Canyoning
Basic Canyoning course
Basic canyoning courses prepare students to be self-sufficient and competent participants on a canyoning team. These courses focus on techniques specific to aquatic canyons like those found in the Pacific Northwest. While many climbing concepts cross over, rope movement in aquatic canyons is unique to the sport, and the Basic Canyoning Courses will give you the skills a canyon participants needs.
Typically offered
The Basic Canyoning Course is typically offered in late spring/early summer in the Seattle Branch.
Badges you can earn
Intermediate Canyoning course
Intermediate Canyoning Courses prepare students to move confidently and safely through more
technically challenging aquatic canyons. These canyons may have long multi-stage rappels, anchors that are difficult to access, rappels in significant flow, or mild hydraulics that require specific skills to manage safely.
TYPICALLY OFFERED
The Intermediate Canyoning Course is typically offered in late spring/early summer in the Seattle Branch.
BADGES YOU CAN EARN
Assistant canyon leader course
The Assistant Canyon Leader Course gives students the skills they need to assess and rig rappels
and hand lines, manage friction and abrasion, and help a team maneuver through a variety of obstacles in an aquatic canyon environment. Students who graduate from this course will have the skills to organize a private party in basic canyons and serve as an assistant leader on Mountaineers trips in Basic and Intermediate Canyons.
TYPICALLY OFFERED
The Assistant Canyon Leader Course is typically offered in late spring/early summer in the Seattle Branch.
BADGES YOU CAN EARN
technical waterfall canyoning course
The Technical Waterfall Canyoning Course is a comprehensive course that covers all of the skills from Basic to Assistant Leader in 8 intensive days. It gives students the skills they need to move fluidly on ropes, assess and rig rappels
and hand lines, manage friction and abrasion, and help a team maneuver through a variety of obstacles in an aquatic canyon environment. Students who graduate from this course will have the skills to organize a private party in basic canyons and serve as an assistant leader on Mountaineers trips in Basic and Intermediate Canyons.
TYPICALLY OFFERED
The Technical Waterfall Canyoning Course is typically offered in July in the Seattle Branch
BADGES YOU CAN EARN
- Basic Canyoning Course
- Variable Friction Device
- Single-strand Rope Ascent
- Hand Line Movement
- Intermediate Canyoning Course
- Basic Canyon Whitewater
- Vertical Rope Movement
- Assistant Canyon Leader Course
- Rigging and Managing Canyon Rappels
- Hand Line Rigging and Management