OL 360 - Fundamentals of Alpinism

2 credit(s)
Students discover the challenges and rewards of climbing glaciated mountains. They will evaluate and apply the most modern alpine climbing techniques. In this course students will develop the ability to use an ice axe and crampons, move efficiently as a rope team through glaciated terrain, perform crevasse rescues, assess mountain weather, and evaluate the current snowpack for avalanche risks. Students will complete their Avalanche II training in this course. Drops or withdraws from the class will be responsible for accrued expenses. See Program Coordinator for more details.
Prerequisite(s): OL 107, OL 205, and OL 206 each with a minimum grade of C
Corequisite(s): OL 260 and OL 399 (Outdoor Adventure Semester + fees)