[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1577428178974{margin-top: -35px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”America’s Premier Canyoneering Instruction, Events & Community!” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css_animation=”fadeIn”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”fadeIn”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1577423897407{margin-bottom: 50px !important;}”][vc_custom_heading text=”Uber Adventures teaches the Association for Canyoneering Education (ACE) curriculum and proudly offers all 4 of the standard ACE curricula courses outlined below. In addition to the ACE-L1-L2-L3-L4 courses, Uber Adventures also offers America’s only relevant Swiftwater Canyoneering Course, the ACE L5 Canyoneering Guide Assessment (Certification), and a variety of split-course options. Our courses are offered throughout the year across the Southwest. After reviewing the course descriptions on this page, you can find the locations and dates on our Course Calendar page or in our online store (reached by selecting the ‘Enroll’ button on the corresponding description.) If you don’t find the course dates and locations you want, inquire about a private course!” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:justify|color:%23f76b00|line_height:1.35″ use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1678582189367{margin-bottom: -30px !important;}”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”5668″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css_animation=”fadeIn” title=”Exceptional Training in Extraordinary Locations!”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”none”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1577474334351{margin-top: 32px !important;margin-bottom: 50px !important;}”][vc_separator style=”shadow” el_width=”90″ css_animation=”none”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content_no_spaces” equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”top” css_animation=”none”][vc_column css_animation=”fadeIn” width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”1525″ img_size=”200×200″ alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_circle_2″ css_animation=”rotateIn”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]
Technical Canyoneering Course (ACE L1)
Learn to Canyoneer!
This is a beginner to intermediate course which teaches the skills necessary to safely descend canyons as part of a group (being a competent participant and the knowledge to recognize and implement safe canyon practices). This course is designed to quickly get the beginner up-to-speed on basics, to give both the rookie and intermediate canyoneer new tools for their toolbox, and to help intermediate cayoneers refine their current skill set!
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Advanced Canyoneering Course (ACE L2)
The Advanced Canyoneering Course (ACE L2) is designed to provide students with the tools needed to jump to the next level of technical skill and become competent and safe canyoneers in ALL classes of canyons and touches on techniques and skills for Canyon Leader (ACE L3) and Canyon Rescue (ACE L4). The practical experience that you gain during this course will give you the knowledge and confidence to tackle advanced canyon obstacles and many unexpected situations. This extremely popular curriculum has set the standard by which all other courses and curriculums may be judged. This course was designed primarily to meet the needs of recreational canyoneers, but also forms the training foundation for those planning to seek certification as a Professional Canyon Guide (ACE L5).
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Special LADIES ONLY Course!!!
Hybrid Advanced Canyoneering (ACE L1 and L2)
This 3-Day Advanced Canyoneering Course (ACE L1 and L2) is designed to review and catch any gaps that might exist in the Technical Canyoneering Course (ACE L1) materials as well as provide students with the Advanced Canyoneering (ACE L2) tools needed to jump to the next level of technical skill and become competent and safe canyoneers in ALL classes of canyons. It also touches on techniques and skills for the Canyon Leader (ACE L3) and Canyon Rescue (ACE L4) classes. The practical experience that you gain during this course will give you the knowledge and confidence to tackle advanced canyon obstacles and many unexpected situations. This extremely popular curriculum has set the standard by which all other courses and curriculums may be judged. This course was designed primarily to meet the needs of recreational canyoneers but also forms the training foundation for those planning to seek certification as a Professional Canyon Guide (ACE L5).
In addition to the Friday-Saturday-Sunday class, there will be an opportunity to descend a canyon together on the Monday after class. This is not a guided trip. The instructor will be along to support you as you descend the canyon.
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Canyon Leader Course (ACE L3)
Improve your skills and expand your ‘toolbox’!
Uber Adventures’ Canyon Leader Course (ACE L3) is designed to prepare some for organizing canyon trips and others for an improved toolbox of skills – specifically providing the next level of skills training through technical instruction and experiential practice. While these tools are a vital component for any active canyoneer, they are imperative for anyone leading rookies, kids, family or friends into a canyon. This course provides strategic training for unexpected technical and group management challenges … when things don’t go quite as planned!
While this course is designed primarily to meet the needs of recreational canyoneers, it also serves as a bridge between the Advanced Canyoneering Course (ACE L2) and the Canyon Rescue Course (ACE L4). It also forms the training foundation for those planning to seek certification as a Professional Canyon Guide (ACE L5)!
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Canyon Rescue Course (ACE L4)
The Canyon Rescue Course (ACE L4) by Uber Adventures teaches the skills necessary to perform immediate, in-canyon self-rescues, partner rescues, and how to assist with group emergencies … all with your groups’ normal rack-and-pack (the minimal gear you should carry on your harnesses and in your packs.)
This course not only teaches you the skills and methods necessary to execute a variety of rescue procedures, but it provides the impetus for critical thinking through an emergency.
With the technical skills presented in this course, you could prevent the need for calling in an expensive Search and Rescue team, avoid putting rescuers at risk, avoid spending the night in a canyon, and continue a canyon descent with a non-critically injured teammate.
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Learn to Rappel
Have fun and learn how to safely descend a rope! The Learn to Rappel class is a great introduction to rappelling. This half-day class is a beginner course which teaches On-Rope Skills and the Fundamentals (Communication, Gear, Safety) of rappelling!
This class is appropriate for all ages at any skill level and could be used as a steppingstone to the sport of canyoneering, climbing or caving. We’ll spend half a day learning, practicing, scrambling and rappelling. Just bring water and some snacks (and sunscreen).
Gear for this class will be provided. However, if you own gear that you want to use – bring it and we’ll inspect it and discuss it.
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Rappel and Gear Workshop
The Rappel and Gear Workshop is designed for those who already know how to rappel. Spend half a day rappelling on different canyoneering ropes with different descenders. We’ll have a variety of them for you to use and try. We’ll also give tips on rappelling techniques. Feel free to ask us any gear or technique questions as well. We’ll also have a variety of packs and rope bags to show, discuss, and try out.
We’ll provide a variety of gear for this workshop, but feel free to use your own and also bring any gear you have questions about. We’re happy to show you how to use your own descender and to try to answer any/all gear questions.
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One-Day Custom In-Canyon Training (Moab Only)
In-Canyon Training is designed for those who have completed a canyoneering course but wish to review and practice specific skills and techniques while in canyon. Whether you’ve just recently finished a course, or it’s been a while and you need a refresher, come solidify your skills and gain confidence while descending a canyon safely – and maybe pick up some tips and tricks to be more efficient.
This training is not for beginners. It is also not a guiding service. You must have taken a canyoneering class and provide your own basic gear.
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On-Rope Skills & Canyoneering Fundamentals (ACE-L1a) – Moab, UT
***$249 per person with a 2 person minimum; If you are interested in a 1-1 class, simply pay for 2 students and let us know in the notes or by phone/e-mail that you will be attending solo. If you’d prefer a different date, reach out and we will try to accommodate!***
Learn the first half of basic canyoneering techniques!
Canyoneering and Canyoning are terms used to describe an adventure sport that combines hiking, wading, swimming, jumping, sliding, boulder-hopping, scrambling, rock-climbing, sometimes packrafting and always rappelling — often over waterfalls.
Canyoneering is an emerging adventure sport in the US, and has grown significantly in popularity over the past decade. This sport has unique risks and requires a very specific set of technical skills to enjoy it safely. Rock-climbing, caving, mountaineering and swift water training teach related skills for your ‘toolbox’, but Canyoneering has become highly specialized, and much of the gear and many of the techniques of Canyoneering are distinctly different from those of the other sports …and, that’s where we come in!
Prerequisite: None
This is a beginner to intermediate course which teaches the On-Rope Skills (Rappelling, Self-Rescue) and the Fundamentals (Communication, Rating System, Gear, Safety) of the sport of canyoneering! This course covers HALF of the comprehensive skills necessary to safely descend canyons as part of a group (being a competent participant and the knowledge to recognize and implement safe canyon practices). This day of training is the first half of a 2-part course (ACE-L1a & ACE-L1b) designed to quickly get the beginner up-to-speed on basic rappelling, gear, lingo and safety; and to give both the rookie and intermediate canyoneer new tools for his/her toolbox, and will help intermediate cayoneers refine their current skill set! The topics and skills covered will include:
- Canyon Rating System
- Rules, Ethics, Style, Communication and Courtesy
- Specific Gear Choices, Requirements, Use and Care
- Belays
- Rappelling Techniques & On-Rope Skills
(Adding Friction Pre-rappel, Mid-rappel, Locking Off, etc.) - Specialized Rappelling Techniques
(Hard Starts, Soft Starts, Free-Hanging, Over-Hanging, etc.) - Safety Checking and Basic Self-Rescue
- And, within each of these broad subjects are a myriad of skills and tools.
The cost of this course is only $249 per person with a 2-person minimum! (The course fee is non-refundable, but may be put toward a future class during the same calendar year if 30 days notice are given, cancelling your participation in this course.) Please read more course/company policies here.
Required gear for this course is a harness and a helmet (we can loan these out if you don’t have them … and we will offer a 10% discount for any gear bought before or after the course, and we’ll also be loaning out carabiners, descenders, tethers, foot loops, prussiks, etc. Feel free to borrow our gear for this course, until you determine what your needs will be.
**Consider purchasing our gear kit (or part of it) from our online store for this course, and for your future in this sport! https://uberadventures.net/product/basic-canyoneering-gear-kit/**
We have partnered with the Moab Adventure Center for their qualified/certified guides. Consider hiring one of their awesome guides to take you canyoneering after your course and put your new skills to immediate use!
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Canyoneering Anchors, Rigging, Rope Management (ACE-L1b) – Moab, UT
***$249 per person with a 2 person minimum; If you are interested in a 1-1 class, simply pay for 2 students and let us know in the notes or by phone/e-mail that you will be attending solo. If you’d prefer a different date, reach out and we will try to accommodate!***
Learn the second half of basic canyoneering techniques!
Canyoneering and Canyoning are terms used to describe an adventure sport that combines hiking, wading, swimming, jumping, sliding, boulder-hopping, scrambling, rock-climbing, sometimes packrafting and always rappelling — often over waterfalls.
Canyoneering is an emerging adventure sport in the US, and has grown significantly in popularity over the past decade. This sport has unique risks and requires a very specific set of technical skills to enjoy it safely. Rock-climbing, caving, mountaineering and swift water training teach related skills for your ‘toolbox’, but Canyoneering has become highly specialized, and much of the gear and many of the techniques of Canyoneering are distinctly different from those of the other sports …and, that’s where we come in!
Prerequisite: None
This is a beginner to intermediate course which teaches the Anchors, Rigging & Rope Management techniques of the sport of canyoneering (there is no rappelling in this course)! This course covers HALF of the comprehensive skills necessary to safely descend canyons as part of a group (being a competent participant and the knowledge to recognize and implement safe canyon practices). This day of training is the second half of a 2-part course (ACE-L1a & ACE-L1b) designed to quickly get the beginner up-to-speed on anchors, rigging and rope management; and to give both the rookie and intermediate canyoneer new tools for his/her toolbox, and will help intermediate cayoneers refine their current skill set! The topics and skills covered will include:
- Knots, Bends and Hitches
- Lowering and Handlines
- Natural, Artificial, Transient & Human Anchors
- Static and Contingency Riggings
- Rope Deployment, Coiling, Bagging and Etiquette
- Basic Climbing & Down Climbing Skills
(Bridging, Stemming, Partner Assists, Partner Captures, etc.) - And, within each of these broad subjects are a myriad of skills and tools.
The cost of this course is only $249 per person with a 2-person minimum! (The course fee is non-refundable, but may be put toward a future class during the same calendar year if 30 days notice are given, cancelling your participation in this course.) Please read more course/company policies here.
Because there is no rappelling involved in this course, there is no required gear for this course. But keep in mind that we offer a 10% discount for any gear bought before or after the course.
**Consider purchasing our gear kit (or parts of it) for your future in this sport! https://uberadventures.net/product/basic-canyoneering-gear-kit/**
We have partnered with the Moab Adventure Center for their qualified/certified guides. Consider hiring one of their awesome guides to take you canyoneering after your courses and put your new skills to immediate use!
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Swiftwater Canyoneering – Kern County, CA
This course will be challenging … and empowering!
Canyons with strong current, water volume and hydraulics pose dangers that dry canyons (Class ‘A’) and low-flow, or standing-water canyons (Class ‘B’) do not. This course provides skills, knowledge and experiential training FOR exactly that type of environment, IN exactly that type of environment. We’ve taken the relevant skills from a Swiftwater Rescue Course and combined them with the relevant skills for Canyoneering in Class ‘C’ canyons and have produced this hybrid Swiftwater Canyoneering Course!
This is the only course of its kind being taught in America! Tuition includes camping, elaborate handouts, and a Certificate of Completion! It will begin at 7am each day and will finish around 3:00pm on Friday and Saturday, and at 5:00pm on Sunday.
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ACE Guide Assessment (Certification) (ACE L5)
Association for Canyoneering Education (ACE)
Our Mission: To set an American Standard to which professional canyon guides and instructors can be held; to present a clear path to certification for professional canyon guides; to host professional canyon guide assessments; to develop standardized technical canyoneering curricula; and to develop relationships between land managers, guide services, and training providers.
ACE will provide:
- Certification for professional canyon guides
- Standardized curricula for canyoneering instructors
- Safety forums and tools for the canyoneering community
Please follow the link for details on the process to become a certified guide, and the benefits that accompany certification. Even if guiding isn’t in your future, the Assessment is great proof of your competence in the canyon environment. While this program is new, it is a strong one, and one which has drawn on the successes and learned from the failures of a variety of programs, both in the sport of canyoneering, and many others.
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