Review snow anchors and belaying. Nightly review of skills and topics related to technical ice climbing. Snow school review. Review the fundamentals of glacier travel and moving safely on high angle snow. Review cramponing and low angle ice climbing, then move onto high angle ice.
Instruction covers high angle belays and placing protection on lead.
Practice session includes lead climbing belayed by a top rope. The day ends with a number of rappels. Lead climbing, hanging belays, belay placement strategies and rappelling. Return to steep ice for continued intensive skills building in lead climbing, protection strategies, multi-pitch climbing and rappelling. Move to high camp and bivouac.