Advanced Canyoneering Course (ACE-L2) Moab, UT
2024-04-23 - 2024-04-24, 2024-05-21 - 2024-05-22, 2024-09-20 - 2024-09-21 | Lions Park, 1770 US-191, Moab, UT, 84532, United States
Advanced Canyoneering Course (ACE-L2) Moab, UT
This 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 Essentials (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).
Prerequisite: Uber Adventures’ Technical Canyoneering Course (ACE-L1) or Instructor permission. Since this Two-Day Advanced Canyoneering Course (ACE-L2) builds upon the skills and techniques presented in our Technical Canyoneering Course (ACE-L1), you must have that training or extensive personal experience to be admitted to this class.
The topics covered include:

Advanced Knots & Hitches
Retrievable/Releasable Anchor Systems
Transient Anchors
Artificial Anchors Installation & Inspection
Multi-Pitch Rappels
Simul Rappels
Advanced Rope Work for Traverses
Guided Rappels & Tensioning Systems
Deviations/Re-Directs
3 Ascending Methods & Transitioning on top of Ascend
Converting from Ascend to Rappel
Pothole Escape Techniques
Basics of Mechanical Advantage

Basic personal gear is required for this course: Harness, Helmet, Rappel Device, Safety Tether, Multiple Locking HMS Carabiners, 48″ sling/runner/footloop, prusik loop, and possibly any mechanical ascenders you would like to learn how to use (2X Wild Country Ropeman II’s or Basic & MicroTraxion combo recommended .. bring ’em.) We will provide Ropeman II’s for training/practice! (Uber Adventures also offers a 10% discount off all gear purchased before/during/after this course!)
Tuition for this 2-Day Advanced Technical Canyoneering Course (ACE-L2) is $395 per individual. (The course fee is non-refundable but may be put toward a future class during the same year if 7-day notice is given cancelling your participation in this course.) Please read more course/company policies here.
Included with tuition is all instruction and all group Canyoneering equipment, i.e.: ropes, webbing, rope bags, rapides, rigging, etc. … and a Certificate of Completion!!
Warning: The activities in this course have been found to be addictive. Only those people prepared for ultimate adventure and nonstop fun need attend!

Instructor: Jasmine King

Canyon Leader Course (ACE-L3) Moab, UT - 'Intensive'
2024-04-25, 2024-05-24 | Lions Park, 1770 US-191, Moab, UT, 84532, United States
Canyon Leader Course (ACE-L3) Moab, UT – ‘Intensive’
All skills presented in only 1 day (with fewer students)!
Improve your skills and expand your ‘toolbox’!
Uber Adventures’ Canyon Essentials 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) and forms the training foundation for those planning to seek certification as a Professional Canyon Guide (ACE-L5)!
Skills covered include:

Group Gear Choices & Distribution, Pack Management
Strand Isolation and Leapfrogging for speeding things up
Static Courtesy Rappels to make hard-starts easier
Dynamic Courtesy Rappels to make super-hard-starts safer and easier
Lowering Systems for emergencies and speed
Pre-Rigged Rappels and Rigging Kids for Rappel
Static & Dynamic Edge Protection to increase rope life
First Rappeller Belay options, Handlines and Sequencing
Passing Knots on Ascend and Rappel
Converting Static Block to Lowering System for assist or rescue
Isolating In-Field Rope Damage (Core Shot)
Constructing a Swiss Seat for rescue or gear failure
Rappelling on a Munter for emergencies
Advanced Friction Settings and Long Rappel Belay Options

Prerequisites: Since this course builds upon the skills and techniques presented in our Technical Canyoneering Course (ACE-L1) AND our Advanced Canyoneering Course (ACE-L2), we recommend that you’ve either taken both courses or have significant relevant personal experience before taking this class (please inquire if you’re unsure if this is the correct course for your current skill set).
Required/Recommended Gear: Harness, Helmet, Rappel Device, Figure 8 for Rigging, Gloves, 5-6 HMS Screwgate Carabiners, 48″ Sling or Foot Loop, Personal Safety Tether/Lanyard, Prusik Loop, Mechanical Ascender(s), 20′ of Webbing, 20′ Cordelette or Canyon Cordelette (and appropriate shoes and pack).
Tuition: This Canyon Essentials Course (ACE-L3) is $395 per individual. The course fee is non-refundable but may be put toward a future class during the same year if 7-day notice is given cancelling your participation in this course. Please read more course/company policies here.
Included with tuition is all instruction and all group Canyoneering equipment, i.e.: ropes, webbing, rope bags, rapides, rigging, etc. … and a Certificate of Completion!!

Instructor: Jasmine King
Please read the course policies here: Policies

Canyon Leader Course (ACE-L3) Los Angeles, CA - 'Intensive'
2024-04-27 | Stoney Point Park, 10900 Topanga Canyon Blvd, Chatsworth, CA, 91311, United States
Canyon Leader Course (ACE-L3) Los Angeles, CA – ‘Intensive’
All skills presented in only 1 day (with fewer students)!
Improve your skills and expand your ‘toolbox’!
Uber Adventures’ Canyon Essentials 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) and forms the training foundation for those planning to seek certification as a Professional Canyon Guide (ACE-L5)!
Skills covered include:

Group Gear Choices & Distribution, Pack Management
Strand Isolation and Leapfrogging for speeding things up
Static Courtesy Rappels to make hard-starts easier
Dynamic Courtesy Rappels to make super-hard-starts safer and easier
Lowering Systems for emergencies and speed
Pre-Rigged Rappels and Rigging Kids for Rappel
Static & Dynamic Edge Protection to increase rope life
First Rappeller Belay options, Handlines and Sequencing
Passing Knots on Ascend and Rappel
Converting Static Block to Lowering System for assist or rescue
Isolating In-Field Rope Damage (Core Shot)
Constructing a Swiss Seat for rescue or gear failure
Rappelling on a Munter for emergencies
Advanced Friction Settings and Long Rappel Belay Options

Prerequisites: Since this course builds upon the skills and techniques presented in our Technical Canyoneering Course (ACE-L1) AND our Advanced Canyoneering Course (ACE-L2), we recommend that you’ve either taken both courses or have significant relevant personal experience before taking this class (please inquire if you’re unsure if this is the correct course for your current skill set).
Required/Recommended Gear: Harness, Helmet, Rappel Device, Figure 8 for Rigging, Gloves, 5-6 HMS Screwgate Carabiners, 48″ Sling or Foot Loop, Personal Safety Tether/Lanyard, Prusik Loop, Mechanical Ascender(s), 20′ of Webbing, 20′ Cordelette or Canyon Cordelette (and appropriate shoes and pack).
Logistics: This course will be held on one long day, on location at Stoney Point Park.
Tuition: This Canyon Essentials Course (ACE-L3) is $395 per individual. The course fee is non-refundable but may be put toward a future class during the same year if 7-day notice is given cancelling your participation in this course. Please read more course/company policies here.
Included with tuition is all instruction and all group Canyoneering equipment, i.e.: ropes, webbing, rope bags, rapides, rigging, etc. … and a Certificate of Completion!!

Instructor: Todd Kolberg

Advanced Canyoneering Course (ACE-L2) Las Vegas, NV
2024-05-04 - 2024-05-05 | Lake Mead NRA, 268 Lakeshore Rd, Boulder City, NV, 89005, United States
Advanced Canyoneering Course (ACE-L2) Las Vegas, NV
This 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 Essentials (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).
Prerequisite: Uber Adventures’ Technical Canyoneering Course (ACE-L1) or Instructor permission. Since this Two-Day Advanced Canyoneering Course (ACE-L2) builds upon the skills and techniques presented in our Technical Canyoneering Course (ACE-L1), you must have that training or extensive personal experience to be admitted to this class.
The topics covered include:

Advanced Knots & Hitches
Retrievable/Releasable Anchor Systems
Transient Anchors
Artificial Anchors Installation & Inspection
Multi-Pitch Rappels
Simul Rappels
Advanced Rope Work for Traverses
Guided Rappels & Tensioning Systems
Deviations/Re-Directs
3 Ascending Methods & Transitioning on top of Ascend
Converting from Ascend to Rappel
Pothole Escape Techniques
Basics of Mechanical Advantage

Basic personal gear is required for this course: Harness, Helmet, Rappel Device, Safety Tether, Multiple Locking HMS Carabiners, 48″ sling/runner/footloop, prusik loop, and possibly any mechanical ascenders you would like to learn how to use (2X Wild Country Ropeman II’s or Basic & MicroTraxion combo recommended .. bring ’em.) We will provide Ropeman II’s for training/practice!
Tuition for this 2-Day Advanced Technical Canyoneering Course (ACE-L2) is $395 per individual. Included with tuition is all instruction and all group Canyoneering equipment, i.e.: ropes, webbing, rope bags, rapides, rigging, etc. … and a Certificate of Completion!!
Warning: The activities in this course have been found to be addictive. Only those people prepared for ultimate adventure and nonstop fun need attend!

Instructor: Ben Lewis

Canyon Rescue Course (ACE-L4) Los Angeles, CA
2024-05-11 | Stoney Point Park, 10900 Topanga Canyon Blvd, Chatsworth, CA, 91311, United States
Canyon Rescue Course (ACE-L4) Los Angeles, CA
Train Hard. Plan Well. Be Safe.
…but accidents still happen.
This Canyon Rescue Course 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.)
Boost your confidence and fill your mental toolbox with skills to handle technical emergencies.
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.
How would you help a canyoneer stuck on a rope? How would you help an unconscious canyoneer stuck on a rope? How quickly could you figure out how to convert a static block to a lowering system? Could you haul a rappeller back to the top of a drop by yourself? Have you ever been in a canyon, assessing a fictional problem and felt helpless? Are your responsibilities in a canyoneering event greater because you’re the leader/organizer? Would you like to be a more valuable team member? This course is vital for not only canyoneering leaders, but also for conscientious recreational canyoneers who value their own safety and the safety of their party.
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.
Prerequisite: Participants should have some advanced formal canyoneering-specific training. This course builds on the skills taught in the Uber Adventures’ 3-day Technical Canyoneering Course (ACE-L1), the Advanced Canyoneering Course (ACE-L2) AND the Canyon Essentials Course (ACE-L3). While we are not requiring the completion of each of those courses as a prerequisite, those who have had advanced formal canyoneering training will find it easier to ‘keep-up’ with this curriculum. If you’re not sure if this is the course for you, please give us a call and we can discuss your skills and training.
The topics and skills covered will include:

Knots, Rope Grabs & Progress Capture Methods
Anchors, Rigging & Friction Dynamics for Rescue
Mechanical Advantage and Haul Systems
Converting Static Rigging to Haul or Lower
Assisted Rappel & Tandem Rappel Techniques
Hero Rescue, Balancier Lift
Rappelling on a Tensioned Rope
Guide Ropes, Tag Lines, Belays
Cut-and-Lower Procedures
Special Ascending Techniques for Rescue
Pick-Off Procedures Scenario
Considerations for musculoskeletal injuries

Instructor: Todd Kolberg
Read company/course policies here.

Technical Canyoneering Course (ACE-L1) Moab, UT
2024-05-18 - 2024-05-19, 2024-09-22 - 2024-09-23 | Lions Park, 1770 US-191, Moab, UT, 84532, United States
Technical Canyoneering Course (ACE-L1) – Moab, UT
Learn to Canyoneer!
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 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 his/her toolbox and will help intermediate canyoneers refine their current skill set! The topics and skills covered will include:

Knots, Bends and Hitches
Canyon Rating System
Rules, Ethics, Style, Communication and Courtesy
Specific Gear Choices, Requirements, Use and Care
Belays, Lowering and Handlines
Natural, Artificial, Transient & Human Anchors
Static and Contingency Riggings
Rope Deployment, Coiling, Bagging and Etiquette
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.)
Basic Climbing & Down Climbing Skills
(Bridging, Stemming, Partner Assists, Partner Captures, etc.)
Safety Checking and Basic Self-Rescue
And, within each of these broad subjects are a myriad of skills and tools.

Instructors: Jasmine King, and team
The cost of this course is only $395! (The course fee is non-refundable but may be put toward a future class during the same year if 7-day notice is given cancelling your participation in this course.) Please read more course/company policies here.
We can supply you with all the gear you need for the course. All borrowed gear may be returned at the end of the last day of class. If you’d like to purchase canyoneering-specific gear before, during, or after the course, check out our web store. Be sure to call and ask about a 10% student discount on the basic gear kit! https://uberadventures.net/product/basic-canyoneering-gear-kit/
If you have Monday free, ask about joining us for a recreational descent of a local canyon to put your new skills to use! We can’t always host these, but we do it when we can!

Technical Canyoneering Course (ACE-L1) Boulder, CO - with Optional Monday Descent
2024-05-24 - 2024-05-26, 2024-06-21 - 2024-06-23, 2024-07-19 - 2024-07-21, 2024-08-02 - 2024-08-04 | CA
3-Day Technical Canyoneering Course (ACE-L1) Boulder, CO – with Optional Monday Descent
Learn to Canyoneer!
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 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 his/her toolbox and will help intermediate cayoneers refine their current skill set! The topics and skills covered will include:

Knots, Bends and Hitches
Canyon Rating System
Rules, Ethics, Style, Communication and Courtesy
Specific Gear Choices, Requirements, Use and Care
Belays, Lowering and Handlines
Natural, Artificial, Transient & Human Anchors
Static and Contingency Riggings
Rope Deployment, Coiling, Bagging and Etiquette
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.)
Basic Climbing & Down Climbing Skills
(Bridging, Stemming, Partner Assists, Partner Captures, etc.)
Safety Checking and Basic Self-Rescue
And, within each of these broad subjects are a myriad of skills and tools.

Instructor: AJ Pastula,
The cost of this course is $395. (The course fee is non-refundable but may be put toward a future class during the same calendar year if 30-day notice is given, cancelling your participation in this course. If 30-day notice is not given, the remaining balance will be due whether you attend the course or not.) Please read more course/company policies here.
SCHEDULE: This class will begin on Friday evening (meeting at 6:00pm to around 9pm.) An e-mail with specific directions, and a link, will be sent about a week or two prior to the class. Friday will be an orientation and introduction with an emphasis on the canyon rating system, gear, weather, canyon topography … and getting to know each other. The course will reconvene on Saturday and Sunday at the same location and will run from 7am to 5 or 6pm both days with hands on learning. There will be an optional Monday descent where you can apply the skills you learned over the weekend – we will discuss details during the course.
Required gear for this course is a harness and a helmet (We will loan these out if you don’t have them), 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.

Technical Canyoneering Course (ACE-L1) Los Angeles, CA - SOLD OUT
2024-05-25 - 2024-05-26 | Stoney Point Park, 10900 Topanga Canyon Blvd, Chatsworth, CA, 91311, United States
Technical Canyoneering Course (ACE-L1) – Los Angeles, CA – SOLD OUT
Learn to Canyoneer!
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 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 his/her toolbox and will help intermediate canyoneers refine their current skill set! The topics and skills covered will include:

Knots, Bends and Hitches
Canyon Rating System
Rules, Ethics, Style, Communication and Courtesy
Specific Gear Choices, Requirements, Use and Care
Belays, Lowering and Handlines
Natural, Artificial, Transient & Human Anchors
Static and Contingency Riggings
Rope Deployment, Coiling, Bagging and Etiquette
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.)
Basic Climbing & Down Climbing Skills
(Bridging, Stemming, Partner Assists, Partner Captures, etc.)
Safety Checking and Basic Self-Rescue
And, within each of these broad subjects are a myriad of skills and tools.

Instructors: Todd Kolberg, and team
The cost of this course is only $395! (The course fee is non-refundable but may be put toward a future class during the same year if 7-day notice is given cancelling your participation in this course.) Please read more course/company policies here.
We can supply you with all the gear you need for the course. All borrowed gear may be returned at the end of the last day of class. If you’d like to purchase canyoneering-specific gear before, during, or after the course, check out our web store. Be sure to call and ask about a 10% student discount on the basic gear kit! https://uberadventures.net/product/basic-canyoneering-gear-kit/
If you have Monday free, ask about joining us for a recreational descent of a local canyon to put your new skills to use! We can’t always host these, but we do it when we can!

Technical Canyoneering Course (ACE-L1) Los Angeles, CA
2024-06-08 - 2024-06-09, 2024-07-20 - 2024-07-21, 2024-09-14 - 2024-09-15 | Stoney Point Park, 10900 Topanga Canyon Blvd, Chatsworth, CA, 91311, United States
Technical Canyoneering Course (ACE-L1) – Los Angeles, CA
Learn to Canyoneer!
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 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 his/her toolbox and will help intermediate canyoneers refine their current skill set! The topics and skills covered will include:

Knots, Bends and Hitches
Canyon Rating System
Rules, Ethics, Style, Communication and Courtesy
Specific Gear Choices, Requirements, Use and Care
Belays, Lowering and Handlines
Natural, Artificial, Transient & Human Anchors
Static and Contingency Riggings
Rope Deployment, Coiling, Bagging and Etiquette
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.)
Basic Climbing & Down Climbing Skills
(Bridging, Stemming, Partner Assists, Partner Captures, etc.)
Safety Checking and Basic Self-Rescue
And, within each of these broad subjects are a myriad of skills and tools.

Instructors: Todd Kolberg, and team
The cost of this course is only $395! (The course fee is non-refundable but may be put toward a future class during the same year if 7-day notice is given cancelling your participation in this course.) Please read more course/company policies here.
We can supply you with all the gear you need for the course. All borrowed gear may be returned at the end of the last day of class. If you’d like to purchase canyoneering-specific gear before, during, or after the course, check out our web store. Be sure to call and ask about a 10% student discount on the basic gear kit! https://uberadventures.net/product/basic-canyoneering-gear-kit/
If you have Monday free, ask about joining us for a recreational descent of a local canyon to put your new skills to use! We can’t always host these, but we do it when we can!

Canyon Leader Course (ACE-L3) Boulder, CO
2024-06-15 - 2024-06-16 | CA
Canyon Leader Course (ACE-L3) Boulder, CO – postponed
Improve your skills and expand your ‘toolbox’!
Uber Adventures’ Canyon Essentials 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) and forms the training foundation for those planning to seek certification as a Professional Canyon Guide (ACE-L5)! While it is not required you take ACE-L2-L3-L4 Courses in sequence, it is recommended.
Skills covered include:

Group Gear Choices & Distribution, Pack Management
Strand Isolation and Leapfrogging for speeding things up
Static Courtesy Rappels to make hard-starts easier
Dynamic Courtesy Rappels to make super-hard-starts safer and easier
Lowering Systems for emergencies and speed
Pre-Rigged Rappels and Rigging Kids for Rappel
Static & Dynamic Edge Protection to increase rope life
First Rappeller Belay options, Direct Top Belays, Handlines and Sequencing
Passing Knots on Ascend and Rappel and Changeovers
Converting Static Block to Lowering System for assist or rescue
Isolating In-Field Rope Damage (Core Shot)
Constructing a Swiss Seat for rescue or gear failure
Rappelling on a Munter for emergencies
Advanced Friction Settings and Long Rappel Belay Options

Prerequisites: Since this course builds upon the skills and techniques presented in our Technical Canyoneering Course (ACE-L1) AND our Advanced Canyoneering Course (ACE-L2), we recommend that you’ve either taken both courses or have significant relevant personal experience before taking this class (please inquire if you’re unsure if this is the correct course for your current skill set).
Required Gear: Harness, Helmet, Rappel Device, Figure 8 for Rigging, Gloves, 5-6 HMS Screwgate Carabiners, 48″ Sling or Foot Loop, Personal Safety Tether/Lanyard, Prusik Loop, Ascender(s), 20′ Cordelette or Canyon Cordelette, 20′ of Webbing (and appropriate shoes and pack).
Tuition: This Canyon Leader Course (ACE-L3) is $395 per individual. Tuition is non-refundable and non-transferrable but may be put toward a future course in the same calendar year if 30 days notice are given cancelling your participation in this course. Feel free to post any questions on this event or send me a greeting/e-mail through meetup. Included with tuition is all instruction and use of all group Canyoneering equipment, i.e.: ropes, webbing, rope bags, rapides, rigging, etc. … and A CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION!!
Instructor: AJ Pastula
Please read the course policies here: Policies

Canyon Rescue Course (ACE-L4) Boulder, CO
2024-07-12 - 2024-07-14 | CA
Canyon Rescue Course (ACE-L4) Boulder, CO

Train Hard. Plan Well. Be Safe.
…but accidents still happen.
This Canyon Rescue Course 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.)
Boost your confidence and fill your mental toolbox with skills to handle technical emergencies.
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.
How would you help a canyoneer stuck on a rope? How would you help an unconscious canyoneer stuck on a rope? How quickly could you figure out how to convert a static block to a lowering system? Could you haul a rappeller back to the top of a drop by yourself? Have you ever been in a canyon, assessing a fictional problem and felt helpless? Are your responsibilities in a canyoneering event greater because you’re the leader/organizer? Would you like to be a more valuable team member? This course is vital for not only canyoneering leaders, but also for conscientious recreational canyoneers who value their own safety and the safety of their party.
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.
Prerequisite: Participants should have some advanced formal canyoneering-specific training. This course builds on the skills taught in the Uber Adventures’ Technical Canyoneering Course (ACE-L1), the Advanced Canyoneering Course (ACE-L2) AND the Canyon Essentials Course (ACE-L3). While we are not requiring the completion of each of those courses as a prerequisite, those who have had advanced formal canyoneering training will find it easier to ‘keep-up’ with this curriculum. If you’re not sure if this is the course for you, please give us a call and we can discuss your skills and training.
The topics and skills covered will include:

Knots, Rope Grabs & Progress Capture Methods
Anchors, Rigging & Friction Dynamics for Rescue
Mechanical Advantage and Haul Systems
Converting Static Rigging to Haul or Lower
Assisted Rappel & Tandem Rappel Techniques
Hero Rescue, Balancier Lift
Rappelling on a Tensioned Rope
Guide Ropes, Tag Lines, Belays
Cut-and-Lower Procedures
Special Ascending Techniques for Rescue
Pick-Off Procedures Scenario
Considerations for musculoskeletal injuries

Instructor: AJ Pastula
Read company/course policies here.

Swiftwater Canyoneering Course - Kern County, CA - This class is full
2024-07-12 - 2024-07-14 | Kern County, CA, 1410 CA-155, Lake Isabella, CA, 92340, United States
Swiftwater Canyoneering, Class C Canyons – Kern County, CA – FULL
This class is full. Please select another date.
This is America’s first, original, Swiftwater course designed specifically for canyoneers! 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.
This course will be challenging … and empowering!
Canyons with strong current, water volume and hydraulics pose dangers that dry-ish 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!
You must provide your own transportation to and from the location; you must provide your own PPE including your standard canyoneering gear (harness, helmet, hardware, etc), AND a full wetsuit (4/3 preferred) and a Type 3 PFD. Uber Adventures will provide the ropes and all training equipment.
Prerequisites: This course cannot be your first foray into the sport of canyoneering. The skills and methods in this course are a supplement to previous training. While we recommend that you have taken Uber Adventures Technical Canyoneering Course (ACE-L1) AND at least one of the Uber Adventures Advanced Canyoneering (ACE-L2), or Canyon Essentials (ACE-L3), or Canyon Rescue (ACE-L4) courses, exceptions can be made by request if 1) you have taken a thorough series of other APPROVED courses, or 2) you have SIGNIFICANT canyoneering experience, or 3) you plead your case well! (exceptions must be approved by Uber Adventures … please contact us!)
IN ADDITION to the above technical requirements, you MUST BE A STRONG SWIMMER! This course does not teach you how to swim.
Skills, Techniques, Topics covered include:

Rope Management in Deep or Swiftwater
Anchor Access and Challenges
Belays & Rappel Methods, Air Pockets
Specific Gear, Handling & Utility
Tensioned Diagonals, Tyrolean Traverses
Potholes, Deviations, Ascending
Slides & Jumps, Surface Tension, River Crossings
Hydrology: Holes, Rapids, Laminars, Eddies
Defensive/Aggressive Swimming, Ferry Angles
Strainers, Sieves, Entrapments
Rescue: Towed Victim, Pendulum Belay, Throw Bags/Rope
Communication, Safety, CFS, LNT
Hypothermia, Submersion

Tuition: This 3-Day Swiftwater Canyoneering Course is $595 per individual. The course fee is non-refundable but may be put toward a future class during the same year if 7-day notice is given cancelling your participation in this course. Please read more course/company policies here.
Included with tuition is all instruction and all group Canyoneering equipment, i.e.: ropes, webbing, rope bags, rapides, rigging, etc. … and a Certificate of Completion!!

Technical Canyoneering Course (ACE-L1) Prescott, AZ
2024-07-13 - 2024-07-14, 2024-09-07 - 2024-09-08 | Watson Lake, 3101 Watson Lake Drive, Prescott, AZ, 86301, United States
Technical Canyoneering Course (ACE-L1) – Prescott, AZ
Learn to Canyoneer!
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 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 his/her toolbox and will help intermediate canyoneers refine their current skill set! The topics and skills covered will include:

Knots, Bends and Hitches
Canyon Rating System
Rules, Ethics, Style, Communication and Courtesy
Specific Gear Choices, Requirements, Use and Care
Belays, Lowering and Handlines
Natural, Artificial, Transient & Human Anchors
Static and Contingency Riggings
Rope Deployment, Coiling, Bagging and Etiquette
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.)
Basic Climbing & Down Climbing Skills
(Bridging, Stemming, Partner Assists, Partner Captures, etc.)
Safety Checking and Basic Self-Rescue
And, within each of these broad subjects are a myriad of skills and tools.

Instructor: Jasmine King
The cost of this course is only $395! (The course fee is non-refundable but may be put toward a future class during the same year if 7-day notice is given cancelling your participation in this course.) Please read more course/company policies here.
We can supply you with all the gear you need for the course. All borrowed gear may be returned at the end of the last day of class. If you’d like to purchase canyoneering-specific gear before, during, or after the course, check out our web store. Be sure to call and ask about a 10% student discount on the basic gear kit! https://uberadventures.net/product/basic-canyoneering-gear-kit/
If you have Monday free, ask about joining us for a recreational descent of a local canyon to put your new skills to use! We can’t always host these, but we do it when we can!

Learn to Rappel Class - Boulder, CO
2024-07-28 07:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | CA
Learn to Rappel Class
Interested in learning to Rappel or maybe even Canyoneer?
This rappelling class is a great introduction to rappelling. Have fun and learn how to safely descend a rope! This class is appropriate for any skill level, and we can accommodate families as well. The class could also be used as a steppingstone to the sport of canyoneering – or possibly even climbing or caving (which also involve rappels). We will cover the following skills related to rappelling:

Gear and Gear Strength
Firefighter’s Belay / Bottom Belay
Site Safety
Safety Check
Communication
Rappelling Technique and Instruction

Including Adding Friction Pre-rappel, Mid-rappel and Locking Off

We will spend the morning learning and rappelling on single strand 8.3mm Imlay Canyon Fire and 9.2mm Imlay Canyonero canyoneering ropes using the Sterling ATS descender.

If you don’t know how to rappel – come learn.
If you know how to rappel – come practice and consider signing up for our Rappel and Gear Workshop in the afternoon.

This Learn to Rappel Class will last all morning – 7am-11:00pm so bring lunch & water! You will be required to sign a release of liability and assumption of risk. We should be able to do multiple rappels, playing with friction, locking off, and building confidence. You will need to arrive at 7am for the instruction, and then you are welcome to do as many rappels as you would like up to 11am – it’s YOUR day.
Gear for this class will be provided. However, if you own gear that you want to use – bring it! Whether it’s a climbing harness, any kind of helmet (climbing, bicycling, kayaking, snowboarding, etc.), a pair of gloves (mechanics, cycling, weightlifting, garden, etc.), you are welcome to bring it and we’ll inspect it and discuss it. Feel free to bring any gear you have questions about … we’re happy to show you how to use your own descender and to answer any/all gear questions.
We will be scrambling around a lot as we rappel, scramble back up, rappel, scramble back up, rappel, scramble back up, etc., so wear some comfortable shoes with good ‘grip’. Trail, running, approach shoes all work well (don’t wear rock climbing shoes or open toe footwear such as sandals). Bring sunscreen, sunglasses, maybe a hat, and clothes/layers appropriate for the forecast. The training location is close to Nederland, so it’s usually 5 to 10 degrees cooler than Boulder – so factor that into your gear choices.
This Learn to Rappel Class is open to everyone, so invite your friends, your teenage kids, your spouse to join! If you’d like to organize a private event for your students, colleagues, friends or for a family reunion, just give us a shout! This event also is a tremendous team-building activity!
The cost for this class is only $99 per person!! The $99 is non-refundable but may be put toward a future rappelling class in the same calendar year if 30-day notice is given cancelling your participation on this date. Read more company/course policies here.
Instructor: AJ Pastula (Boulder, CO)

Swiftwater Canyoneering Course - Kern County, CA
2024-08-09 - 2024-08-11 | Kern County, CA, 1410 CA-155, Lake Isabella, CA, 92340, United States
Swiftwater Canyoneering, Class C Canyons – Kern County, CA

This is America’s first, original, Swiftwater course designed specifically for canyoneers! 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.
This course will be challenging … and empowering!
Canyons with strong current, water volume and hydraulics pose dangers that dry-ish 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!
You must provide your own transportation to and from the location; you must provide your own PPE including your standard canyoneering gear (harness, helmet, hardware, etc), AND a full wetsuit (4/3 preferred) and a Type 3 PFD. Uber Adventures will provide the ropes and all training equipment.
Prerequisites: This course cannot be your first foray into the sport of canyoneering. The skills and methods in this course are a supplement to previous training. While we recommend that you have taken Uber Adventures Technical Canyoneering Course (ACE-L1) AND at least one of the Uber Adventures Advanced Canyoneering (ACE-L2), or Canyon Essentials (ACE-L3), or Canyon Rescue (ACE-L4) courses, exceptions can be made by request if 1) you have taken a thorough series of other APPROVED courses, or 2) you have SIGNIFICANT canyoneering experience, or 3) you plead your case well! (exceptions must be approved by Uber Adventures … please contact us!)
IN ADDITION to the above technical requirements, you MUST BE A STRONG SWIMMER! This course does not teach you how to swim.
Skills, Techniques, Topics covered include:

Rope Management in Deep or Swiftwater
Anchor Access and Challenges
Belays & Rappel Methods, Air Pockets
Specific Gear, Handling & Utility
Tensioned Diagonals, Tyrolean Traverses
Potholes, Deviations, Ascending
Slides & Jumps, Surface Tension, River Crossings
Hydrology: Holes, Rapids, Laminars, Eddies
Defensive/Aggressive Swimming, Ferry Angles
Strainers, Sieves, Entrapments
Rescue: Towed Victim, Pendulum Belay, Throw Bags/Rope
Communication, Safety, CFS, LNT
Hypothermia, Submersion

Tuition: This 3-Day Swiftwater Canyoneering Course is $595 per individual. The course fee is non-refundable but may be put toward a future class during the same year if 7-day notice is given cancelling your participation in this course. Please read more course/company policies here.
Included with tuition is all instruction and all group Canyoneering equipment, i.e.: ropes, webbing, rope bags, rapides, rigging, etc. … and a Certificate of Completion!!

Advanced Canyoneering Course (ACE-L2) Boulder, CO
2024-08-10 - 2024-08-11 | CA
Advanced Canyoneering Course (ACE-L2) Boulder, CO
This 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 Essentials (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).
Prerequisite: Uber Adventures’ Technical Canyoneering Course (ACE-L1) or Instructor permission. Since this Two-Day Advanced Canyoneering Course (ACE-L2) builds upon the skills and techniques presented in our Technical Canyoneering Course (ACE-L1), you must have that training or extensive personal experience to be admitted to this class.
The topics covered include:

Efficient Rope Management
Advanced Knots & Hitches
Retrievable/Releasable Anchor Systems
Transient Anchors
Artificial Anchors Installation & Inspection
Multi-Pitch Rappels
Simul Rappels
Advanced Rope Work for Traverse
Guided Rappels & Tensioning Systems
Deviations/Re-Directs
3 Ascending Methods & Converting to Rappel (Changeovers)
Pothole Escape Techniques
Basics of Mechanical Advantage

Basic personal gear is required for this course: Harness, Helmet, Rappel Device, Safety Tether, Multiple Locking HMS Carabiners, 48″ sling/runner/footloop, prusik loop, and any mechanical ascenders you would like to learn how to use (Wild Country Ropeman II, Kong Duck, Petzl Basic, Petzl Microtraxion, CT Roll’n’Lock, etc .. bring them.) We will provide the use of Ropeman II’s for training/practice! (Uber Adventures also offers a 10% discount off all gear purchased before/during/after this course!)
Tuition for this 2-Day Advanced Technical Canyoneering Course (ACE-L2) is $395 per individual. A $100 non-refundable deposit will reserve your space in this class. While the deposit is non-transferrable and non-refundable, it may be put toward a future course in the same calendar year if 30-day notice is given, cancelling your participation. If 30-day notice is not given, the remainder of the course fee will be due regardless of whether or not you attend the course. Read more company/course policies here.
Included with tuition is all instruction and use of all group Canyoneering equipment, i.e.: ropes, webbing, rope bags, rapides, rigging, etc. … and a Certificate of Completion!!
Warning: The activities in this course have been found to be addictive. Only those people prepared for ultimate adventure and nonstop fun need attend!
SCHEDULE: This class will run from 7am to 5 or 6pm on Saturday and Sunday with as much hands on learning as possible.
Instructor: AJ Pastula – ACE L1-L4 Instructor; ACE L5 Guide

Technical Canyoneering Course (ACE-L1) Grand Junction, CO - with Optional Monday Descent - NEW LOCATION !!
2024-08-23 - 2024-08-25 | Bangs Canyon Trailhead (Mica Mine), Grand Junction, CO, 81507, United States
3-Day Technical Canyoneering Course (ACE-L1) Grand Junction, CO – with Optional Monday Descent – NEW LOCATION !!
Learn to Canyoneer!
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 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 his/her toolbox and will help intermediate cayoneers refine their current skill set! The topics and skills covered will include:

Knots, Bends and Hitches
Canyon Rating System
Rules, Ethics, Style, Communication and Courtesy
Specific Gear Choices, Requirements, Use and Care
Belays, Lowering and Handlines
Natural, Artificial, Transient & Human Anchors
Static and Contingency Riggings
Rope Deployment, Coiling, Bagging and Etiquette
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.)
Basic Climbing & Down Climbing Skills
(Bridging, Stemming, Partner Assists, Partner Captures, etc.)
Safety Checking and Basic Self-Rescue
And, within each of these broad subjects are a myriad of skills and tools.

Instructor: AJ Pastula,
The cost of this course is $395. (The course fee is non-refundable but may be put toward a future class during the same calendar year if 30-day notice is given, cancelling your participation in this course. If 30-day notice is not given, the remaining balance will be due whether you attend the course or not.) Please read more course/company policies here.
SCHEDULE: This class will begin on Friday evening (meeting at 6:00pm to around 9pm.) An e-mail with specific directions, and a link, will be sent about a week or two prior to the class. Friday will be an orientation and introduction with an emphasis on the canyon rating system, gear, weather, canyon topography … and getting to know each other. The course will reconvene on Saturday and Sunday at the same location and will run from 7am to 5 or 6pm both days with hands on learning. There will be an optional Monday descent where you can apply the skills you learned over the weekend – we will discuss details during the course.
Required gear for this course is a harness and a helmet (We will loan these out if you don’t have them), 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.

Technical Canyoneering Course (ACE-L1) Las Vegas, NV
2024-09-21 - 2024-09-22 | Lake Mead NRA, 268 Lakeshore Rd, Boulder City, NV, 89005, United States
Technical Canyoneering Course (ACE-L1) – Las Vegas, NV
Learn to Canyoneer!
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 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 his/her toolbox and will help intermediate canyoneers refine their current skill set! The topics and skills covered will include:

Knots, Bends and Hitches
Canyon Rating System
Rules, Ethics, Style, Communication and Courtesy
Specific Gear Choices, Requirements, Use and Care
Belays, Lowering and Handlines
Natural, Artificial, Transient & Human Anchors
Static and Contingency Riggings
Rope Deployment, Coiling, Bagging and Etiquette
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.)
Basic Climbing & Down Climbing Skills
(Bridging, Stemming, Partner Assists, Partner Captures, etc.)
Safety Checking and Basic Self-Rescue
And, within each of these broad subjects are a myriad of skills and tools.

Instructors: Luke Murray
The cost of this course is only $395! (The course fee is non-refundable but may be put toward a future class during the same year if 7-day notice is given cancelling your participation in this course.) Please read more course/company policies here.
We can supply you with all the gear you need for the course. All borrowed gear may be returned at the end of the last day of class. If you’d like to purchase canyoneering-specific gear before, during, or after the course, check out our web store. Be sure to call and ask about a 10% student discount on the basic gear kit! https://uberadventures.net/product/basic-canyoneering-gear-kit/
If you have Monday free, ask about joining us for a recreational descent of a local canyon to put your new skills to use! We can’t always host these, but we do it when we can!

Learn to Rappel Class - Grand Junction, CO
2024-09-22 07:00 - 11:00 | Bangs Canyon Trailhead (Mica Mine), Grand Junction, CO, 81507, United States
Learn to Rappel Class
Interested in learning to Rappel or maybe even Canyoneer?
This rappelling class is a great introduction to rappelling. Have fun and learn how to safely descend a rope! This class is appropriate for any skill level, and we can accommodate families as well. The class could also be used as a steppingstone to the sport of canyoneering – or possibly even climbing or caving (which also involve rappels). We will cover the following skills related to rappelling:

Gear and Gear Strength
Firefighter’s Belay / Bottom Belay
Site Safety
Safety Check
Communication
Rappelling Technique and Instruction
Including Adding Friction Pre-rappel, Mid-rappel and Locking Off

We will spend the morning learning and rappelling on single strand 8.3mm Imlay Canyon Fire and 9.2mm Imlay Canyonero canyoneering ropes using the Sterling ATS descender.

If you don’t know how to rappel – come learn.
If you know how to rappel – come practice.

This Learn to Rappel Class will last all morning – 7am-11:00pm so bring lunch & water! You will be required to sign a release of liability and assumption of risk. We should be able to do multiple rappels, playing with friction, locking off, and building confidence. You will need to arrive at 7am for the instruction, and then you are welcome to do as many rappels as you would like up to 11am – it’s YOUR day.
Gear for this class will be provided. However, if you own gear that you want to use – bring it! Whether it’s a climbing harness, any kind of helmet (climbing, bicycling, kayaking, snowboarding, etc.), a pair of gloves (mechanics, cycling, weightlifting, garden, etc.), you are welcome to bring it and we’ll inspect it and discuss it. Feel free to bring any gear you have questions about … we’re happy to show you how to use your own descender and to answer any/all gear questions.
We will be scrambling around a lot as we rappel, scramble back up, rappel, scramble back up, rappel, scramble back up, etc., so wear some comfortable shoes with good ‘grip’. Trail, running, approach shoes all work well (don’t wear rock climbing shoes or open toe footwear such as sandals). Bring sunscreen, sunglasses, maybe a hat, and clothes/layers appropriate for the forecast.
This Learn to Rappel Class is open to everyone, so invite your friends, your teenage kids, your spouse to join! If you’d like to organize a private event for your students, colleagues, friends or for a family reunion, just give us a shout! This event also is a tremendous team-building activity!
The cost for this class is only $99 per person!! The $99 is non-refundable but may be put toward a future rappelling class in the same calendar year if 30-day notice is given cancelling your participation on this date. Read more company/course policies here.
Instructor: AJ Pastula

Canyon Leader Course (ACE-L3) Grand Junction, CO - NEW LOCATION !!
2024-10-05 - 2024-10-06 | Bangs Canyon Trailhead (Mica Mine), Grand Junction, CO, 81507, United States
Canyon Leader Course (ACE-L3) Grand Junction, CO – NEW LOCATION !!
Improve your skills and expand your ‘toolbox’!
Uber Adventures’ Canyon Essentials 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) and forms the training foundation for those planning to seek certification as a Professional Canyon Guide (ACE-L5)! While it is not required you take ACE-L2-L3-L4 Courses in sequence, it is recommended.
Skills covered include:

Group Gear Choices & Distribution, Pack Management
Strand Isolation and Leapfrogging for speeding things up
Static Courtesy Rappels to make hard-starts easier
Dynamic Courtesy Rappels to make super-hard-starts safer and easier
Lowering Systems for emergencies and speed
Pre-Rigged Rappels and Rigging Kids for Rappel
Static & Dynamic Edge Protection to increase rope life
First Rappeller Belay options, Direct Top Belays, Handlines and Sequencing
Passing Knots on Ascend and Rappel and Changeovers
Converting Static Block to Lowering System for assist or rescue
Isolating In-Field Rope Damage (Core Shot)
Constructing a Swiss Seat for rescue or gear failure
Rappelling on a Munter for emergencies
Advanced Friction Settings and Long Rappel Belay Options

Prerequisites: Since this course builds upon the skills and techniques presented in our Technical Canyoneering Course (ACE-L1) AND our Advanced Canyoneering Course (ACE-L2), we recommend that you’ve either taken both courses or have significant relevant personal experience before taking this class (please inquire if you’re unsure if this is the correct course for your current skill set).
Required Gear: Harness, Helmet, Rappel Device, Figure 8 for Rigging, Gloves, 5-6 HMS Screwgate Carabiners, 48″ Sling or Foot Loop, Personal Safety Tether/Lanyard, Prusik Loop, Ascender(s), 20′ Cordelette or Canyon Cordelette, 20′ of Webbing (and appropriate shoes and pack).
Tuition: This Canyon Leader Course (ACE-L3) is $395 per individual. Tuition is non-refundable and non-transferrable but may be put toward a future course in the same calendar year if 30 days notice are given cancelling your participation in this course. Feel free to post any questions on this event or send me a greeting/e-mail through meetup. Included with tuition is all instruction and use of all group Canyoneering equipment, i.e.: ropes, webbing, rope bags, rapides, rigging, etc. … and A CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION!!
Instructor: AJ Pastula
Please read the course policies here: Policies
