Climbing Course
Intermediate Climbing Course
The Bellingham Intermediate Mountaineering Course is a continuation of the Basic Mountaineering Course or for those climbers with equivalent experience. This course focuses on building on your knowledge while emphasizing safety, leadership and climbing instruction.
- Rolling Enrollment: Thu, Jan 1, 2009 - Wed, Jan 1, 2025
- Committee: Bellingham Climbing Committee
- Members: $500.00 Guests: $600.00
- Availability: 31 (100 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
The application period for the 2022 cohort has closed. Please check back in Fall 2022 for next year's application.
Intermediate students will learn techniques such as:
- Leading on rock or ice
- Setting protection
- Building anchors
- Handling multi-pitch routes
- Self rescue
- AND MORE!
Please note this is a multiyear course – some course activities have prerequisites and won’t be completed the first year. View the 2023 Schedule.
Successful completion requires a significant commitment of time and effort. Graduates have the knowledge and skills to organize and lead basic-level climbs and participate in intermediate level climbs.
The Bellingham Mountaineers are committed to building and fostering a representative climbing community that reflects the spaces in which we live and recreate. We recognize that outdoor recreation has historically excluded communities of color, women and LGBTQ people. Hence, we strongly encourage applications from people with these identities or who are members of other underrepresented communities.
Badges you will earn:
Climbing Self-Rescue Course
Leading Multipitch Routes
Intermediate Alpine Climbing Course
Leading Trad Routes
Alpine Ice
| Course Activity | Date | Availability | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intermediate Water Ice (optional) | |||
| Hyalite Canyon |
Fri, Jan 20, 2023 -
Sun, Jan 22, 2023 Registration closes Jan 18
|
3
participants
2 instructors
|
|
| Intermediate Winter Mountaineering (optional) | |||
| Austin Pass (winter) |
Sat, Feb 25, 2023 -
Sun, Feb 26, 2023 Registration closes Feb 23
|
3
participants
3 instructors
|
|
| Small Party Rock Rescue (optional) | |||
| Bellingham YMCA |
Sat, Mar 18, 2023 -
Sun, Mar 19, 2023 Registration closes Mar 16
|
2
participants
3 instructors
|
|
| Intermediate Rock 1 (optional) | |||
| Leavenworth |
Sat, Jun 17, 2023 -
Sun, Jun 18, 2023 Registration closes Jun 15
|
8
participants
3 instructors
|
|
| Intermediate Rock 2 (optional) | |||
| Leavenworth |
Sat, Jul 22, 2023 -
Sun, Jul 23, 2023 Registration closes Jul 20
|
3
participants
3 instructors
|
|
| Intermediate Ice 1 & 2 (optional) | |||
| Heliotrope Ridge and Lower Coleman Glacier & Seracs |
Sat, Aug 12, 2023 -
Sun, Aug 13, 2023 Registration closes Aug 10
|
8
participants
3 instructors
|
|
| Intermediate Crevasse Rescue (optional) | |||
| Mount Baker Recreation Area |
Sat, Aug 26, 2023 -
Sun, Aug 27, 2023 Registration closes Aug 24
|
3
participants
3 instructors
|
|
This is a course for cool cats.
There are no materials for this course.