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Canada West Mountain School

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    • 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
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    • 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

2014-10-29

Rich Prohaska

rich-prohaska1(ACMG/IFMGA Mountain Guide, CAA Professional Member)
Rich has spent his life exploring the various mountain regions of the world, establishing many new alpine and rock routes from Antarctica to Greenland to Baffin Island.

Equally at home on big Alpine routes in the St. Elias or sending 5.12 rock routes at the local crags. Rich can be found on many of our Mountaineering programs, Guided ascents and Mount Logan trips. His relaxed approach and love of the mountains help ensure that any trip with Rich will be a great one

A passionate skier and mountaineer since he was a young child, Rich lives near Pemberton, BC in the heart of the Coast Mountains with his young family when not out guiding or seeking new routes around the globe.

Article by k1l1manjar0 / Instructors + Guides

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