Climbing Training Courses and Workshops
School(s) providing training of Ice, Mountain and Rock Climbing

Ice Climbing: Frozen Walls & Waterfalls
Course Format: On-site
School/Trainer: Alpine Adventures, Inc. [>>]
Training Center(s)/Venue(s): Keene, United States

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 ......

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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......

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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......

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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 ......

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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......

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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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Building on the core aid climbing skills taught in our Essentials Of Aid course, you will learn techniques required to complete more difficult climbs in more committing settings. Although this course does not include an overnight stay on a wall, it does introduce many of the skills that are required in that environment. You will learn several techniques for leading pendulums and following th......

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It’s sometimes called “artificialâ€?climbing but we promise the experience will be very real! Any time you use your equipment to advance on the rock rather than as a safety measure you are said to be using “aid.â€?Aid, or artificial climbing, is often frowned upon by today’s free climbers, but there are times when it is needed. And, if you thrive on the thrill of exposure, there is nothing q......

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This two-day course is geared for experienced climbers who anticipate interaction with established rescue groups. Its purpose is to familiarize participants with general rock rescue techniques so that they could, if needed, effectively assist trained rescuers in an emergency. Anchoring techniques as well as systems for lowering and raising litters in low and high-angle situations will be pr......

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For climbers venturing to remote climbing locations, and other situations requiring a high degree of self-sufficiency, this two-day course, using extensive hands-on simulations, is designed to build upon the foundation created in our Essentials Of Self-Rescue course. We begin by covering the assessment and rescue planning processes relevant to conditions where you’re completely on your ......

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