Costs: $262.50 includes GST per person
(includes both days).
*Please read all details before registering*
Course Description: Sean Isaac is an ACMG
Alpine Guide based out of Canmore. This course
is for hikers, scramblers and
climbers who want to learn the basics about
glacier travel. This
two-day course will cover glaciology for
climbers, dividing the
rope for glacier travel, shorting the rope,
firn-line transitions,
route finding, crevasse rescue, snow and ice
anchors. Day 1 will be
practicing these techniques on the toe of the
glacier, and day 2 will
be applying all learned techniques during an
ascent of a mountain.
Prerequisites: Participants do not need any
previous glacier travel
knowledge but some hiking or scrambling
experience is a good
idea. The course instructor has extra crampons,
ice axes,
harnesses and helmets for use on a first-ask,
first-serve basis if
participants do not have their own.
Required Items to Bring:
Harness, helmet, belay device (auto-blocking
like ATC-Guide or
Reverso is recommended), 4-5 locking carabiners
(at least one
being a Munter shape), 4 non-locking
carabiners, 1 double-length
shoulder sling, 2 7mmx5m Prussic cords, 1
7mmx1.5m prussic
cord and a lunch/drink
Recommended Items to Bring:
Warm clothes (expect to stand around and
listen/learn) and then
participate.
Notes:
This trip will be a first-come-first-serve and
this is based
on who can deliver their $262.50 (this includes
tax)
cheque/cash/INTERAC e-Transfer (to ACC Calgary)
first. This
trip will be a first-come-first-serve and
this is based on who can deliver their $262.50
(this includes tax) cheque/cash/INTERAC e-
Transfer
(to ACC Calgary) first.
Send an INTERAC e-Transfer to the ACC Treasurer
using the
Treasurer@ACCCalgary.ca email address.
About the course leader: Sean Isaac is a
sponsored climbing
athlete and an ACMG Alpine Guide specializing
in technical
leadership instruction in addition to guiding
rock, ice and
alpine routes. To learn more about Sean, please
visit his
website at www.seanisaac.com
Cancellation/Partial Attendance: Please review our participant responsibility guidelines!
Cancellation Policy:
Please review our participant responsibility
guidelines!
*Note: Cancellation Policy: Due to the
popularity of these clinics, full payment must
be received to book your spot. There will be no
refund for cancellations. Courses will run
regardless of weather unless the guide deems
conditions unsafe then either a back-up option
will be executed or an appropriate date will be
rescheduled. This is to be decided by the guide
the evening before.
*Cancellation Policy*: If a participant is unable to attend a paid course or trip, there will be no refund unless the participant finds a suitable replacement that is acceptable to the trip coordinator. Acceptable waiting list candidates will have priority. It will then be the participant's responsibility to recover funds from the replacement. If the coordinator cancels an event, participants get a refund (less any non-recoverable costs). Note that ACC National does not refund hut fees due to weather, delay, closures, or any other reasons. The Calgary Section of the ACC is a not for profit club and we only charge attendees what it costs us to provide courses or trips.
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Registration for this event closed on Saturday, July 16, 2016 at 11:00 PM.