This is where the description of the class will go. An intensive one-week field experience in the Colorado mountains. Clothing and equipment selection, nutrition and rations planning, back country conservation and sanitation, navigation, and trail techniques. An intensive one-week ski tour experience in the Colorado mountains. Group dynamics, leadership, and expedition behavior.
Travels hut to hut with some winter camping.
An intensive one-week desert camping and backpacking experience, accompanied by nine lectures in preparation for the trip. Natural and cultural history, desert conservation, group dynamics. Basic Skills and techniques of instructing ropes courses. Includes technical skills and group facilitation. One week intensive practicum including supervised leadership and teaching experience in basic camping, backpacking, skiing, equipment maintenance and navigation.