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...Learning the Magic of the Mountains Heli Mountaineering Courses and Training in Canada's Rocky Mountains!
Our heli mountaineering courses feature Heli Canada Adventures' highly qualified ACMG guides: you'll work with them during daily training mini-expeditions in the Monashee Range of Canada's Rocky Mountains, covering terrain that varies from wildflower meadows to alpine peaks to glaciers.
Heli Canada Adventures' mountaineering courses begin with a thrilling helicopter ride from Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada into the Rockies, flying effortlessly from 1500 feet to our campsite at 6500 feet. On our courses, you can expect morning and evening group meetings to discuss weather, objectives and lessons learned, and remember that questions are always welcome - these are your mountaineering adventures!
Day Two on our courses continues the snow school mountaineering adventures, practicing crucial self arrest techniques from every position imaginable, and testing snow anchor strengths and weaknesses. After lunch, the adventures turn to ice school training, learning to walk with crampons and practicing climbing techniques, plus ice anchor training.
Day Four's training works towards our planned mountaineering objective, with each participant taking turns to lead the group and apply techniques appropriate to terrain and conditions: pacing, route finding, rope management on snow and mixed terrain, and white-out travel. Our courses' expert guides provide feedback and support at all times during our adventures.
Heli Canada Adventures' six-day Introduction to Mountaineering courses offer expert mountaineering training, thrilling adventures, comfortable camps, gourmet dining and the camaraderie of mountaineering enthusiasts, all in the outstanding wilderness of Canada's Rocky Mountains. Click here for an overview of dates for our heli mountaineering courses. Heli Canada Adventures can also meet most custom needs and dates, including incorporating mountaineering courses into a corporate incentive or teambuilding program: we look forward to working with you to customize your heli mountaineering training. Contact us or call 1-877-837-5417 (toll free in North America) for more information. Exclusive Backcountry Adventures - It's Our Guarantee. |
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If you're looking for a solid background in the fundamentals of mountaineering, you'll find it in Heli Canada Adventures' Introduction to Mountaineering courses. These six-day, "hands on" heli mountaineering
training courses cover all the essential training - including navigation, route-finding, glacier travel, climbing on ice and snow, anchors, even crevasse rescue - to help you feel comfortable in mountain terrain.
And there's no special experience or training required for Heli Canada Adventures' mountaineering courses. If you're in good physical condition - able to carry a pack with your overnight personal gear and some food for approximately three miles with an elevation gain of 1500 feet - just add a keen instinct for adventures!
Day One
of our heli mountaineering courses covers harnesses, helmets and crampons: training on how to fit and wear each piece of equipment. Care and condition of ropes is next, including stacking, coiling, potential rope damage from crampons, and mountaineering knots. Then it's a delicious lunch, followed by snow school adventures: how to walk and climb, plus different ice axe techniques. Setting up camp is a breeze, and dinner is backcountry gourmet - delicious and filling.
Day Three
of our mountaineering courses begins with glacier training: morphology and safety, from what makes a glacier to crossing it safely. We start training on correct rope use for glacier travel, and crevasse rescue techniques. We lunch over maps and compasses for the navigation training, spending the afternoon's adventures combining the skill sets learned so far to achieve route finding, even in white-out conditions (which our courses manufacture if nature doesn't cooperate!).
Day Five
of Heli Canada Adventures' mountaineering courses finds us moving camp and once again putting our learned skills into mountaineering practice, enroute to
Day Six's adventures: weather permitting, a peak to climb, with an accident and emergency training scenario enroute. Then it's back to camp and another great helicopter ride...and we'll be sharing stories about mountaineering adventures at the pub by five!
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Dates for 2008 |
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Jul 21-26 Aug 19-24 |
$3788 | $3788 | Includes 2 ACMG guides, helicopter flights to and from course camping area, climbing ropes, very good meals from lunch the first day to lunch the last day. On belay! | 1 2 3 |
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| 1 | Prices are per-guest in Canadian dollars, including GST. | |||
| 2 | In order to arrive prepared and to make the most of your trip, please check the Equipment list | |||
| 3 | 6 Clients per 2 Guides | |||
Please note that Heli Canada Adventures can meet most group training needs, and can accommodate many dates and customized requests, including corporate team building and incentive programs. Contact us with details of your needs, and we'll do our best to meet them.Exclusive Backcountry Adventures - Its Our Guarantee. |
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