Mountaineering & Climbing Course
TCS Advanced Alpine Climbing School - Ice
Building upon the skills learned in ACS and other TCS class offerings, Advanced ACS is for students that want to continue to build on their progression and take their climbing to bigger more committing routes. Advanced ACS is broken into two modules: Alpine Rock and Alpine Ice. An additional course, Mixed Ice Climbing, can supplement the two modules in Advanced ACS. This class is the Alpine Ice module for Advanced ACS.
Contacts
- Tue, Jan 6, 2026 - Sun, Jan 11, 2026
- Committee: Technical Climbing Section
- Members: $375.00 Guests: $475.00
- Availability: 8 (8 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
Leader approval required. Please fill out application to apply.
School prerequisites or Equivalent experience are:
- Alpine Climbing School
- Seconding/Multipitch
- Trad lead (Students must be comfortable leading non-alpine, multi-pitch, 5.6 trad (e.g., clear creek canyon, flat irons, Eldo, or similar locations)
- Ice Lead
- Rescue - multi-pitch
- AIARE
- WFA
Register for the Rock module here.
This Ice module will include the following:
- 3 Days of skills and climbing in Ouray (student responsible for lodging)
- Module Climb with instructor to demonstrate skills
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Section Grad Climb Examples:
Final Grad Climb: In addition, students may arrange a combined grad climb which combines all the skills you have learned throughout both modules of Advanced ACS. |
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There are two options when it comes to Advanced ACS
- Glaciated Track: If you are interested in taking these skills on peaks which contain glaciers like the Pacific Northwest this is the track for you.
- Grad Climb Examples: LIberty Ridge, Ptarmigan Ridge, Torment-Forbidden Traverse
- Non-Glaciated Track: If you are not interested in the glaciated track and are more interested in using your skills in Colorado or the Tetons, this is the track for you.
- Grad Climb Examples: Black Ice Couloir Grand Teton
Students are expected to arrange all grad climbs; time and location will be dependent on the route chosen by the student.
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Class |
Dates |
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Alpine Ice - Lecture |
January 6 |
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Alpine Ice - Adv Ice Field Days |
January 9, 10, 11 |
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Alpine Ice - Grad Climb |
TBD |
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Final Grad Climb |
TBD |
Badges you will earn:
Alpine Climbing School - Advanced
| Course Activity | Date | Availability | Leader |
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| Lecture - Adv Ice | |||
| Small Classroom / Classroom East |
Tue, Jan 6, 2026
Registration closes Jan 4
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8
participants
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| Field Day 1 - Adv Ice | |||
| Ouray Ice Park |
Fri, Jan 9, 2026
Registration closes Jan 7
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8
participants
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| Field Day 2 - Adv Ice | |||
| Ouray Ice Park |
Sat, Jan 10, 2026
Registration closes Jan 8
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8
participants
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| Field Day 3 - Adv Ice | |||
| Ouray Ice Park |
Sun, Jan 11, 2026
Registration closes Jan 9
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8
participants
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TBA
You must register for this course to see course materials.