North Cascades Alpine Leadership Course

This mar­quee course is a com­pre­hen­sive snow, rock, and glac­i­er moun­taineer­ing train­ing, set high in the North Cas­cades Range. This course is designed to empow­er indi­vid­u­als with the knowl­edge and judge­ment nec­es­sary to lead small groups in the alpine envi­ron­ment. The final four days are ​“stu­dent led” and include an attempt of one or more tech­ni­cal peaks in the Cas­cades under the watch­ful eye of our guides. 

This course also pro­vides moti­vat­ed begin­ning climbers with the inten­sive hands-on expe­ri­ence nec­es­sary to move com­pe­tent­ly and effi­cient­ly over a wide diver­si­ty of climb­ing ter­rain. In order to devel­op a well round­ed foun­da­tion of climb­ing expe­ri­ences, each course includes ascents of glaciat­ed peaks such Mount Shuk­san, Mount Bak­er or Sahale and the alpine gran­ite spires in areas such as Wash­ing­ton Pass, Sno­qualmie Pass, and the Mount Stu­art Range.