Glacier Travel and Crevasse Rescue Course

It's hugely important to have the right equipment and training when ski touring on and around Glaciers.

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Glaciated Peaks, Glaciers and Icefields abound in Western Canada and the Mountains surrounding Golden, Revelstoke and Banff.

Many of the classic tours, huts and parks have healthy amounts of glaciation. For this reason it’s important to have the right equipment and training when ski touring on and around these Glaciers.

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Glacier travel techniques and knowledge are essential to the safety of you and your group.

Standard Course Details:

Proper use of ropes/knots and technical gear
Group management
White out navigation and the use of tools such as map/compass and GPS
Understanding the geography of glaciers and their features
Crevasse rescue systems; when and how to employ the different types
2 field days
Proper travel techniques on glaciers and rope skills

We can also customize your training as follows:

Single day training close to town to maximize crevasse rescue system training
Field sessions on glaciers with a general how to course abbreviated
Thorough multi day training
Hut based immersion with multiple days spent traveling and skiing

Course Details

Logistics

Expect a Logistics package after paying for your tour including meeting place, guide info and policies.

Here is an example of where we will meet.

We will meet the morning of your tour at either:

Revelstoke Resort Base
Rogers Pass Info Center
Kicking Horse Mountain Resort Base Area
Laggans Cafe Lake Louise

We will do waivers, look over equipment and talk about the day. We usually use the ski lift to access sidecountry terrain the first day so as to spend more time in the alpine and make skiing more accessible.

Difficulty

Not for beginners to ski touring.

If you have some experience touring and are looking to get on glaciers than this for you.

Intermediate to advanced skiers and riders.

Good physical fitness.

Equipment

Touring Gear

Backcountry Skis and skins, Splitboard and skins *
Poles and 30 litre pack *
Avalanche Transceiver, Shovel, Probe *
Ski Crampons *
Boot Crampons *
Ski strap

Glacier Gear

Harness
Glacier Travel & Crevasse Rescue Kit (3 prussics @ 5m, 4 locking biners, 2 non-locking biners, double length sling, belay device, light ice screw, pulley )

We can arrange for you to borrow some of this equipment if needed.

Clothing

Base Layers
Wool Touring Socks
Neck Warmer
Wool Hat/Benie
Touring Gloves( Light ) and Ski Gloves ( Heavy )
Warm “Puffy” Jacket Down is good but we recommend Synthetic
Water Proof Jacket and Pants
Wind proof soft shell jacket
Sun Hat
Hut Shoes ( light weight booties )

Regular Additional Touring Pack Contents

Sunglasses
Goggles
Sunscreen
Small Personal Repair Kit ( optional )
First Aid Kit ( optional )
Camera ( optional )

* If you don’t have any of these things and need rentals, please try one of these partner shops:

Golden: https://highergroundsports.ca
Revelstoke: https://www.revelstokepowderrentals.com
Lake Louise: https://www.wmsll.com

Environment

Glaciers tend to be high up and exposed places in the mountains. We will choose locations that are conducive to learning and provide a variety of glaciated terrain.

Expect be standing around a fair bit while we go over and practice many techniques and systems. We will be on the edge of glaciers and close to crevasses for the benefit of training and skill development.