Field trip: Alpine Scrambling Instructor Companion Course - Denver
Instructor Skills Day – St Mary's Glacier
This is a Instructor Skills field day. Instructors will practice and discuss all skills that the course students will be exposed to during the student skills days.
Contacts
- Sat, May 11, 2024
- Denver
- Scrambling
- Adults
- Challenging
- Challenging
- Mileage: 4.0 mi
- Elevation Gain: 1,500 ft
- Pace: moderate
- 15 (29 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
Meeting place and time
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Meet Up Time: Alpine Start: 5:45am (BE EARLY and Ready to Drive Away at 6am)
Meet Up Place: Wooly Mammoth Park-N-Ride: 18560 US-40, Golden, CO 80401 (Section BB)
This activity is limited to Senior and Assistant Instructors of the 2024 Alpine Scrambling Courses.
This is a mandatory Instructor Field Day for all Alpine Scrambling Course Senior and Assistant Instructors. We will practice all skills that course students are expected to exhibit during the course. All participants will be expected to practice and demonstrate ice axe self arrest skills. In addition to the skills practice, we will scout Fox Mountain to determine the best locations to demonstrate dry land scrambling skills for students. Prepare for a full day.
NOTE: There is a $20.00 parking fee at St. Mary's Glacier.
Required Equipment
REQUIRED EQUIPMENT
- 10 Essentials to include BIVY/Shelter
- Helmet, Ice Axe, Harness, Scrambling Gloves
- Printed Map
- Glissade Pants, Wind Protection, Extra Gloves (prep for a wet/windy day)
- Your winning attitude (prep for a wet/windy day)
- Team Safety Gear (Senior Instructors)
- Rocky Talkies (Senior Instructors)
- Course Objectives Document