Description

Warning: Times have changed. It’s now a Wednesday night and two Saturdays

Intro: I’ve been thinking about doing soemthing like this for a few years now. The reason is that I’ve meet plenty of people who would make great trip leaders/organizers, but they lack the training and confidence to find their way around in the backcountry. The goal of this workshop is to give prospective trip organizers the tools they need to plan trips and execute them safely in the backcountry.

Schedule

• Wednesday night, 6:30-9 (indoors): route planning & maps
• Saturday
  • 8-10 (indoors): present homework, navigation & compass, getting lost
  • 10-1 (outdoors): easy practice
  • 1-4 (outdoors): intermediate practice
  • 4-6 (indoors): advanced navigation
• Second Saturday: 6-6 (outdoors): advanced practice

Course Materials: You can view/download them from Docdroid if you so please. It’s not really necessary though.

What’s not included: Avalanche training & winter backcountry navigation aren’t covered. Take AST1 and/or the avalanche training workshop overed by the section. Also, rock/rescue & glacier rescue skills aren’t covered.

Screening: There’s not a lot of room (I wanted to keep things small because I didn’t have a great space for indoor stuff). Registrants will stay on the waitlist till July 14, after that I’ll select people based primarily on active club paricipation; if there’s still room after that, it’s first-come/first-serve.

Prerequisites

Paricipants should have taken the basic mountaineering course or the equivilant.

Jay MacArthur (I think) does some sort of trip organizing workshop every now and then. Going to that is recommended, but not necessary.