10th Mountain Division Soldiers conquer Basic Mountain Course

 Three 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) Soldiers completed the two-week Basic Mountain Course at the Army Mountain Warfare School, Feb. 18, with the culminating climb at Smugglers' Notch.

This final climb, known as the "Mountain Walk," puts all of the skills that students have learned throughout the course into practice.

"It's a chance to get into a true alpine environment, to see rock and ice they haven't seen anywhere else," said Sgt. 1st Class Nick Ash, an instructor at the Army Mountain Warfare School, located at the Camp Ethan Allen Training Site. "It is a full-on mountaineering, alpine experience, which they should leave here with as military mountaineers."


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