Custom Crevasse Rescue

Custom Crevasse Rescue Training courses with Canada West Mountain School include:
– Your choice of dates for all instruction and training sessions
– Professional in-person instruction by ACMG (Assoc. of Canadian Mountain Guides) members
– on-snow practical field sessions in a backcountry environment
– All technical and safety equipment
– Canada West Mountain School pre-course Virtual Classroom training to ensure you are prepared for the field session

Costs noted here for Custom Crevasse Rescue programs do not include the following:
– transportation to/from course areas
– lift access fees (if applicable)
– food
– accommodation (if applicable)
– avalanche safety equipment (rentals are available on request)
– personal equipment, unless otherwise arranged
– ski touring, split board, or snowshoeing equipment

Custom Crevasse Rescue 2-day Training course cost:
– 1:1 Instructor to Participant ratio: $1,250/person per course
– 1:2 Instructor to Participant ratio: $650/person per course
– 1:3 Instructor to Participant ratio: $450/person per course
– 1:4 Instructor to Participant ratio: $350/person per course
– 1:5 Instructor to Participant ratio: $300/person per course
– 1:6 Instructor to Participant ratio: $250/person per course

Custom Crevasse Rescue 1-day Training course cost:
– 1:1 Instructor to Participant ratio: $625/person per day
– 1:2 Instructor to Participant ratio: $325/person per day
– 1:3 Instructor to Participant ratio: $225/person per day
– 1:4 Instructor to Participant ratio: $175/person per day
– 1:5 Instructor to Participant ratio: $150/person per day
– 1:6 Instructor to Participant ratio: $125/person per day

We arrange Custom Crevasse Rescue Training courses as a 1-day or 2-day session, on dates of your choice and your preferred location (we can come to any location in Western Canada). Winter courses are conducted on skis, snowshoes, split-boards, or snow-machines. Summer-based mountaineering style courses are held from June-October. Contact us to discuss full details and we will set up a Custom program for you and your back-country partners this season!

Custom Crevasse Rescue course format
Canada West Mountain School recommends 2-days to adequately become confident in mastering the essential Crevasse Rescue skills. Day-1 is focused on teaching and practicing essential rope management and technical rescue systems; Day-1 is often conducted in Squamish as a dry-land training session, though it can also be conducted in a local alpine region such as Whistler or Seymour.

Day-2 is spent practicing and refining the complete rope rescue systems including building snow anchors, creating a rescue strategy and applying & implementing a variety of different rescue systems. This day is ideally conducted in a local alpine region such as Whistler or Seymour, where there is easy access to an adequate snowpack for training purposes.

Custom 1-day Crevasse Rescue training
We will conduct a 1-day training course on a Custom basis if requested. 1-day training courses will ideally be held in a local alpine region, such as Seymour or Whistler, and are dependent on the following:
– All participants have previous experience (and are comfortable) with technical rope systems including belaying, rappelling, rigging climbing anchor systems in an outdoors environment
– All participants are in excellent or better physical condition
– (Winter training) Participants are all experienced backcountry skiers or split-boarders
– (Winter training) Participants must have AST-1 or equivalent experience

Please contact the Canada West Mountain School office directly to discuss the details of your specific training needs and we will help you assess if a 1-day or 2-day program is suitable.