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| General Mountaineering (a.k.a. Summer in the Mountains) | ||
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Summer in the Mountains is an introductory course put on by members for the Edmonton Section of the Alpine Club. The course will take place on
Tuesday nights from 7-9 pm. There will be five classroom sessions and two skills weekends. Classroom sessions cover temperature regulation in the backcountry, clothing systems, gear (stoves, tents, sleeping bags as well as technical climbing gear), travel on snow, crevasse rescue, and travel on rock.
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| Date | Starting 3 Apr 2008 | |
| Contact | Tanya Binette at 493-8198 or mountaintbone@hotmail.com | |
| Winter Mountaineering (a.k.a. Winter in the Mountains) | ||
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This course is designed to introduce people to the skills they will require for traveling in the mountains in the winter on skis. Classroom sessions cover hypothermia, clothing, gear, shelter, and avalanche assessment.
4 classroom sessions run Jan 10, 17, 24, 31 from 7-9pm in room T1-119 in the Tory Building on the University of Alberta Campus. There are 2 skills-training weekends in the mountains. The first weekend will be hostel based and will be Feb. 2-3. The second weekend will be winter camping on the Saturday night and will be Feb. 23-24. Class room space is unlimited. Weekend spots are limited due to hostel and backcountry restrictions and will be available on a first-come, first-serve (registration for the course by email which is confirmed by fee payment on Jan. 10) basis. |
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| Date | Starts Jan 2008 | |
| Contact | Tanya Binette mountaintbone@hotmail.com | |
| Avalanche Safety Training Course Level I (formerly RAC) | |
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The Avalanche Safety Training Level I (formerly RAC) is 2 day course includes classroom and outdoor instruction covering: mountain snowpack, terrain, trip preparation, avalanche formation, and self rescue. This course includes Avalanche safety training for recreation as recommended by the Canadian Avalanche Centre. The Course Cost includes a Avalanche Awareness Handbook and a diploma certificate upon successful completion. This course is run by Peter Amann in Jasper. Active Edmonton section ski leaders can apply for a partial refund of the course fees by contacting course@alpineclub-edm.org.
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| Date | February 19 and 20, 2008 |
| Price | $170 +GST |
| Courses Offered by Rescue Dynamics | |
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Courses are arranged through Rescue Dynamics in Edmonton and are taught by Cyril Shokoples, an internationally certified mountain guide and Past President of the Association of Canadian Mountain Guides. All of the technical gear is provided for climbing courses. Participants are responsible for their own food, boots, clothing and accommodation. Participants are required to complete a medical form and waiver before each course. To confirm a spot on a course, you must pay the course fee in full in advance. Most courses will give preference to section members until one month before the course. Special section prices apply until that time. Course locations vary between Jasper, Canmore, Lake Louise and Nordegg.
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| Date | February 19 and 20, 2008 |
| Price | $170 +GST |
| Leadership Courses | |
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Registration for courses beginning with the heading ACC is only open to ACC members. Request an application through ACC Edmonton Section Course Coordinator at course@alpineclub-edm.org.
The leadership courses are sponsored by the section. The lower price is for active section leaders – defined as those who have led a trip for the section in the past 18 months. Other members can apply for a partial refund of their course fee if they continue on to lead section trips within a year after the course. Copies of waivers or trip lists and receipts may be required to receive a refund. Contact the course coordinator for details. |
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| ACC Rock Rescue Leadership Course | |
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The course consists of two days of single rope rescue systems (SRT) for dealing with an injured partner. We will look at the basic technical rope aspects of rock rescue. We will study lowers, raises, simple pulley systems, some basic lifts and carries and some safety systems to prevent accidents. In order to get the most from this course you should also review your knots and rope procedures before arriving. Instruction takes place in the Front Ranges of Jasper Park. For details see www.rescuedynamics.ca/courses/res/RockResLet.htm. |
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| Location | Jasper |
| Date | May 17 and 18, 2008 |
| Price | $212 (discount for active section trip leaders) |
| ACC Alpine Leadership Course | |
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The Rock and Alpine Leadership Seminars are not at all about hard rock or ice climbing. We will spend much of our time on easy to moderate routes or easy sections of routes and focus on skills that will assist you to lead groups safely, efficiently and quickly. The weekend will begin with a day of rock skills review and practice together with an introduction to the most difficult and advanced skill of all - short-roping. This is followed by a second day in which we may attempt an easy route that requires short roping (perhaps at Hidden Valley or on a peak). On the last two days we switch our focus to snow and ice (Alpine). It may include another summit climb or more skills practice. All of this is weather dependant.
For details see www.rescuedynamics.ca/courses/lead/EdmontonLead.htm#rocksnowice. |
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| Location | Jasper/ Columbia Icefields |
| Date | June 28 – July 1, 2007 (4 days) |
| Price | $400 or $240 for active section trip leaders |
| Participants | Maximum 5 |
| ACC Mountain Navigation Course | |
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Map reading, compass use, bearings, back bearings, triangulation, dead reckoning, aiming off, handrails, altimeter use, backstops, whiteout navigation, wands, even satellite GPS and a whole bunch more jam packed into two fun filled days. Mix of classroom and outdoor exercises.
For details see www.rescuedynamics.ca/summer.htm#Navigation. |
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| Location | Jasper or TBA |
| Date | September 13/14, 2008 (2 days) |
| Price | $212 or $85 for active section trip leaders |
| ACC Emergency Mountaineering First Aid (EMFA) | |
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This two day course was specially designed to address common traumatic and environmental injuries encountered by climbers and skiers. The curriculum was developed by extensively researching the nature of outdoor mountain injuries and realistically evaluating the information and techniques that could best serve the average recreational mountain or wilderness traveler.
For details see www.rescuedynamics.ca/emergency.htm#EMFA. |
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| Location | Edmonton |
| Date | Oct. 25/26, 2008 |
| Price | $185 |
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