TRAINING COURSES
CANYONING ACTIVITY
ALP ADVENTURE
TRAINING COURSES FOR BEGINNERS
AND EXPERTS
Our goal is to continuosly PROMOTE CANYONING ACTIVITY.
Courses are available for OCCASIONAL PARTICIPANTS, FIRST TIMERS, ENTHUSIASTS,EXPERTS and ASPIRING GUIDES.
Excellence is our daily commitment; we keep focusing on high standards canyoning practice in order to deliver a fun and safe training.
Our instructors training programs of our daily check on quality allow us to follow up each student and offer tailor-made training when needed.
At the end of the training you will be able to:
- set up your personal equipment;
- learn basic progression techniques to approach in complete safely a medium/easy canyon;
- abseiling independently and safely;
- be aware of obstacles and environment and evaluate their risks;
- understand and perform safe maneuvers and deliveries.
Training contents:
- excursion preparation;
- communication;
- progression;
- recreational progression;
- progression on rope;
- approach to the anchor point;
- rope friction;
- releasable systems;
- great verticals;
- ziplines;
What's included:
- Professional trainer (Canyon AIGC Guide - Canyon Guide CIC Master);
- use of communal technical equipment (ropes, drill, etc.);
- RCT insurance;
- end of course diploma;
- handouts of techiques used during training;
- taxes and fees;
info
Duration: 3 days.
Number of partecipants:
minimum 3, maximum 18.
requirements
- Minimum age: 14
- good swimming skills
- no physical or psycological contraindications concerning the specific activity.
Reccomandation: having covered at least a couple of gorges of any level of difficulty.
2nd level
intermediate
The course is aimed at people who are able to perform progressions in the canyon indipendently and its goal is to join and actively be involved in same level group during the descent of a moderate difficulty gorge.
Throughout the training, progression and safety techniques will be learnt to be shared in a group with equal knowledge.
At the end of training you will be able to:
- set up your personal equipment and contribute to the preparation of the group's equipment;
- learn basic progression techniques to approach a medium difficulty gorge togheter with the group;
- abseil in complete autonomy and safety;
- develop the perception of responsibility within a group;
- be aware of obstacles and environment and assess their risks, build the habits of foreseeing certain conditions;
- understand and perform anchor point safe maneuvers and deliveries.
- optimize the activity according to physical and fitness abilities;
Training contents:
- excursion set up;
- handling group equipment;
- communication;
- vertical progression;
- protection approaching a anchor point;
- operating the anchor point;
- planning out the group descent;
- frictions;
- managing the arrival in challenging / turbulent pools;
- releasable systems;
- greate verticals;
- ziplines;
What's included:
- Professional trainer (Canyon AIGC Guide - Canyon Guide CIC Master);
- use of communal technical equipment (ropes, drill, etc.);
- RCT insurance;
- end of course diploma;
- handouts of techiques used during training;
- taxes and fees;
info
Duration:
5 days.
Number of partecipants:
minimum 2, maximum 18.
requirements
- Minimum age: 16
-being independent on rope progression, both horizontal and vertical, good swimming skills in white water, having no physical or psycological contraindications concerning the specific activity.
Recommended: it's advised to have already covered at least 10 gorges of minimal level V2A2II
At the end of the training you will be able to:
- organize expeditions autonomously;
- set up your personal and group equipment;
- learn progression techniques to approach a high difficulty gorge together with the group;
- learn progression techniques to approach a medium/easy level canyon managing the group that might include beginners;
- perform maneuvers with rope in complete autonomy and safety;
- develop perception of responsibility towards a group;
- be aware of obstacles and the environment and assess their risks, build the habits of foreseeing certain conditions;
- let the group understand and perform anchor point maneuvres and assign the task of safe deliveries;
- optimize the activity accordingly to physical and fitness abilities of each group member;
- ensure all maneuvers performance are carried out smoothly and dinamically, maintaining all safety standards high;
Training contents:
- overall preparation of the excursion;
- handling group equipment;
- managing the group;
- communication;
- vertical progression;
- beginners safety;
- operating the anchor point;
- organization of the abseil of the first and the last member of the group;
- frictions;
- managing the arrival in challenging / turbolent pools;
- releasable systems;
- great verticals;
- ziplines;
What's included:
- Professional trainer (Canyon AIGC Guide - Canyon Guide CIC Master);
- use of communal technical equipment (ropes, drill, etc.);
- RCT insurance;
- end of course diploma;
- handouts of techiques used during training;
- taxes and fees;
info
Duration:
5 days.
Number of competitors:
minimum 2, maximum 18.
requirements
- Minimum age: 18
- being independent on rope progression, both horizontal and vertical, good swimming skills in WW III white water, having no physical or psycological contraindications concerning the specific activity.
Recommended : it's advised to have already covered at least 10 gorges of minimal level V3A3III.
