Yosemite Backpacking Trips
Backpacking - Mountain Skills
5 Days / 4 Nights, Moderate
Taking backpacking to new levels, our Mountain Skills Backpacking trip is designed to teach skills necessary for off trail hiking, early or late season trips, for peak climbing, and as a preparation for mountaineering trips. We'll teach rope skills, and rock climbing techniques on alpine rock; mountaineering skills, snow travel, glissading, ice axe use & the self arrest; off trail navigation, hazard assessment, and use of good judgement in making decisions regarding conditions & route choice. We'll practice these skills and use them to climb a 11,000+/- foot peak, all the while with a basecamp in one of the most beautiful locations along the southern boundary of peaks in Yosemite National Park. This trip is for anyone with the goals of advancing their backcountry travel skills, regardless of one's experience level.