Intermediate Climbing Course - Olympia - 2019

Climbing Course

Intermediate Climbing Course

This course is designed to provide the skills needed to lead on multi-pitch rock and ice climbs.

The intermediate climbing course provides classroom and field instruction designed to teach the techniques of safe climbing on rock, hard snow, ice, and mixed alpine terrain. Leadership and safety skills are major components of the course. The Olympia intermediate climbing course is offered in a module format that includes instruction on winter mountaineering including emergency shelter construction and avalanche safety and rescue; leading on rock including setting pro, building and equalizing anchors, swinging leads and self-rescue; hard snow and glacier travel including German and French technique; and vertical ice climbing including the placing of ice screws and swinging leads on 60+ degree ice.

Course Requirements
Course Activity Date Availability Leader
Rock I Lecture
Private Residence
Tue, Jun 20, 2023
Registration closed Apr 23
1 participant
1 instructor
Intermediate Rock Field Trip 1
Leavenworth
Sat, Jun 24, 2023 -
Sun, Jun 25, 2023
Registration closed Apr 27
1 participant
1 instructor
Rock II Lecture
Private Residence
Wed, Jul 5, 2023
Registration closes Jun 18
1 participant
1 instructor
Intermediate Rock Field Trip 2
Leavenworth
Sat, Jul 8, 2023 -
Sun, Jul 9, 2023
Registration closes Jun 22
1 participant
1 instructor
Olympia Intermediate Hard Snow
Panorama Point
Sun, Jul 23, 2023
Registration closes Jul 21
3 participants
Ice I Lecture
Tacoma Program Center
Wed, Sep 13, 2023
Registration closes Sep 11
1 participant
2 instructors
Olympia Intermediate Ice 1 Field Trip
Heliotrope Ridge and Lower Coleman Glacier & Seracs
Sat, Sep 23, 2023 -
Sun, Sep 24, 2023
Registration closes Sep 21
1 participant
2 instructors
Olympia Intermediate Ice Field Trip 2
Mount Baker/Easton Glacier
Sat, Sep 30, 2023 -
Sun, Oct 1, 2023
Registration closes Sep 28
1 participant
2 instructors

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