EXPEDITION CLIMBING

Learn the basics of climbing a big mountain like Denali.  The lecture session covers skills and techniques and clothing and equipment requirements.   In the field sessions you will practice the techniques of  roped travel, traveling with sleds on glaciers, establishing a protected camp, and thriving in a harsh snow environment.  We'll also cover basic survival techniques.  Includes instructors, ice ax, crampons, snowshoes, group and camp equipment , meals, and round-trip transportation from Portland.  To gain maximum benefit, it is advised that you should have the experience or instruction equivalent to our Alpine Mountaineering and Glacier Travel and Crevasse Rescue Courses.

We will drive to  Mt. St. Helens , rig-up for glacier travel, and snowshoe or ski to above tree line at about the 5,000' level.  We will set-up a camp appropriate for an exposed high elevation site.  If weather condition are appropriate, we will climb to the rim via the Dyer Glacier or Swift Creek Route.

COST: 1 person - $600, 2 persons - $500 each, 3-10 persons - $400 each.  Includes door-to door transportation from the Portland area,  textbook, ice ax, crampons, snowshoes, tents, meals, and group gear.

2009 Scheduled Session - March 14-15

We can conduct a session any time an instructor is available and snow conditions are suitable.  Sign-up using our secure form, give us a call at (877) 965-5100, or send an e-mail.

Portland Community College:

Price - $400 + $29 Tuition

CLASSROOM LOCATION: 

Central Workplace Training Center, 1626 SE Water Ave., Portland, OR

DATES:

        Call PCC at 503-788-6265  to register for course 16708 or Online.