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TCS Mixed Climbing - CMC Denver - 2025

Climbing Course

Mixed Climbing

This class introduces climbers to mixed rock and ice, as well as dry tool routes.

Contacts

Graham Ottley
Graham Ottley
Leader
Scott Reed
Scott Reed
Leader

You’ll learn movement and techniques for mixed climbing as well as route selection, grading systems, hazard evaluation and safety systems. The course will include an evening at the Ice Coop in Boulder and an evening at LCC to learn dry tooling techniques; and outside field days (location TBD).

You should be an experienced rock climber and proficient at climbing WI4-WI5 ice. Prerequisites: Intermediate Rock Climbing, Intermediate Ice Climbing.

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Course Requirements
Course Activity Date Availability Leader
Lecture Night 1
Ice Coop
Thu, Mar 6, 2025
Registration closes Mar 5
6 participants
3 instructors
Graham Ottley
Lecture Night 2
Course Venue TBA
Tue, Mar 11, 2025
Registration closes Mar 5
6 participants
3 instructors
Graham Ottley
Field Component 1
Course Venue TBA
Sat, Mar 15, 2025
Registration closes Mar 10
8 participants
2 instructors
Graham Ottley
Field Component 2
Course Venue TBA
Sun, Mar 16, 2025
Registration closes Mar 10
8 participants
3 instructors
Graham Ottley
Roster
Required Equipment
    • Harness
    • 3 Locking Carabiners
    • 2 double runners
    • Belay device
    • Helmet
    • Climbing shoes (Shoes for lecture night) 
    • Eye protection (required)
    • Crampons
    • Necessary 4 season clothing and gear to negotiate snowy terrain in full winter.
    • Mountaineering boots that will take a hybrid or step-in crampon. We have some strap-on crampons that will fit boots without a toe or heel welt but this is not the optimal configuration.
    • 1 pair of gloves that are thin enough to give you dexterity on the climb yet warm enough to avoid frostbite.
  • 1 pair of warmer gloves to wear when belaying or waiting for a rope.
Course Materials

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