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Price includes three days of guided instruction, two nights at Rampart Creek Hostel. Participants are splitting the cost of the guides (rates, hostel accommodation and food). We can offer a food program $40 per person, per day (breakfast, appetizer, dinner and dessert). Please confirm if you would like to order food. Food preferences and allergies can be accommodated but may have an additional charge.
Trip Hazards – Must read BEFORE registering.
Rock Climbing · Rockfall · Rockfall can be caused by natural forces, or by people travelling through the terrain (e.g. climbing/scrambling/hiking). What are the risks? Impact from a falling rock can result in injury or death and can also damage equipment such as ropes. · Terrain · Trees, forest deadfall, and tree stumps · Creeks · Rocks and Boulders · Variable and difficult walking terrain · Impact or collision with other persons or objects · Encounters with domestic or wild animals · Contact with poisonous flora or fauna · Loss of balance or control · Slips, trips and falls. · Falls and Belaying · Rock climbing presents the risk of falling from the wall causing the climber to collide with the wall or ground, which can lead to injury or death · The risk of belay failure is also present which can contribute to the risk of a ground fall · Communication, rescue and medical treatment · Communication can be difficult and in the event of a accident rescue and treatment may not be available · Adverse weather may also delay the arrival of treatment and transport out of the field · If an Injury occurs in challenging terrain movement to an evacuation point may be slow § Other · Slips, trips and falls both outdoors and indoors · Infectious disease contracted through viruses, bacteria, parasites, and fungi which may be transmitted through direct or indirect contact · Equipment failure · Negligent first aid · Negligence of other people Mountaineering · Rockfall and icefall o Rockfall and icefall can be caused by natural forces, or by people travelling through the terrain (e.g. climbing/scrambling/hiking). What are the risks? Impact from a falling rock or ice can result in injury or death and can also damage equipment such as ropes. · Avalanche o "Avalanches can occur in the terrain in which we operate and can be caused by natural forces, or by people travelling through the terrain (e.g. skiing/snowboarding). What are the risks? Anyone caught in an avalanche is at risk of personal injury, death, and/or property damage or loss." · Terrain o Crevasses o Cornice fall o Tress, forest deadfall and tree stumps o Creeks o Rocks and Boulders o Variable and difficult walking terrain o Impact or collision with other persons or objects o Encounters with domestic or wild animals o Contact with poisonous flora or fauna o Loss of balance or control o Slips, trips,and falls · Falls and Belaying o Mountaineering and ice climbing present the risk of falling from the wall causing the climber to collide with the wall or the ground, which can lead to injury or death. o The risk of belay failure is also present, which can contribute to the risk of a ground fall · Communication, rescue and medical treatment o Communication can be difficult and in the event of a accident rescue and treatment may not be available o Adverse weather may also delay the arrival of treatment and transport out of the field o If an Injury occurs in challenging terrain movement to an evacuation point may be slow · · Other · Slips, trips and falls both outdoors and indoors · Infectious disease contracted through viruses, bacteria, parasites, and fungi which may be transmitted through direct or indirect contact · Equipment failure · Negligent first aid · Negligence of other people
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