Scrambling Courses
Alpine Scrambling Course
A course with mutiple workshops and field trips designed to prepare you for conquering summits and traveling safely in the backcountry. Instruction covers proper equipment and clothing, route-finding, avalanche awareness and avoidance, rock and snow travel, ice-ax arrest, glissade techniques and wilderness ethics. The course has a series of lectures and corresponding field trips throughout the spring to prepare students for completing three summits during the summer. Wilderness First Aid and Basic Navigation are co-requisites for completion of the course.
Typically Offered
The course generally opens for registration in mid-fall and begins in February or March. It is offered by Everett, Kitsap, Olympia, Seattle and Tacoma branches.
Additionally the Seattle branch offers a compressed version of the course typically in April or May which combines the field trips and lectures into a three-day weekend plus an experience field trip in addition to the required summits. Please note since this is a shortened duration there is an expectation of having a higher fitness level initially rather than the regular course listing which is designed to help you build fitness as you go.
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