New Zealand Snow Safety Institute

Mountain Skills Course - Two

Mountain Skills II

Course Objectives:
This course revises mountain skills I and is designed for those people who wish to extend their basic mountaineering skills.

Course content:

Revision of anchors, both snow and rock
Methods of multiple anchors
Assisted hoists and Zpully raises
Lowering a slightly injured person
Use of a rope to safeguard insecure person on a moderate terrain (short roping)
Avalanche awareness, weather

Equipment you are required to bring:

Suitable big backpack
Waterproof and windproof trousers and jacket
Plastic or solid leather tramping boots (spare footwear, trainers etc for lodge.
Gaiters
Layers of thermal clothing (polypropylene, Polar fleece, down or wool)
Hat, gloves – more than one pair
Goggles/glasses and sun cream & lip salve
Sleeping bag
Ice axe & crampons
Personal first aid kit
Torch, spare bulbs and batteries
Notebook and pencil
Drink bottle, personal toiletries, towel, and clothes, for use at lodge.
Transceiver, snow shovel & probe
Helmet
Personal climbing gear – harness, rope, 4 screwgate karabiners, 4 snap link karabiners, 1 stake, 2 long slings, 1 very long sling, 1 short prussic, 1 long prussic, 1 belay device and any climbing gear that you may already have.

Desirable items to bring:

Alpine Tent
Snow saw
Ice hammer
Camera and film
Bivi Bag (for your sleeping bag)

Prerequisites:

Participants must be familiar with the use of ice tools, crampons, self-arresting, belaying and abseiling.

Participants should be over 18 years, of reasonable fitness with some previous snow climbing experience. If you have any pre existing conditions of which the instructor should be aware in an emergency it is your responsibility to inform. This information will be confidential.

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New Zealand Snow Safety Institute

Mountain Skills Course - Two

Mountain Skills II