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    • Contact us today to create your custom course, tour or expedition!

      Canada West Mountain School specializes in private, customized training and Guided trips. We work extensively with schools, clubs, companies and individuals to arrange everything from 1-day class sessions to International expeditions.

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  • Rock & Ice
    • Rock Courses

      • Squamish Rock Intro (1-day)
      • Top-Rope Anchors (1-day)
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      • Sport Lead Rock Climbing
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      • Rock Rescue
      • Squamish Rock 1/2-day Private
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    • Guided Rock

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    • Ice Climbing

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      • Complete Mountaineering
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      • Tantalus Range Alpinism
    • Guided Alpine

      • Mt Logan, Canada
      • Bugaboos, BC
      • Mt Garibaldi, BC
      • Mt Joffre, BC
      • Mt Matier, BC
      • Mt Waddington, BC
      • Tantalus Range, BC
  • Hiking & Scrambling
    • Hiking program

      • South Chilcotins Wilderness – 2021
      • Garibaldi Wilderness week
      • Mountain Navigation
      • Overnight Backpacking
      • Wilderness Survival
    • NEW! South Chilcotin Wilderness traverse

      Join our 7-day wilderness adventure hiking though the sub-alpine wilderness of the Dickson Range in the South Chilcotin Mountains north of Pemberton. More details here –  South Chilcotin Wilderness Traverse.

    • Scrambling

      • Scrambling Essentials 2021
      • Blackcomb Peak, BC
  • First Aid
    • Wilderness First Aid

      • Intro Wilderness First Aid (2-days)
      • Advanced Wilderness First Aid – 40 hr
      • Wilderness First Responder (80 hr)
      • WFR – Re-certification  (3 days)
      • Wilderness First Responder Bridge (40 hr)
      • CPR Certification
  • Expedition
    • Americas

      • Mt Logan – 2021
      • Mt Waddington, BC
      • Aconcagua, Argentina
    • Europe & Africa

      • Swiss Alps Classics
      • Mt Elbrus, Russia
      • Mt Kenya, Kenya
      • Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
    • Asia

      • Khan Tengri, Kyrgyzstan
      • Ama Dablam, Nepal
      • Mt Everest, Nepal

2018-06-26

Arcteryx Climbing Academy 2019

the 2019 Arcteryx Climbing Academy clinic registration opens  May 15th!  Canada West Mountain School will once again be hosting all the Climbing Clinics from August 23-25, 2019. Be sure to check out the full event running in Squamish for a celebration of climbing culture in Canada – great free seminars, climbing clinics, slide shows, world renowned speakers and more!

For full details and to register for 2019 Clinics and Free Seminars, visit the Arcteryx Climbing Academy site.

Article by Brian Jones / Uncategorized, What's New

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