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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 Courses

      • Squamish Rock Intro (1-day)
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    • 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
      • Blackcomb Peak, BC
  • Mountaineering
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      • Mountaineering Essentials
      • Complete Mountaineering
      • Alpine Skills Week
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      • Crevasse Rescue
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    • Guided Alpine

      • Mt Garibaldi
      • Mt Matier, BC
      • Mt Joffre, BC
      • Tantalus Range, BC
      • Mt Waddington, BC
      • Bugaboos, BC
  • 1st 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)
  • Expeditions
    • Americas

      • Mt Logan – 2023
      • 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

2016-05-25

Arcteryx Climbing Academy

Arcteryx Climbing Academy 2016We are looking forward to the Arcteryx Climbing Academy coming up this July! Canada West Mountain School will once again be hosting all the Climbing Clinics on July 15, 16 and 17. 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 Clinics and Free Seminars, visit the Arcteryx Climbing Academy site.

Article by Brian Jones / Uncategorized, What's New

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