Take your backcountry education to the next level with our Lodge-based AST-2 at Mount Brennan Lodge, one of the most comfortable and equipped huts in the province, surrounded by the largest peaks in the Kootenays.
Join us on the learning experience of a lifetime! Spend fun-filled days learning core skills during the day and relax in a comfort in the evenings. We will spend five days and four nights in a beautiful backcountry lodge surrounded by incredible terrain. We are not talking about any old hut; enjoy hot and cold running water, a shower, indoor toilets, bedding, and even a hot tub to unwind in.
You get the bonus of having evening access to the instructor, where you can pick their brains over a beverage.
This is the most cost-effective lodge-based AST2 you will find anywhere. If you are travelling to the Kootenays to take your AST2, it is cheaper to join this course when you factor in food, lodging and driving expenses.
We offer an engaging and easy-to-use online learning platform where you can complete the theory components of the course before arriving at the lodge. This will allow you to fully immerse yourself in the surrounding terrain and field components while at the lodge. You must complete the online portion before Day 1 of your course date.
What you will learn:
- Trip planning and daily process analysis
- Advanced methods for terrain analysis
- Companion rescue
- Route finding
- Skin track setting
- Map, and GPS reading
- Advanced weather forecasting
- We will show you how to take relevant snowpack observations, including the compression test, and extended column test.
You must have taken the AST-1 course to enroll in this course.
