Glacier Travel & Crevasse Rescue

“What we must learn to do, we learn by doing.”

- Aristotle -

This course has been designed to provide participants with the tools to understand different types of glaciers and how they evolve, move and change. How the surrounding terrain and climate shapes them and how to read a glacier so that you can travel and camp on them safely. 

You will learn different techniques depending on terrain, and your abilities and knowledge. From how to “rope-up” your team to the pros and cons of two and three-person teams. As well as how snow makes a glacier safer or riskier and how to analyze various situations. 

The course will also cover how to properly and safely react if someone falls into a crevasse. We will practice simple scenarios and gradually advance to more complex situations so that you can help your partner in this situation, and when self-rescue is more effective and faster.

This is a full day in the field following a well-established curriculum, but it is flexible to accommodate students’ knowledge and experience.  

During this course you will learn about glaciers, safe travel and crevasse rescue:

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Glacier Travel

  • Basic equipment and knots.

  • Ice and snow protection.

  • Roping up.

  • Route finding.

  • Moving, Self-Belay, Self-Arrest, and Protection.

  • Camping on a glacier.

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Crevasse Rescue

  • Crevasse rescue sequences:

    a. Arrest the fall

    b. Build an anchor

    c. Check on safety

    d. Check on the fallen

    e. Rescue options

  • Hauling Systems.

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Glaciers Anatomy

  • Morphology.

  • Cycles.

  • Crevasses & Bergschrunds.

  • Glacier rivers & Moulins.

  • Glacier weather.

  • Snow cycle on a glacier.

  • Keeping glaciers healthy.

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Crevasse Rescue & Glacier Travel Program includes:

  • Professional ACMG Guide

  • Group climbing gear such as ropes and ice screws.

Crevasse Rescue & Glacier Travel Program does not include:

  • You should have your own personal gear (such as harness, helmet, boots and crampons and ice axe)

  • Transportation / Parks fees / Meals

Crevasse Rescue & Glacier Travel program:

  • Full Day: $215.00+ GST per person.

    Minimum Group Size 4 - Maximum Group Size 6

Additional information

Please keep in mind that prior to to heading out for our Crevasse Rescue & Glacier Travel Program all participants are required to read and agree to waiver terms and conditions prior to booking completion. A copy of which can be found paramount-guides.com/waivers