Intermediate to advanced mountaineering course in the Palisades, California (5 days)

Join me on this 5-day adventure of mountaineering in the Palisades, California, and I will help improve your alpine mountaineering skills and techniques with intermediate to advanced methods, as we traipse and travail around the truly spectacular setting of the Sierra Nevada mountains, taking in the glorious scenery whilst tacking the mighty North Palisade (14,242 ft.), Mt. Sill (14,153 ft.), Thunderbolt Peak (14,003 ft.) and Polemonium Peak (14,080 ft.).

The Sierra Nevada is a mountain range that mainly lies in California, stretching 640km North to South and 110km East to West. The areas around the mountain range are often sparsely populated, meaning the surrounding landscape and terrain remains pristine, with few effects from the modern world. The Palisades are a group of particularly rugged peaks in the central part of the Sierra Nevada.

We will meet in Big Pine, California, where all relevant safety gear and information will be dispensed.

Over the course of the 5 days our aim will be to take your mountaineering to the next level, as we cover intermediate to advanced skills and techniques such as instruction on protection placement, route finding, route selection, planning for the climb, alpine rock climbing, ice/snow climbing, crampon use, snow & ice hardware, protection systems, and multi-pitch climbing.

After mastering these, it is then time to put them in to practice, as we offer you the opportunity to scale some of the 14,000 ft. + peaks scattered around the area, with each providing unique and exciting challenges.

There will be plenty of time to take in and admire the sublime landscape, scenery and terrain around us, with rocky and snowy mountains leading down to the tranquil and peaceful alpine lakes and forests.

After the 5 days is over hopefully you will have gained the confidence to undertake mountaineering in different places around the world.

Become the best mountaineer you can be on this fun and challenging course – book now to take your mountaineering to the next level!