Advanced Canyoneering Course (ACE-L2) - St. George, UT

The Advanced Canyoneering Course is designed to take you beyond the basics and prepare you for the unique challenges of advanced canyons. Escape potholes, safely navigate multi-pitch rappels, ascend ropes, and much more. By the end of this course you will posses all the fundamental skills necessary to tackle more difficult and technical canyons. This course also lays the foundation for the Canyon Leader and Canyon Rescue courses.

Prerequisite Skills: Build and inspect natural and artificial anchors, set and adjust friction, hands free lock off, personal tether use, soft starts, hard starts, static blocks, contingency blocks, meat anchors, partner assists and captures, fireman belay, knots: overhand, figure 8 on a bight, figure 8 follow through, figure 8 bend, alpine butterfly, double overhand, edk, square fisherman, double fisherman, girth hitch, clove hitch, prusik hitch, klemheist. These skills are taught in the L1 course.

Topics Covered:

• Advanced Knots & Hitches

• Advanced Anchor Systems

• Releasable, Transient, and Artificial, Anchors

• Advanced Rope Deployment

• Advanced Rope Management for Traverses, Hand Lines, and Re-Belays

• Multi-Pitch Rappels

• Guided Rappels

• Re-Directs and Deviations

• Various Ascending Methods and Transitions

• Converting from Rappelling to Ascending

• Pothole Escape Techniques

• Basic Mechanical Advantage

• Group Dynamics

Required Gear:

Harness
Helmet
Rappel Device
Safety Tether
6-8 Screwlock HMS Carabiners
48” Sling or Footloop
VT prusik

Bring any mechanical ascenders you would like to learn how to use, we will provide Ropeman II’s for the course if you don’t have any. Student’s will receive a 10% discount on all gear purchased for this course.

Schedule

Day 1
Meet at Adventure Plus for orientation and gear check. We will proceed to the training site for hands on instruction, training, and practice.

Days 2
Meet at the training site. We will be in the field all day. Come prepared for hands on instruction, training, and practice.

Bring a lunch, snacks, and at least 2-3 LITERS OF WATER each day. You will also need appropriate footwear (no sandals or open toed shoes), sun protection, and rappel gloves.

Skill Level: Intermediate to Advanced

Price:$395
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