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MOUNTAINEERING : LAKE PLACID

Winter Climbing
101
Winter Climbing 101


Basic winter climbing skills
Ice axe and crampon use
Self-arrest techniques
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3 Day Accelerated
Mountaineering
3 Day Accelerated Mountaineering


Self arrest techniques
Walking with ice axe and crampons
Low and steep angle snow and ice
Identifying hazards
3 single days-no overnight
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Mountaineering
201 Mountaineering 201


Review equipment use
Climbing steeper angle ice and snow
Identifying hazards
Route planning and descent options
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Mountaineering
301- Alpine Gullies
Mountaineering 301- Alpine Gullies



Practicing previously learned skills on semi-committing routes
Fine tuning efficiency in the mountain environment
Basic avalanche hazard assessment
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Mountaineering
302- Glacier Skills
Mountaineering 302- Glacier Skills



Roping for glacial travel
Making nchors for snow and ice
Glacier travel technique
Crevasse self-extraction
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Mountaineering
303- Avalanche
Refresher
Mountaineering 303- Avalanche Refresher



Terrain assessment
Route selection
Gear selection for travel in avalanche terrain
Introduction to the use of avalanche tranceivers
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AIARE Avalanche
Courses
AIARE


Level I