemark introducing step telemarks, two-step telemarks, lateral projection telemarks, leading ski telemarks and other variations. We’ll also explore parallel turns with our free-heel equipment. On t......
 

Summit views are always spectacular, but they are especially appreciated after an exhilarating and exposed ascent, without the aid of marked trails. We begin this course with an introduction to equipment and clothing for warm weather adventures and the essentials of trip planning and navigation. After this introduction, we’re off to a nearby small peak, where we’ll practice using map, compas......
 

If you want to gain the skills needed to “summit�an Adirondack peak in midwinter, this two-day course is a great way to do it. We begin instruction with an introduction to equipment and clothing for cold weather adventures and the essentials of trip planning and navigation. After this introduction, we’re off to learn about using crampons with a single ice axe. You will learn the basics of Fren......
 

Navigation technologies are rapidly evolving and offer the potential for better planned outdoor adventures along with greater accuracy in determining your whereabouts. Unfortunately, to realize the benefits of many of these technologies, the investments in time and equipment are often substantial. In some cases, you need to lug expensive, specialized gadgets, with limited battery life. In other......
 

Most outdoor enthusiasts have a pretty good idea of how to get where they are going on trails, or when following obvious terrain features, under good conditions. Knowing just the basics of reading a map and that a compass points north, may be enough under these conditions but, without specific skills beyond these obvious basics, there is little margin for error if you wander into more complex e......
 

Winter camping is serious business, with little room for error. During this course you will spend two days (and one night) in the mountains learning, first hand, about the rigors of cold-weather camping and winter mountaineering. We begin instruction with an introduction to equipment and clothing for cold weather adventures; and the essentials of trip planning and navigation. After packing equi......
 

This course takes place in a slide climber’s paradise, miles from the nearest road. We begin instruction with an introduction to equipment and clothing for warm weather adventures; and the essentials of trip planning and navigation. After packing equipment and food, we head out for a five mile hike to our base camp for the next three nights. By backpacking almost to the foot of the mountain, we......
 

This course presents the techniques needed for climbing mixed ice and rock terrain. We’ll begin by introducing you to the insecure feeling of climbing rock in mountain boots. Climbing rock in boots requires techniques quite different from the ones used while wearing rock shoes, and helping you to become comfortable in this initially foreign environment is our first priority. Next, we’ll expl......
 

Leading ice is serious business, with litle margin for error. This course will assist experienced ice climbers, who are already competent leaders on rock, in making the transition to leading ice. The course deals almost entirely with making the complex judgment decisions required to lead ice. You will learn about the many factors governing frequency and location of protection, how to avoid ......
 

By combining our two weekend, Level II courses with an additional day of climbing, this course provides a comprehensive introduction to multi-pitch ice climbing. Emphasis will be placed on honing ice climbing skills and techniques on classic Adirondack ice climbs. We’ve designed the course to follow Water Ice: An Introduction To The Frozen World and for those wishing an intensive, seven-day ......
 

Designed to follow Frozen Walls & Waterfalls or Ice Climbing Week I, this course will provide an opportunity for you to practice and refine your movement and rope-handling skills in a multi-pitch environment. We’ll concentrate on the skills required to climb on steeper and more challenging ice, as well as a few specialized rope-handling techniques. From the numerous classic ice climbs nearby......
 

Our main objective in this course is to introduce you to the challenge of multi-pitch ice climbing. We introduce specific rope-handling and belaying techniques, the skills associated with building ice screw belays and a variety of techniques for moving on ice gullies, frozen walls and waterfalls. In addition to teaching you the skills needed for longer ice climbs, we look forward to sharing ......
 

This course is a combination of Water Ice: An Introduction To The Frozen World and Frozen Walls & Waterfalls. Like our Week On The Rock I course, it was designed for people who are sure they want to get into ice climbing and want an intensive introduction. In addition to the four days required to complete instructional objectives, this course adds an extra day for you to practice your new skill......
 

We start this course by introducing you to the tools you will come to trust as an ice climber: ice axes, ice hammers and crampons. A discussion of other equipment items and cold weather dressing follows, and then it’s off to the ice. After a short presentation on crampon techniques we’ll focus on ice bouldering until your crampons feel more like an asset than a hindrance. Next w......
 

Sharing the joys of multi-pitch rock climbing can be tremendously fulfilling, but with the sharing comes immense responsibility. A skilled mountain guide must possess a wide variety of technical and interpersonal skills as well as the self-discipline required to maintain constant awareness of potential hazards. Much of this course deals with the myriad problems and complications that can arise ......
 

To be a competent climbing instructor you must first have a thorough knowledge of the methods and practices required to keep your students safe. Accordingly, successful completion of our Anchoring Skills Evaluation is a prerequisite for this course. Created for qualified climbers who wish to present safe, well-conceived experiences in a top-roped setting, this course emphasizes the teaching pro......
 

Many of the world’s greatest adventures are big walls; climbs that take more than a day to complete. By “camping out�in the middle of an ascent it is possible to climb for many days without returning to the ground. But, the logistics of getting yourself, your partner(s), food, water, clothing, sleeping bags, porta-ledges and a pile of climbing gear to the top of a wall can be more than a littl......
 

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