ACA Canyon Rating System
Explanation of the ACA Canyon Rating System, including technical terrain, rope work and water classifications.
ACA Skills Checklists
Skills Checklists covering recreational canyoneering skill levels: Core; Sovereign, Aspirant; Assistant Canyon Leader; Canyon Leader
Skills Checklists covering pro canyoneering skill levels: Assistant Pro Guide; Lead Pro Guide
These Skills Checklists will guide you through the sequence of skills acquisition. Seek out training that will provide you with those skills in roughly the order recommended in the checklists. Consider our Skills Checklists as your road map to becoming a more competent, safe and self-reliant canyoneer.
Click on the desired list below:
Core
Sovereign Canyoneer
Canyon Leader Skills:
Aspirant Canyon Leader
Assistant Canyon Leader
Canyon Leader
Pro Guide Skills:
Assistant Pro Guide
Lead Pro Guide
All ACA Skills Checklists
Skills Checklist in Spanish
Skills Checklists also provide you with a useful objective tool for evaluating potential canyoneering partners. Experience does not necessarily equate to competence. Stories are all too common about a beginner who trusted a partner who claimed to be an expert because he/she had descended 20, 50 or 100 canyons, but when things went wrong, the "expert" didn't have the technical skills required to deal with the situation. Instead of being impressed (and trusting) by the number of canyons your prospective partner claims to have descended, use the skills checklists to quiz them about their actual technical competence.
ACA Canyon Resume
Spreadsheet you can use to record your canyoneering adventures and keep track of your training progression.
Canyoneering Signals
Common whistle and hand signals for canyoneering. Trim and laminate the sheet to take it with you on all of your canyoneering adventures. Be sure to make extra copies for your canyoneering partners, too.
Canyons • Canyoneering Primer
Created as a joint effort by many members of the canyoneering community, this informative 24-page booklet addresses canyoneering safety, trip planning, style and ethics. More than 40,000 copies in circulation.
Cañones • Fondo de Cañonismo
La versión en Español de nuestra popular Folleto Cañones.
Mechanical Advantage Primer
An introduction to mechanical advantage systems used in technical rescue.
ACA Incident Report
Print this form, or use it as a guide to report incidents on our ACA Facebook Page or Facebook Regional Groups
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