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Minnesota Whitewater Rafting

 

MN Rafting - Whitewater Canoe Instruction - Canoe and Kayak Rental - BWCA Outfitting

Hard Water Sports - Adventure Outfitting
979 Charles Ave. St Paul MN 55104
651 302 1774

 

 

4-Day Intro to Mountaineering Outing

Get hands on experience preparing, traveling, navigating, using your gear, camping, cooking, and a summit attempt. 
Take the knowledge gained in class and transfer it
to real situations while making a summit attempt of a Cascade Mountain.

 

Essential techniques you’ll learn during this course:

• Snow and Glacier Camping
• Rope Management and Glacier Rigging
• Navigation, Map and Compass
• Gear Packing and Equipment Choices
• Self-Arrest and Ice-Axe Technique, Crampons
• Mountain Weather
• Mountain Hazards and Safe-travel Practices
• Self-care in the Mountains
• Summit Planning, Route Planning
• Basic Emergency Response
• Expedition Behavior

 

 

Trip includes a summit attempt either Mount Baker or Mount Shuksan.

 

4-Day Intro to Mountaineering Outing
with Kaf Adventure   $675

(mention Hard Water Sports and receive a10% discount)

 

Kaf Intro to Mountaineering

4-Day
Intro to Mountaineering Outing with Kaf Adventures

or

5-Day
Alpine Mountaineering Course in the North Cascades National Park

 

Get outdoors. Get climbing.
Get educated!

5-Day Alpine Mountaineering Course

Push yourself physically while learning new technical mountaineering and alpine climbing skills.
Spend eight days learning advanced climbing technique and the mountain travel skills that will get you to new heights.

Mountaineering instruction includes:

• Crevasse self-rescue and team crevasse rescue techniques,
• Navigation in the alpine environment,
• Hazard assessment - inclement weather, avalanche, rock, and ice fall dangers.

Curriculum covered:

• Traditional gear placement and anchoring
• Practice lead climbing and lead belaying dynamics with traditional gear
• Rappelling, multi-pitch techniques, and rope management
• Snow anchor construction
• Steep snow climbing, practicing crampon techniques
• Rope team management
• Glacier travel and crevasse field navigation
• Mountain weather, mountain hazards.

 

Trip includes a summit attempts in the North Cascades National Park.

 

5-Day Alpine Mountaineering Course
with Kaf Adventures   $800

(mention Hard Water Sports and receive a 10% discount)

 

 

5 Day Alpine Mountaineering Course

 

Planning your next adventure ?

Hard Water Sports wants to connect you with the resources to make it happen, let's make those dreams come true.

Contact HardWaterSports@gmail.com

We can hook you up with; River Guides, Mountaineering Adventure, BWCA Outfitting, Gear Rentals...

 

Call Hard Water Sports for trip details 651-302-1774

Call Kaf Adventures to sign up for a Mountaineering Course  206-713-2149

"Kaf is a dedicated community of professional outdoor recreation guides who love educating and developing other outdoor enthusiasts into confident climbers and mountaineers. Yet, we will do more than guide you; we will equip you with life-long skills to continue building on throughout your life's journey.