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Basic Mountaineering Course

What will I learn?

Improve your mountain climbing skills with our Basic Mountain Climbing Training, made for sports people who want to learn the basics of staying safe and moving well in the mountains. You'll learn important things like how to prepare for emergencies, including first aid and survival skills, and how to talk and signal properly. You'll also understand how to choose mountains, how the weather affects things, and how to plan your route. You'll learn about the gear you need and how to figure out the risks so you can have a good and safe time. Join now to get better at what you do and feel more confident outside.

Apoia's Unique Features

Online course accessible for life
Certificate compliant with educational standards
Printable PDF summaries
Online support always available
Select and arrange the chapters you wish to study
Set your own course workload
Instant feedback on practical activities
Study at your convenience, without needing internet access

Develop skills

Strengthen the development of the practical skills listed below

Learn first aid and survival skills to stay safe in the mountains.

Make good emergency plans and learn how to talk to people when things go wrong.

Understand how the weather and how hard the mountain is will affect your climb.

Find your way using maps, landmarks, and guessing how long it will take.

Figure out the risks and how to deal with them.

Suggested summary

Workload: between 4 and 360 hours

Before starting, you can change the chapters and the workload.

  • Choose which chapter to start with
  • Add or remove chapters
  • Increase or decrease the course workload

Examples of chapters you can add

You will be able to generate more chapters like the examples below

This is a free course, focused on personal and professional development. It is not equivalent to a technical, undergraduate, or postgraduate course, but offers practical and relevant knowledge for your professional journey.