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Winter 2007/08 Trip Spotlight

We are now booking for the fall and winter season. Ice climbing in the Rockies starts in October and is in full gear by early November! Below is a selection of our Winter 2007 programming. Visit our Ice Programmes page, or contact us for details.

Intro special :
Ice Climbing Intro Weekend - A two-day course most popular on weekends (though any two days will do), Sawback's Ice Climbing Intro courses provide beginners with training in movement skills and help transfer summer rock climbing top-roping skills to the winter environment. $295/person.*

Ice Climbing Intensive Week - A seven-day ice climbing course based in the David Thompson. Possible objectives include: Cline River Gallery, SARS on Ice, Five Seven Zero, Kitty Hawk, Elliot Left Hand, Bloodline, Gentleman Orders, and more. Our base will be the David Thompson Resort's Bed and Breakfast: comfortable private lodging with great home-cooked meals, and best of all it's within a 10 minute drive to some of the best ice climbing in the Rockies! $1900/person*.

Link Highlights::Great trips, great gear

Burnie Glacier Lodge::Summer alpine climbing and winter ski touring in the Howson Range, one of the jewels of British Columbia's Northwest--Canadian mountaineering at its finest

Taiga::Canadian made quality mountain clothing, sleeping bags, tents, backpacks and more.

Lou's Skiing Performance::For the best in skiing performance: high-end equipment and custom bootfitting. Located in Bowness, Calgary. Let Lou know I sent you!

* Special conditions apply. Please contact us for complete booking details. Typically these rates apply to groups of two or more.

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Box 8386, Canmore AB T1W 2V2 Canada
Tel/fax: 403-678-4997

Updated August 14, 2007

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Since 1995

We are celebrating ten years of Mountain Adventure programming this year!

For over ten years, Sawback has been providing custom mountaineering instruction, rock, ice, and mountain guiding, and adventure programmes for teambuilding and training in western Canada.

We are located in Canmore, Alberta. in the midst of the Canadian Rockies and operate programmes and guided trips throughout Alberta, British Columbia, and beyond.