Salt Lake City, 3 Day Ski Mountaineering Seminar

Join a certified guide from Utah Mountain Adventures on this extensive 3 day ski mountaineering seminar in the Wasatch mountains near Salt Lake City, Utah.

Group

Rockies

3 Days

Mar

High

Intermediate

Description

Do you want to advance your ski mountaineering skills? If you do, then this intensive 3-day seminar is for you. Taking place in the Wasatch mountains outside of Salt Lake City, this seminar will focus on teaching you how to properly enjoy safe and thrilling ski mountaineering trips in the future.

The first day of this course will focus on skills and techniques. A few examples include how to use an ice axe, crampons and anchors. We will teach you how to properly tie knots, how to read snow and terrain, and navigate through glaciers. We will also cover rappelling and belayed climbing, as well as crevasse rescue and avalanche hazard evaluation.

On the second and third days of the seminar, you will get to put what you’ve learned into action. We will visit the Wasatch mountains, overlooking Salt Lake City. Once there, you will get to climb and ski down couloirs like the Wolverine Cirque. You will also have the chance to practice what you have learned on various peaks including Toledo and Pfeifferhorn.

In order to participate in this seminar, you should be able to ski on advanced, ungroomed terrain. You should also be able to skin at least 1000 metres per day.

If you have ski mountaineering ambitions in ranges like the Tetons or even the Alps, this course will provide the skills to do so in complete safety. To participate, all you have to do is send us a request.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS TRIP IS ONLY PROPOSED ON THE DATES LISTED BELOW.

We offer a 1 day crevasse rescue course near Salt Lake City as well.

Price includes

Guiding fee
Lifts tickets

Price details

Price per person to join a group of 3 clients minimum.
The price does not include taxes,
Price includes lift tickets.
If you do not own the necessary skiing and/or mountaineering equipment, we can offer that equipment for rent.

About the guide

Utah

5.0

(5)

Mountain Guide

Based in the Wasatch Range near Salt Lake and Park City since 1993, Utah Mountain Adventures (UMA) is the premier full-spectrum, year-round guide service in Utah.

Programs include backcountry skiing, split-snowboarding, rock climbing, ice climbing, avalanche instruction, summer and winter mountaineering, trekking (hiking and snowshoeing) and canyoneering skills.

Led by Julie Faure and Tyson Bradley, UMA (formerly Exum Utah Mountain Adventures) operates under a permit issued by the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest.

Languages

English

Certificates

AMGA

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