I dabble and am proficient at all parts of it. I rock and ice climb proficiently, am a solid aid climber, and have extensive hiking/backpacking experience. I have done some mountaineering but do not do well with elevation. For the most part I like to stay below 10K feet, and prefer actual climbing to the overall trudging of mountaineering.

I really want to get into it but I dont really know where to start. Any tips or advice?

-WZ-I really want to get into it but I dont really know where to start. Any tips or advice?

Take a crevasse rescue class, Avy I if don't have it already and read "Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills" seven times cover to cover.

fragglemuffinTake a crevasse rescue class, Avy I if don't have it already and read "Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills" seven times cover to cover.

Never got around to getting my Avy course this year, but its on my list for next season. Besides general day hikes and some basic rock climbing I dont have much experience

fragglemuffinTake a crevasse rescue class, Avy I if don't have it already and read "Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills" seven times cover to cover.

what are some other good mountaineering books? looking for an audiobook for my commuting time

TheFapwhat are some other good mountaineering books? looking for an audiobook for my commuting time

fragglemuffin said it above, "Mountaineering Freedom of the Hills" is kind of the "go-to bible" for mountaineering. It's not an audiobook, but (at least my version) is about 600 pages long. Starts off broad and gets very detailed.

The chapter on snow shelters is badass. I really really want to try and make an igloo the right way.

I wish I could edit posts...

Also check out "Staying Alive in Avalanche Terrain" by Bruce Temper. That's the textbook I've kept from my avi courses. This book is more hard science of snow pack metamorphism. It's not for everyone, but if you enjoy that kind of stuff it's very useful for understanding how weak layers develop in the snow pack, how rounded grains develop, ect.

I also don't know if audiobooks exist of avalanche awareness books? I searched on google, there are lots of mountaineering stories, but not exactly a safety handbook. IDK, maybe there is something that can convert a pdf format/text into an audio file. I'm not a computer person, can you tell?

Loco-Deer-SlayerI wish I could edit posts...

Also check out "Staying Alive in Avalanche Terrain" by Bruce Temper. That's the textbook I've kept from my avi courses. This book is more hard science of snow pack metamorphism. It's not for everyone, but if you enjoy that kind of stuff it's very useful for understanding how weak layers develop in the snow pack, how rounded grains develop, ect.

I also don't know if audiobooks exist of avalanche awareness books? I searched on google, there are lots of mountaineering stories, but not exactly a safety handbook. IDK, maybe there is something that can convert a pdf format/text into an audio file. I'm not a computer person, can you tell?

Yeah it sucks because I've been really busy recently but I drive like 2 hours a day so I listen to audio books. but you're right, there's only stories

I mean theres a backcountry/ touring forum...

Advice:

1. Find the numerous other threads about backcountry skiing/mountaineering on NS

2. Find a mentor or partner with whom you are compatible

3. Take an avy class (great place to meet people!) and begin reading relevant books (Staying Alive in Avalanche Terrain, Snow Sense, Avalanche Essentials etc.)

4. Practice with your rescue equipment

5. Take a ski mountaineering course (or learn from someone who knows whats up)

6. Practice more!

-WZ-I really want to get into it but I dont really know where to start. Any tips or advice?

I see you're from BC. Hook me up with a cabin/house near Squamish or the Bugaboos for a few weeks this summer and I'll guide you for a few days. I guarantee you'll learn more with me than you will get out of an avy course, a wilderness first aid course, and multiple days of paying a regular guide.

-WZ-I really want to get into it but I dont really know where to start. Any tips or advice?

1. Move to Revelstoke

2. Hang with people that spend a lot of time at Rogers Pass

3. Spend a lot of time ski touring at Rogers Pass

4. ??????

5. Profit

I know that this isn't a realistic answer to some people but there are colleges in the northeast and out west that offer mountaineering, backcountry skiing, ice climbing and avalanche 1 through 3! I go to Lyndon State College in Vermont for Adventure Leadership and currently taking all of the classes that I listed

this thread turned from trying to find out if there are other mountaineers on NS to how to become a mountaineer.

If you can't find classes go out on your own and experiment with the mellow stuff! Start out slow and work your way up. I think this can be said about a lot of things in life... like my obsession with Megan Fox.

steezy_dogethis thread turned from trying to find out if there are other mountaineers on NS to how to become a mountaineer.

that would be my fault! i apologize ahaha

-WZ-that would be my fault! i apologize ahaha

Np bruh