Trip Essentials
Have you already been out on your own in a climbing park? Perhaps you’ve even dared to take your first steps into multi-pitch routes? Have you already completed our Rock Basic course? Ready to move on to real, big walls in the mountains? Then our SAFETY ACADEMY ALPINE ADVANCED course is the perfect stepping stone towards independent alpine climbing!
We’ll build on your basic knowledge from previous courses and your climbing experience and teach you everything you need to know to tackle alpine routes: Orientation on the approach and on the wall, advanced belay techniques and belay station variations, the use of traditional climbing equipment, hazard assessment and risk assessment! You’ll pick up a few tricks of the trade for real alpine climbing from the alpine expertise of our Safety Academy mountain guides!
Course requirements
Basic knowledge from CLIMBING ADVANCED or other sport climbing course, mastery of important belaying and knot techniques for multi-pitch routes, experience of lead climbing on well-protected multi-pitch routes (difficulty level III–IV), good fitness (for 1–2 hours of climbing).
Course goals
Independent climbing of moderate multi-pitch and alpine routes in the mountains that may require the use of traditional climbing equipment.
Course content - theory
Theory of knots and belaying, tour planning for multi-pitch climbs, special features of alpine climbing, use of topo guidebooks, material science, alpine dangers, environmental aspects, weather & orientation in the mountains.
Course content - practical
Belaying variants, protection techniques at a belay station, orientation on the rock face, use of nuts and camming devices, lead and follow climbing, process of climbing and belaying as a rope team, climbing multi-pitch alpine routes, and rappelling and descent techniques.
Budget
Included
- Your guides
- Technical gear
Not included
- Transports
- Lodging, food and drinks
- Climbing shoes
- Inssurance