After snow skills, the next component of our Alpine Mountaineering and Technical Leadership program covers rope-team travel and crevasse rescue.

During this portion of the course, climbers are put into a variety of situation and scenarios for both self and group rescue.

A Part 1 group gets set up to practice crevasse rescue scenarios on the Easton Glacier, Mount Baker.


A climber prepares to jump into a crevasse while AAI Guide Seth Hobby
demonstrates the self-arrest and crevasse rescue procedures.





AAI Guide Seth Hobby arrests a climbers crevasse fall in a practice scenario.


Building a snow anchor as part of the crevasse rescue scenario.


Transferring the weighted rope to the anchor.





Escaping the rope and preparing to build a back-up anchor.





Building the secondary or back-up anchor.














Setting up a self-belay to approach the lip of the crevasse.








Checking on the climber in the crevasse and assessing their condition.


Preparing the lip of the crevasse for the hauling system.


Attaching prusiks to the weighted rope for hauling.





Demonstrating proper pulley attachment.


Setting up the re-direct through the anchor as part of the hauling system.


Hauling the climber out of the crevasse.