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New Zealand Snow Safety Institute
Mountain Skills Course - Three
Mountain Skills III
Course Objectives:
This course is for the more intermediate mountaineer. It combines previously learnt skills and places them in a practical environment to extend even further their mountaineering skills. Perfect for those who want to take their skills to the next level
Course content:
- Revision of anchors, both snow and rock
- Methods of multiple anchors
- Assisted hoists and Zpully raises
- Ice axe and crampon use
- Abseiling
- Lowering a slightly injured person
- Use of a rope to safeguard insecure person on a moderate terrain (short roping)
- Weather, route selection and avalanche hazard
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
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- 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 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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