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Basic Mountaineering Course

Basic Mountaineering Course
from 4 to 360h flexible workload
certificate valid in your country

What will I learn?

The Basic Mountaineering Course equips you with practical skills to plan and lead safe, beginner-friendly mountain trips. Learn how to select suitable areas, create clear two-day itineraries, handle navigation using map, compass, and GPS, and develop robust emergency and risk plans. Gain confidence in group leadership, basic rope techniques, snow travel, and decision-making to ensure every climb is well-organised, efficient, and responsible.

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Develop skills

  • Alpine trip planning: select safe routes, huts and access for short pro-led tours.
  • Mountain navigation: use map, compass and GPS for quick, accurate route-finding in the mountains.
  • Risk management: evaluate weather, terrain and group condition to decide go/no-go.
  • Rope and snow safety: apply basic rope systems and self-arrest on low-exposure terrain.
  • Group leadership: manage pacing, brief participants and handle emergencies on 2-day hikes.

Suggested summary

Before starting, you can change the chapters and the workload. Choose which chapter to start with. Add or remove chapters. Increase or decrease the course workload.
Workload: between 4 and 360 hours

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