Clinics & Skills Programs

Mt. Rainier - Mountaineering School
In this introduction to alpine mountaineering techniques, learn how to travel efficiently and safely in the mountains.
- Price
- $ 370
- Duration
- 1 days
- Difficulty
- Level 1
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Mt. Rainier - Crevasse Rescue School
Become skilled in crevasse rescue, learning the techniques needed to travel safely in glaciated terrain.
- Price
- $ 370
- Duration
- 1 days
- Difficulty
- Level 1
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Expedition Skills Seminar - Muir
Spend your work week at 10,000' on Mt. Rainier, learning and practicing essential mountaineering skills in preparation for a summit bid and gaining important experience for future climbs.
- Price
- $ 3810
- Duration
- 6 days
- Difficulty
- Level 3
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Expedition Skills Seminar - Emmons
Establish a solid foundation of mountaineering skills and prepare for bigger peaks on this expedition style climb that ascends Mt. Rainier's largest glacier.
- Price
- $ 3690
- Duration
- 6 days
- Difficulty
- Level 3
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Expedition Skills Seminar - Kautz
A more technical expedition style climb of Mt. Rainier, focusing on building foundational mountaineering skills and techniques and preparing climbers for future expeditions.
- Price
- $ 3690
- Duration
- 6 days
- Difficulty
- Level 3
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Expedition Skills Seminar - Kahiltna Glacier
Starting from Denali's Base Camp, the focus is on teaching the skills and techniques of expedition climbing, preparing climbers to tackle many of the world's greatest peaks.
- Price
- $ 6200*
- Duration
- 11 days
- Difficulty
- Level 3
*INCLUDES ROUND-TRIP TRANSFER TO TALKEETNA, TALKEETNA LODGING (2 NIGHTS), BUSH PILOT, & PARK ENTRANCE FEE.
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Expedition Skills Seminar - Paradise
An expedition style ascent of Mt. Rainier's Paradise Glacier, teaching foundational mountaineering skills before making a summit attempt on Rainier's classic Disappointment Cleaver Route.
- Price
- $ 3315
- Duration
- 6 days
- Difficulty
- Level 3
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Alpine Climbing - Little Switzerland
Add to your resume of mixed climbing, with alpine-style ascents of ice and rock on the granite spires above Pika Glacier in Denali National Park and Preserve.
- Price
- $ 7900*
- Duration
- 11 days
- Difficulty
- Level 3
*INCLUDES ROUND-TRIP TRANSFER TO TALKEETNA, TALKEETNA LODGING (2 NIGHTS), BUSH PILOT, & PARK ENTRANCE FEE.
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Expedition Skills Seminar - Shuksan
Establish a solid foundation of mountaineering skills and prepare for bigger peaks on the Mt. Shuksan's Sulphide Glacier.
- Price
- $ 2790
- Duration
- 6 days
- Difficulty
- Level 2
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Expedition Skills Seminar - Peru
Climb in the peaks of Peru's Cordillera Blanca while establishing a solid foundation of mountaineering skills and techniques in order to prepare for bigger peaks in the future.
- Price
- $ 5300
- Duration
- 17 days
- Difficulty
- Level 3
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Ecuador Seminar - Chimborazo
** Cotopaxi National Park is expected to remain closed to climbers for the 2023/2024 climbing season. We have adjusted our itinerary accordingly and will climb Antisana (18,875’). If Cotopaxi reopens, we will do our best to make the switch to Cotopaxi if time and availability allow.
- Price
- $ 5400
- Duration
- 15 days
- Difficulty
- Level 3
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Expedition Skills Seminar - Ruth Glacier
Spend eight days in some of the most beautiful mountains on the North American continent – the Alaska Range. Based out of the Great Gorge on the Ruth Glacier, we have the perfect alpine playground for training and climbing. Our climbing objective during the trip is the summit of 9,545’ Mt Dickey via the west face route.
- Price
- $ 6200*
- Duration
- 11 days
- Difficulty
- Level 3
*Cost for 2024 has not yet been determined. | INCLUDES ROUND-TRIP TRANSFER TO TALKEETNA, TALKEETNA LODGING (2 NIGHTS), BUSH PILOT, & PARK ENTRANCE FEE.
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