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Our most popular winter courses, we've been running these mountaineering courses for many years here in California. Receive winter mountaineering training, including avalanche
awareness, in all aspects of alpine winter mountaineering from a professional AMGA certified and trained mountain guide.
Winter climbing conditions have been great this 2014 season! There's plenty of snow for our climbing courses.
Intro To Winter Mountaineering
Course - Eastern Sierra Nevada
Sawtooth Range , Eastern Sierra Nevada - 3 days
Learn winter mountaineering in the amazing Sawtooth Range in the Eastern Sierra Nevada, close to Northern California and not too far from Los Angeles. California's best alpine training ground. Climb Matterhorn Peak (12,300 ft) in the winter!
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Advanced/Intermediate
Winter Mountaineering Course - Eastern Sierra Nevada
Sawtooth Range, Sierra Nevada - 5 days
A technical winter climbing course with extensive winter mountaineering training
in ice and mixed climbing, anchors, crevasse rescue as well as belayed travel and climbing rock while in crampons.
This winter mountaineering course includes a day of waterfall ice climbing and an attempt of a technical winter climbing route on the spectacular Sawtooth Ridge in the High Sierra.
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Introduction To Ice Climbing
Lee Vining/June Lake - 2 days
Learn all the aspects of ice climbing in this fun beginner ice climbing
course. Receive professional ice climbing instruction in how to
swing an ice tool, proper crampon technique and lots more. Give
ice climbing a try!
Intermediate/Advanced Ice Climbing
Lee Vining - 2 days
Take your ice climbing skills to a higher level with professional
ice climbing instruction & training in multi-pitch ice climbing
and advanced tool and crampon techniques. Climb Lee Vining waterfall
ice climbs up to 3 pitches in length with a professional mountain
guide!
Lee Vining & June Lake
Ice Climbing:
Introduction To Ice Climbing
Lee Vining/June Lake - 2 days
Learn all the aspects of ice climbing in this fun beginner ice climbing
course. Receive professional ice climbing instruction in how to
swing an ice tool, proper crampon technique and lots more. Give
ice climbing a try!
Intermediate/Advanced Ice Climbing
Lee Vining - 2 days
Take your ice climbing skills to a higher level with professional
ice climbing instruction & training in multi-pitch ice climbing
and advanced tool and crampon techniques. Climb Lee Vining waterfall
ice climbs up to 3 pitches in length with a professional mountain
guide!
AIARE Level One Avalanche Course
Yurt-based, Eastern Sierra Nevada
This course is and important step in learning how to make decisions in avalanche terrain. An excellent introductory course for any winter backcountry traveler, this thorough stand-alone course introduces avalanches, hazard mitigation, rescue techniques and much more. It is taught by AIARE qualified course leaders in the backcountry at a backcountry yurt with lodging and some meals provided.
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Many of our alpine climbing courses are conducted in the Sawtooth
Range in the High Sierra - California's most spectacular alpine
climbing venue with pleny of year-round snow and great alpine rock climbing. You will receive valuable training from IFMGA and AMGA certified and trained mountain guides.
Intro to Mountaineering - 3 day Alpine Mountain
Camp
The Sawtooth Range - Sierra Nevada
An introduction to alpine climbing & mountaineering
in the Sawtooth Range of the Sierra Nevada, including a guided ascent
of spectacular Matterhorn Peak (12,279 ft). Learn ice ax and crampon use as well as basic rock climbing all in a beautiful setting.
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Palisades Fourteeners - 5 days
High Sierra Nevada
The Palisades region of the High Sierra is home to many of the California fourteen thousand foot peaks. On this intensive 5-day trip, we attempt up to five of them: North Palisade, Thunderbolt, Startlight Peak, Polemonium and Mount Sill via easy but technical rock routes. A spectacular alpine rock trip!
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Alpine
Climbing Course - 6 days
The Sawtooth Range, Sierra Nevada
An extensive climbing course in alpine climbing & technical
mountaineering. Includes climbing instruction in all aspects of
mountaineering such as rock climbing, glacier travel & creavasse
rescue, ice axe and crampon techniques. Suitable for those with
no previous climbing experience who want it all or for those with
previous experience who want to refine their skills for climbing
the high peaks. Includes a summit of Matterhorn Peak via a technical
5th class route.
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Technical
Alpine Rock Climbing Camp
The Sawtooth Range, Sierra Nevada - 5 days
Rock Climbing on the high peaks of the Sierra Nevada. Receive technical
training all the aspects of alpine style rock climbing. Includes
a technical rock climbing route on Matterhorn Peak.
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Rock Self-Rescue Course
- 2 days
Eastern Sierra Nevada
AMGA certified rock climbing guide and IFMGA internationally certified mountain guide Dave Miller teaches this valuable course in what to do when things go wrong on a rock climb. This course covers how to get yourself out of just about any situation on a multi-pitch rock climb
Guided Climbs:
Matterhorn
Peak - The North Arete (5.7)
The Sawtooth Range, Sierra Nevada - 2 days
A guided technical rock climbing route on Matterhorn Peak. The North
Arete is one of the Sierra Nevada's classic alpine rock routes and
on many climbers tick lists. A great first High Sierra technical rock climb.
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The Incredible
Hulk - Red Dihedral (5.10b)
The Sawtooth Range, Sierra Nevada - 2 days
A guided technical rock climbing route on the spectacular Incredible
Hulk, home to some of the High Sierra's finest granite. The Red
Dihedral is one of the Sierra's best 5.10 routes.
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Intro to Mountaineering
- Mt Shasta Summit
Mount Shasta 14,162 feet - 3 Days
Learn all the aspects of mountaineering and snow climbing while
climbing Mount Shasta, California's spectacular 14'er. Suitable
for those with little or no mountaineering and climbing experience.
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Mount Shasta Glacier
Travel & Ice Climbing
Mt Shasta - 5 days
A glacier travel, crevasse rescue & ice climbing course with
a summit attempt of Mount Shasta, the Everest of California.
Receive technical alpine ice climbing and mountaineering training
from a professional mountain guide that will take you to the high
mountains of the world.
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For Mt Shasta information check out our Mount
Shasta Travel Page
mt. Shasta climbs & courses are operated
by Shasta Mountain Guides, a company permitted by the Shasta/Trinity
National Forest
Custom Mountaineering
Courses
From private guiding or groups, allow us to arrange a custom California
summer or winter mountaineering trip for you. From The Cascades
to the Sierra's.
For high-altitude alpine climbing & mountaineering in other
parts of the world check out our international division, International
Alpine Guides.
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