The Olympia Mountaineers

2011 Intermediate Climbing Course

Ron Lavigne (360) 786-8835

Course: 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.

Cost: $175

Prerequisites:

  1. Basic Climbing Course graduate or equivalency
  2. Must hold or obtain a current MOFA card
  3. Successful completion of the Qualifier Field Trip

Lecture Schedule:

Feb. 15 Orientation and kickoff The Alpine Experience 7:00 pm
Feb. 22 Skills review night (optional) Warehouse Rock Gym 7:00 pm
Feb. 23 Winter Mountaineering The Alpine Experience (Hayak Room) 7:00 pm
Mar. 8 Winter Mountaineering The Alpine Experience 7:00 pm
Jun. 16 Rock and Self-rescue Warehouse Rock Gym 7:00 pm
Jun. 30 Rock II Warehouse Rock Gym 7:00 pm
Jul. 19 Hard Snow The Alpine Experience 7:00 pm
Aug. 4 Ice I The Alpine Experience 7:00 pm
Aug. 18 Ice II Warehouse Rock Gym 7:00 pm

Field Trip Schedule:

Feb. 27 Qualifier Warehouse Gym
Feb. 12-13 Winter Mountaineering TBD
Jun. 25-26 Rock I Leavenworth
Jun. 9-10 Rock II Leavenworth
Jul. 23-24 Hard Snow TBD
Aug. 13-14 Ice I Coleman Glacier
Aug. 27-28 Ice II Coleman Glacier

 
Ice II field trip at Coleman Glacier - September 2009
(photo by Toby Tahja-Syrett)

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