1+ day Advanced Winter Mountaineering Skills in Vail, CO

Perfect for experienced mountaineers, this advanced level winter mountaineering course will help take you to the next level. This course will take place in the amazing Colorado Rockies, in and around Vail. Thus providing you with the ideal location to practice everything you have learned the moment you’ve learned it.

Now that you’ve learned the basics, and have reviewed and practiced the necessary intermediate skills needed for safe and successful winter mountaineering, this course will help you really refine those skills. The course will also help you learn some new, important skills as well.

Much will be covered during this course, which can last for one, or several days if you wish.

Some examples of what we will cover include the following.

• Technical climbing on steep slopes

• Advanced level lessons in rope managed and belaying techniques

• Alpine terrain selection and travel protocols

• Route planning

• Moving rope belays and roped team efficiencies

• Transitions

• How to be efficient when it comes to moving between different types of terrain

• Crevasse rescue

Advanced level winter mountaineering is challenging. However, it is also extremely satisfying, as you will get to push yourself in terrains and on peaks most people can’t venture to. If that sounds like a path you wish to take, then this advanced level course in Vail, Colorado will certainly help you get there. To join us, just send a request. We look forward to guiding you.

You can also take our intermediate level course here.