Climbing & Mountaineering Course
TCS Advanced Alpine Climbing School - Rock
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 Rock module for Advanced ACS.
Contacts
- Wed, Jul 9, 2025 - Sun, Aug 10, 2025
- Committee: Technical Climbing Section
- Members: $550.00 Guests: $650.00
- 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
This Rock module will include the following:
- 2 Weeknight Online Lectures
- 2 Weekends of skill building
- Module Climb with instructor to demonstrate skills
Register for the Ice module here.
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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 Rock - Lecture |
July 9 |
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Alpine Rock - Terrain Management |
July 12 and 13 |
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Alpine Rock - Lecture |
August 6 |
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Alpine Rock - Adv Multi-pitch Concepts |
August 9 and 10 |
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Alpine Rock - 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 - Alpine Terrain | |||
| Large Classroom / Climbing Wall West |
Wed, Jul 9, 2025
Registration closes Jul 7
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8
participants
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| Field Day 1 - Alpine Terrain | |||
| Eldorado Canyon SP - Wind Tower |
Sat, Jul 12, 2025
Registration closes Jul 10
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8
participants
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| Field Day 2 - Alpine Terrain | |||
| Eldorado Canyon SP - Wind Tower |
Sun, Jul 13, 2025
Registration closes Jul 10
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8
participants
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| Adv Multi Pitch Concepts - Lecture Day 1 | |||
| Colorado Mountain Club Basecamp |
Wed, Aug 6, 2025
Registration closes Aug 6
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8
participants
2 instructors
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| Field Day 1 - Advanced Multi Pitch | |||
| Staunton State Park |
Sat, Aug 9, 2025
Registration closes Aug 5
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8
participants
2 instructors
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| Field Day 2 - Advanced Multi Pitch | |||
| Staunton State Park |
Sun, Aug 10, 2025
Registration closes Aug 5
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8
participants
2 instructors
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TBA
You must register for this course to see course materials.