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TCS Advanced Alpine School - CMC State - 2023

Mountaineering & Climbing Course

TCS Advanced Alpine Climbing School

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 a year-long course that is broken into four sections; Alpine Rock, Emergency Scenarios, Alpine Ice, and Alpine Mixed.

Contacts

Nick Quesnel
Nick Quesnel
Leader

School prerequisites or Equivalent experience are:

  • Alpine Climbing School
  • Seconding/Multipitch 
  • Trad lead
  • Ice Lead
  • Rescue - multi-pitch
  • AIARE
  • WFA

Each Advanced Alpine Climbing Section includes the following:

  • Weeknight Online Lecture
  • Weekend of skill building
  • Grad Climb of that section’s skills

Section Grad Climb Examples

  • Alpine Rock: Sharkstooth, Spearhead, Petit Grepon
  • Alpine Ice: Stairway to Heaven, Highway to Hell, All Mixed Up
  • Alpine Mixed: Dreamweaver, Marthas, Hourglass Couloir
  • Final Grad Climb: you will also complete a final grad climb which combines all the skills you have learned throughout the course.

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: 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: Grand Teton

Grad Climbs will be worked out with your instructor to determine location and timing but will likely take place in the late June/early July timeframe.

Class

Session A

Alpine Rock - Lecture

August 1

Alpine Rock - Skills Weekend

August 5 and 6

Alpine Rock - Grad Climb

TBD

Emergency Scenarios - Lecture

September 25

Emergency Scenarios - Skills Weekend

September 30 and October 1

Emergency Scenarios - Grad Climb

TBD

Alpine Ice - Lecture

December 5

Alpine Ice - Skills Weekend

December 9 and 10

Alpine Ice - Grad Climb

TBD

Alpine Mixed - Lecture

March 19, 2024

Alpine Mixed - Skills Weekend

March 23 and 24, 2024

Alpine Ice - Grad Climb

TBD

Final Grad Climb

TBD

Badges you will earn:

Course Requirements

This course has no scheduled activities.

Roster
Required Equipment

TBA

Course Materials

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