• A woman makes splitboard turns on mount baker in the springtime
  • Splitboard Guide and Instructor Kiira Antenucci
  • Splitboard Guide and Instructor Sarah MacGregor
  • Splitboard guide teaches snow anchors and crevasse rescue during a womens splitboard mountaineering course
  • a splitboard guide belaying a snowboarder off a tree in the mount baker backcountry at artist point
  • 4 women with crampons, splitboards, and ice axes climb above colfax peak, the twin sisters, and bellingham while going up the pumice ridge and the roman wall on the coleman and deming glaciers on mount baker
  • Splitboard Guide Sarah Macgregor is stopped and smiling with poles on her splitboard on the coleman glacier on mount baker with colfax peak and icefall in the background
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Women's Splitboard Mountaineering: 4 Day

$1,300.00 USD
$1,300.00 USD

Guided Exposure is excited to introduce one of the first women led splitboard mountaineering course. This co branded course with Weston Backcountry is led by Guide Team Members Kiira Antenucci & Sarah MacGregor.

The 4 day course will take place on one of Mount Bakers beautiful glaciers or nearby in the North Cascades National Park. Over 3 nights and 4 days we will introduce, practice, and apply the skills necessary for climbing Cascadian Volcanoes and peaks abroad. Each day we will takes runs around the glaciers while allowing participants the opportunity to get out front and lead the group. Under the supervision of our experienced guides, Kiira Antenucci or Sarah MacGregor, you can receive direct feedback and immediately apply the feedback resulting in skill development. 

This course culminates with a summit of Mount Baker.

 

Learning Outcomes

  • Glacier travel
  • Crevasse rescue
  • Snow anchors
  • Knots & hitches
  • Use the rope while descending
  • Self arrest
  • Winter camping
  • Secure riding movement in variable snow


Best For

  • Strong Intermediate or higher ski and skinning ability
  • Ability to ski or ride with a backpack
  • Moderate or above fitness (ascend 4,700 vertical feet over 4 miles in a day)
  • Ascend a total of 7,200' of vertical over 12 miles round trip
  • Fitness for 4 days in the mountains

 

Cancellation Policy

Domestic trips and courses cancelled more than 21 days before the start date will be refunded minus 3% and $75 processing fee. Cancellations 20 days or less in advance of the start date will be given a Guided Exposure Credit, minus a $75 processing fee. Cancelling a trip or course in 13 days or less of the start date will not be refunded. International trips have a 90 day cancellation policy.

Domestic Cancellation Policy
21 or more days before course or trip Full Refund minus 3% & $75 processing fee
20 to 14 days before course or trip Guided Exposure Credit minus $75 fee 
13 or less before course start No Refund

 

   International & Trips Abroad: Japan & Alaska
90 days before trip departure  Full Refund minus 3% & $75 processing fee
89 to 60 days before trip  Guided Exposure Credit minus $75 fee
59 days or less before trip departure  No Refund