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Canada West Mountain School

Mountain guiding | Avalanche skills | Outdoor instruction

  • Avalanche
    • Courses

      • Private Avalanche Training – 2020/21
      • AST Refresher 2021
      • AST-1 Seymour (Midweek)
      • AST-1 Classic (Seymour)
      • AST-1 Classic (Whistler)
      • AST-1 Classic Snowshoe
      • AST-1 PLUS (N. Van & Whistler)
      • AST-2 (2 weekends)
      • AST-2 (4-day course)
    • Preparation

      • Preparing for your AST Course
      • Avalanche Training FAQ
  • Custom
    • Custom Programs

      • Squamish Rock (Custom)
      • Squamish Rock 1/2-day Private
      • Custom Hiking & Backpacking
      • Custom Alpine Instruction & Guiding
      • Private Backcountry Skiing
      • Private Avalanche Training – 2020/21
      • Custom Ice Climbing
    • 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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  • Skiing
    • Backcountry Courses

      • Backcountry Skiing & Splitboarding
      • Ski Touring Weekend
      • Ski Mountaineering 2021
      • Crevasse Rescue
      • Winter Snow Camping
    • Guided Trips

      • Whistler Private backcountry
      • Garibaldi Neve Traverse, BC
      • Spearhead Traverse, BC
      • Mt Waddington, BC
      • Pantheon Range, BC
  • Rock & Ice
    • Rock Courses

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

      • Guided Rock – Alpine
      • Squamish Rock Classics
    • Ice Climbing

      • Advanced Ice
      • Ice Essentials

  • Alpine
    • Alpine Training

      • Crevasse Rescue
      • Mountaineering Refresher
      • Mountain Skills Essentials
      • Complete Mountaineering
      • Alpine Skills
      • Intermediate Mountaineering
      • 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

      • Mountain Navigation 2021
      • Wilderness Survival 2021
      • Overnight Backpacking
      • South Chilcotins Wilderness – 2021
      • Garibaldi Wilderness week
      • Custom Hiking & Backpacking
    • 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)
  • 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

2014-10-24

Mat Valade

Mat-Valade-1(ACMG/IFMGA Mountain Guide)
Mat is an ACMG/IFMGA certified Mountain Guide who has been working on the Alpine and Rock Program for Canada West since 2012. His winters are spent guiding at mechanized backcountry ski operations across BC.  Mat is passionate about his profession and loves to share his enthusiasm and knowledge with those who join him in the mountains.

He spends his time between Squamish and Tofino and when not working or playing in the mountains, he loves to surf and mountain bike.

Article by k1l1manjar0 / Instructors + Guides

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