Crevasse Rescue Course ( 2 Days)

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Join Us on 2 Days Crevasse Rescue Course

This two-day course is designed to teach students with previous glacier travel experience how to perform self rescue, partner rescue, and problem solve in the event a climbing team member falls into a crevasse. The Crevasse Rescue Course takes place in a park near Seattle, a snowfield or Mt. Baker if conditions allow. Generally courses are held on Mt. Baker between July 1st and September 10th. Students will arrest a real crevasse fall and perform a rescue using a 3:1 pulley system as part of the course. Participants must be competent in setting-up a rope for glacier travel and performing self-arrest to participate in this course.

For those interested in learning how to extract a middle climber in a crevasse fall, set-up a 2:1 or 5:1 pulley system, or perform rescues involving heavy packs or expedition sleds, this Crevasse Rescue Course may be combined with our Advanced Crevasse Rescue Course. If students do not have previous glacier travel experience they can consider taking our Mountaineering Skills Course which includes crevasse rescue as part of the training. Students may also consider coming on a guided climb of Mt. Baker, Mt. Shuksan, or another glaciated peak and taking this course immediately afterward or at a later date.

The number of days and guide-to-instructor ratio can be customized, and the prices will change accordingly.

Skills Covered during the Crevasse Rescue Course:

Equipment selection, strengths, and limitations
Rope management
Rope-team travel techniques
Self arrest
Knots and hitches pertaining to crevasse rescue
Snow anchors
Self-rescue systems & practice using friction hitches to ascend the rope
Partner Rescue using a 3:1 system in a real crevasse
Leave-No-Trace camping skills

Duration

2 to 4 Days

Passport

Not Required for Americans

Minimum Age

13 years old

Activity

Crevasse Rescue/Glacier Mountaineering

Accommodation

Tents

PRICE BASIS

PRICE INCLUDES

All permits and fees
Stoves/Cook Kits
Tents
Group climbing equipment
Guide Services
Backpacking, mountaineering, and general outdoor safety skills

PRICE DOES NOT INCLUDE

Transportation (We will help arrange carpools)
Meals/Snacks
Gratuities for Guides

ITINERARY

The trip will start with a meeting at least 3 days before the start date. We will go through the following:

Ride sharing
Tent-partners
Personal gear check, gear rental
Logistics, weather, and plan for each day

Note:In the event of inclement weather, we may opt to do some of the course at a campground or in a classroom setting that is convenient for students and instructors.

Day 1:

Meet at a Park and Ride location in the Seattle Area around 6am, or alternatively meet at Graham’s Restaurant in Glacier, Washington on the way to the trailhead. Stop at the National Forest Service Visitor Center to get parking permits for Heliotrope Ridge Trailhead. Drive to the Heliotrope Ridge Trailhead and hike to Hogsback Camp. Set-up camp and walk to the toe of the glacier for skills practice. Practice rigging for rope-team travel, arresting falls on a rope-team, and establishing snow anchors. Return to camp for a hot dinner. After dinner review self-rescue systems and concepts.

Day 2:

Wake-up before sunrise. After an early breakfast rope-up and continue up-glacier to a crevasse that is suitable for skills practice. Build snow or ice anchors and practice self-rescue inside the crevasse. After a break, your instructor(s) will demonstrate arresting the fall of a climbing partner and will perform a rescue using a haul system. Learn the various components of the rescue, and practice partner rescue under the supervision of an instructor. Return to camp and hike back to the trailhead. Enjoy a late dinner en route back home.

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Testimonials

Sandeep is possibly the best person (Miyar and guides) in the business to take you on the mountains. Anyone who has trained with him to summit Rainier over the years can tell you how much he cares about his peeps. Talk to him and he can always find a way to make it happen. I have been trying to climb Rainier for few years with personal constraints (need to be always available, can return anytime, 24*7 sat phone access etc) and many times I had to return mid climb from big ones like Baker and Rainier. It was really easy to talk to the guides about this situation. I never once felt unsafe on the mountains. This is a big deal given how much we learnt when it comes to snow skills and glacier training. Be safe and go with Miyar!
Vivek Garg
What an awesome experience to go on climbing Mt. Rainier with Miyar Adventures. Sandeep and his team of guides ( Kirk, Alexis, Joe, Ben, Chris, Jasmin ) did an awesome job to lead the multiple rope teams trough snow skill preparations and guiding through safely on glacier journey. The amount of efforts put into multi-month preparation, pre-trip meetings, accessibility to gears for rent and attention to details with food/weight/personal gears were all instrumental in almost all of us (in a group of 24) able to summit Mt. Rainier and have wonderful memories. We knew we were in best company and safe hands with prior experience with Miyar Adventures led climb to Mt. Baker and few other preparation trips. And guides calibrated their approach from novice climbers to experienced climbers to push enough to have an enjoyable experience. I highly recommend to go with Miyar Adventures on amazing trips they have lined up around the Puget Sound Area and internationally.
Harshit Shah
If you are interested in doing any climbing or hiking but need a guide , I highly recommend Miyar Adventures...Sandeep is a wonderful person and you will actually learn (and practice ) climbing and crevasse rescue techniques in addition to the trip/climb ...it is definitely beyond a just a "get you to the summit" experience. He genuinely cares and brings in other excellent guides for bigger groups. My husband and I recently successfully made it to the summit of Mount Baker with Sandeep, two other guides and a group of friends and we had a fantastic experience. He and the guides he works with are very knowledgeable so I had confidence in their abilities to lead us but they are also very friendly and fun so that overall trip was enjoyable. I will definitely climb with Miyar Adventures again!
Monica Henry