Mountaineering course recommendations/experiences
I am planning to book an intro to mountaineering course in squamish this September. I have done lots of hiking in austria before, now that I live in Toronto, I would like to get into glacier travelling. I am looking for a 4 day course, where I can learn all the basics of getting into higher altitudes, including more backcountry camping experience, and snow and glacier travel. My preference so far was doing it with Altus mountain guides. Their course program seems great and they were incredibly helpful via email. I wanted to book this weekend, and now I saw they increased they're price by 250 CAD. Vancouver mountain guides offers the same course for 800 CAD, but they were less helpful via email.
Has anyone had experience with Vancouver Mountain guides or Altus.
I am not sure who I should go with now. I will have to buy a bunch of mountaineering gear so saving 250 would be nice, but Altus seems to offer a better service lol
I struggle with decision making so thanks for any help!!