Some pictures

As promised, here are some pictures from the last few days.....

Starting with snow school:

The first thing they need to learn is how to position their bodies on a slope using their ice axes (and crampons).


Then it's learning how to use their ice axes and crampons to stop themselves if they fall.



Then it's practicing how to stop themselves if they end up sliding down the snow field.

The next step in snow school will be learning how to work on rope teams.  This is where the students will be wearing harnesses and are connected to each other via ropes.  They will then have to translate what they learned about stopping themselves individually, to stopping each other if someone falls while walking across a snow field connected together.  

Next up, here are some pictures from their resupply yesterday:

Here's the group topping out of the couloir that they had to climb up, in order to get to the high alpine flat where they were meeting the horses.


The long anticipated shot of the horses that brought in the group's supplies!


Checking the map before they drop back down into the basin from getting their resupply.

And here are some student smiles:




Did you know that we have two generations instructing on this trip?

Paul and his son Justin, just two of our fantastic instructors on this trip!