Having hiked up Australia’s tallest peak, Mt Kosciuszko in summer, the alpine winter conditions encountered were naturally, very different.
Whiteout conditions on our last day
you can find this Essential Alpine Skills Course, along with others that Andrew provides, on his website.
Skills learnt on the course ranged from clothing and equipment selection, emergency shelters, snow craft, route selection, navigation, weather assessment, group management, hypothermia prevention and leave no trace skills and ethics.
Summit 8000’ for more inspirational stories of Andrew’s 14 x 8,000er summits https://www.andrewlockadventures.com/.You can also read about the snow climbing course we had previously done at Mt Kosciuszko here.