5-day mountaineering course in Banff National Park

Gain basic mountaineering skills while exploring for 5 days the beautiful Canadian Rockies from the Bow Hut, in the Banff National Park, with Patrick, a local ACMG certified alpine guide.

5 Days

Jun - Sep

Intermediate

Beginner

Description

Learn how to become a mountaineer in this exciting 5-day course in the stunning Canadian Rockies. During these days, we will be based in the Bow Hut, located on the eastern edge of the Wapta Icefield in the Banff National Park.

This spot is ideal to learn basic techniques and safety measures, and put that knowledge into practice! With fantastic landscapes and exhilarating summits, you’ll love this adventure in the Canadian mountains.

During these 5 days, I’ll teach you some of the most important mountaineering skills. For example, how to assess the safety of the place, possible risks and how to act in case of an emergency.

You’ll need to rent (or bring) technical equipment for this trip. We’ll go over its use, how to take care of it and its limitations. The list includes a helmet, harnesses, a backpack, mountaineering boots, crampons, ice axe and glacial travel/crevasse rescue kit. Most importantly, I’ll teach you how to use an ice axe and some other self-arrest techniques.

You’ll also learn about navigation and route planning. This will be useful for our following climbs in the nearby summits, weather permitting.

Other things we’ll review include: glacial travel methods, glacier morphology and crevasses, snow & ice travel techniques and anchors. In addition, you’ll learn the basis of crevasse rescue.

So book your trip now and get ready to become a mountaineer. I would love to guide you through the impressive Canadian Rockies in the beautiful Banff National Park.

Price includes

Guiding fee
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner

Price details

Price does not include GST (Good and Service Tax)

Meeting point

About the guide

Patrick

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Mountain Guide

I'm a Full Alpine Guide with the Association of Canadian Mountain Guides and an Active Member of the Canadian Avalanche Association.
I has climbed across the lower 48 United States, Western Canada, multiple expeditions to Alaska, and Greece. Calling Canmore home, I feel my best attribute is my passion for teaching and sharing what I have learned over the years of being in the mountains. Combining my mountain experience with my thousands of hours as an industrial rope access tech/supervisor, as well as, being a SAR Rope Rescue Leader, my guests can be assured that they are in good hands.

I holds an Adventure Guide Diploma through Thompson Rivers University, which is one of the world’s premiere adventure tourism programs where students spend two years refining their mountain craft and business skills associated with the adventure tourism industry.

I'm proud to be at a point in my career where I can guide full time and I'm able to share my love of the mountains with my guests. I'm always looking forward to the next adventure and building long lasting relationships with my guests. I'm one of those people who’s passion and love for life is contagious.

Languages

English

Certificates

ACMG

What people are saying about Explore-Share

Man

Climbing with guide Guillaume was absolutely a highlight of my 2-week Europe vacation. Originally, we were planning on climbing in the Calanques, but the park was closed due to wind and fire danger. Guillaume chose another amazing location (Pic de Bretagne) based on my climbing abilities and preferences and kindly offered train station pick-up and hotel drop off, which I appreciated very much. The multi-pitch route we did was not only fun but also the right amount of challenge, which I thoroughly enjoyed. The communication from the team (Gauthier) was prompt and clear—highly recommend!

Maxine

Luis Silva was a great climbing guide and belayer! He taught me how to do moves that were difficult and encouraged me to try routes that were challenging for me! Because of his encouragement, I managed to complete these routes! I really enjoyed the climbs and completed 8 routes in the Sesimbra/Azoia area. The weather was perfect, no direct sun and cool enough to enjoy the climbs. Explore-Share made booking an outdoor climbing experience in Lisbon extremely easy. Luis, our guide, was fantastic, and the platform’s organization was flawless.

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Joshua

We had Léo as a guide for our day climb in Fonty. We were blessed with a knowledgeable, warm, and instructive guide. Communication with Léo and Ivan was smooth and swift. Explore-Share was excellent in arranging everything for our day climb. The communication was quick, and the platform was easy to use, making our adventure stress-free.

Cami

Patrick was a great guide. He took us on an intermediate Via Ferrata at Passo Sella. Renato was quick to respond with any outreach on the Explore-Share platform. The booking process was straightforward, and once Patrick was confirmed, all went well. It was a wonderful experience, and I’d highly recommend the platform.

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