Basic Mountaineering Orientation Course (BMOC): Summer 2024

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Duration: 16 days. (9th May – 24th May, 2024)

Age: 17 Plus years

Course Strength: 16-24 participants

Course Fee: Rs. 28800 (Pay Rs. 2880 as advance to book your seat)

Instructor Trainee Ratio: 1:8

The Basic Mountaineering Orientation Course is the foundation course aimed at systematically teaching the art and craft of mountaineering. The course involves extensive trekking opportunities but it is not a trekking package per se. Here the focus is to teach the intricacies of mountaineering through lectures, demonstrations and practice in high altitude locations. The deliverables or takeaways from the BMOC are entirely different from the various recreational trekking packages available online. Without compromising with the outdoor fun element, the emphasis here is on transforming the participants into responsible explorers. The BMC is an excellent outdoor learning opportunity for the youth in India.

The entire course is conducted under the direct supervision of ex instructors from the Indian Army’s High Altitude Warfare School (HAWS) at Gulmurg, ITBP’s Institute of Mountaineering and Skiing at Auli and seasoned mountaineers and guest instructors at the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering.

Objective of the BMOC Course

To systematically impart training in the area of basic mountaineering skills with focus on life saving and survival skills.

To inculcate leadership qualities and expedition behavior by actively involving participants in the outdoor management.

To provide experiential and formal learning opportunities during treks in the high altitude Himalayan meadows

Systematic exposure to high altitude Himalayan environment for acclimatization and increasing resistance to cold, hunger and fatigue.

Inculcate conservation and sustainable lifestyle ethics.

Course Locations

NDI Base Camp at Kuflon: 11 Km upstream from Uttarkashi in Assi Ganga Valley. Alt. 4900 Ft. Accessible by motorable road.

Multiple locations in Assi Ganga valley. Altitude. 4700-5000 ft.

Kohri: 8 Kms from NDI Base Camp at Kuflon. Altitude 7800 ft.

Chai Thatter: 16 Kms from NDI Base Camp at Kuflon and 6 Kms from Kohri. Accessible by trek. Altitude 9500 ft.

Siyari Top (aka Mukta Top) 20 Kms from NDI Base Camp at Kuflon and 4 Kms from Chai Thatter. Accessible by trek. Altitude 11800 ft.

Accommodation and food

Shared tented accommodation, food, essential technical gear, forest permits during height gain and instructors charges are inclusive in the fee.

How to reach

The basic mountaineering orientation course will be conducted at Kuflon near Uttarkashi. The nearest railway station and airport is at Dehradun. From Dehradun buses and shared Sumo jeeps are available till Uttarkashi. Participants can make their own travel arrangements till Uttarkashi reporting center from where transport arrangements will be made for the NDI Campus in Assi Ganga Valley. Special pick up arrangements can also be made from Dehradun on payment of actual fare. Do write to us in case of any assistance (click to contact form).

Please read the T&C/ Cancellation carefully (T&C link).

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