Professional Canyoneering Courses

ACA Single Site Pro Guide Course

The Single Site Pro Canyon Guide course is the entry level certification course for anyone seeking professional certification with the ACA (American Canyoneering Association), and looking to work as a professional Canyoneering guiding. Guides with this certification under the direction of a full pro guide are able to independently guide up to three different canyons that all have similar characteristics, hydrology, and emergency response requirements with simple, straight-forward anchors and rigging systems.

The ACA (American Canyoneering Association) is the largest, best known, most reputable, longest standing and the go to association for professional Canyoneering best practices, safety standards and certification. 


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Cost

$950 CAD Per Person

Duration

3 Days

GROUP SIZE

2 - 8 people

Location

Canmore, Alberta

Dates:

Recommended Prerequisites:

Prerequisites will be asses on a case by case basis please contact us if you have any questions or inquiries:

  • Be a ACA Canyon Leader or have taken and equivalent Canyoning leader course
  • Posses previous guiding or canyoning experience
  • Possess previous climbing and/or rope experience
  • Have Taken a rope rescue course

Course Location:

This  course is based out of the Canmore area. Canmore is approximately one hour west of Calgary.

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Step After Completing The Course - Moving Toward  Full Certification:

  • Perform minimum of 2 – 5 day Internship (this can be coordinate with Bow Valley Canyon Tours).
  • Pass the ACA’s Single Site Pro Guide Assessment (2 day in canyon Assessment)
  • Complete: 25 canyon descents prior to Assessment.
  • Submit a Canyon Resume that reflects the following: minimum of 50 canyon descents and minimum of 2 unique canyons descended
  • Submit the appropriate First Aid / CPR certification (40 hour Wilderness First Aid minimum requirement)
  • Create and maintain a member profile on the ACA’s website

Why Certify with the ACA:

Since 1999, the American Canyoneering Association (ACA) has been the premier source for training, technical information and services for recreational canyoneers, canyon leaders, guides and rescue professionals in the United States, Canada, Latin America, Asia and around the globe.

All credible professions require formal training and proof of competency. ACA courses and assessments give you that credibility by guiding you through the entire process of becoming a professional canyon guide.

The ACA is the only organization in America to offer a comprehensive certification program for professional canyon guides. Certification from the ACA involves rigorous training and assessment with two key factors in mind:

    1. Becoming the best canyon guide possible, and
    2. Delivering the greatest reward for clients. Success in the program indicates that an individual has been assessed to the standard of an internationally recognized, professional body.

Do you have questions or are you looking for some more information:

If you would like some more information, if you have questions, or if you are looking for some more details please contact us by email or phone anytime.

We gratefully acknowledge that we travel, work, explore, and play in the Treaty 7 Territory region of Southern Alberta. Treaty 7 encompasses the traditional lands of the Îyârhe Nakoda Nations of Chiniki, Wesley, and Bearspaw, the Tsuut’ina First Nation, the Kainai, Siksika, and Piikani Nations of the Niitsitapi (Blackfoot) Confederacy, and Métis Nation of Alberta, Region III. We promise to honour and celebrate the land, history, and habitants of this sacred space, for we are guests in their home.