ROCK TO ICE TRANSITION – ICE CLIMBING TOP ROPE COURSE

• Ice climbing

Are you an autonomous rock climber and now want to take up ice climbing? This course is for you! Come demystify all this imposing equipment, familiarize yourself with the particular movement of this unique activity and learn how to install anchors and ropes in the winter.

This complete course will teach you all the basics necessary to be autonomous and safe top-rope ice climbing. This is an ESSENTIAL course that will give you a solid foundation for climbing outdoors on ice.

The course takes place over 2 consecutive days (typically Saturday and Sunday). You select the date of the first day and the second day is automatically the next day.

 

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COURSE CONTENT AND OBJECTIVES

• Knowledge of equipment and ice climbing equipment standards
• Advice for selecting equipment
• Ice climbing movement coaching of for a safe and peasant practice
• Tying knots specific to ice climbing
• Belaying techniques (from the top and foot of the cliff)
• Belaying and rappelling on bolts/ trees / ice
• Self-rescue basics (escaping the belay – on the ground)
• Movement and communication

The TOP ROPE ANCHORS course includes :

• FQME and AGMA certified instructor
• Technical and instructional material
• 20$ discount on the book Freedom of the Hills (value of 45$ – promo code Freedom)

The TOP ROPE ANCHORS course doesn’t includes :

• Entry fee per person to the Montagne d’Argent ($14 per person, per day)

Number of participants: Minimum 4 / Maximum 6

• Form a group of 6 and 1 person doesn’t pay
  • Enter the following promotion code when booking your course to get your freebie: groupede6

Minimum age

• 15 years

Pre-requis

• Have ice climbed in the past

Recommendation

• We highly recommend the purchase of this instructional book, a must-have for climbers and mountain lovers.

Schedule for the weekend

Day 1 – 8 hours

• 8:45 AM: Reception at LA LIBERTÉ NORD-SUD hut and hand-out of equipment
• 9:00-9:30 AM: Assessment of participants’ knowledge (knots, anchor and rappelling concepts)
• 9:30 AM-3:30 PM: Practice and theory taught in workshops:
  • Ice climbing standards and presentation of the equipment used – review of equipment
  • Knots workshop (water knot, double fisherman’s, Prusik, etc.)
  • The perfect anchor (number of anchor points, equalized, redundancy)
  • Physics of potential falls
  • Self-belay at cliff edge (fixed rope, prusik, rappel, etc.)
  • Setting up an anchor on trees and bolts
  • Rappelling set-up and techniques
  • Climbing and proper movement
• 4:00 PM: Review of the day and conclusion

Day 2 – 8 hours

• 8:45 AM: Reception at the LA LIBERTÉ NORD-SUD hut and hand-out of equipment
• 9:00 AM-1:00 PM: Practicing top-rope set-up, climbing and rappelling
• 1:00-2:00 PM: Techniques for belaying from above
• 2:00-3:30 PM: Escaping the belay on the ground (self-rescue)
• 3:30-4:00 PM: Review of the day and conclusion

Dates:

Every weekend from December to March!

Other dates available upon request. 10% discount on reservation during the week (promo code: 10%semaine)

Please contact us at 438-871-7133 or info@lalibertenordsud.com.

 

Date changes, cancellations and refunds

Read pour policies here.

 

P.S. You can also offer a gift card.

 

Additional information

duration	2 days