Essential Trip Planning Skills and Tools for Backpackers - Online Clinic - Online Classroom

Seminar

Essential Trip Planning Skills and Tools for Backpackers - Online Clinic - Online Classroom

This clinic will introduce the basic information, skills and tools to help you find the best destination for your trip and develop a trip plan including route, camps, food, water, gear, transportation and emergency plans, to help you prepare for a safe and successful adventure. THIS SEMINAR IS OFFERED FOR FREE TO STUDENTS IN THE 2022 Backpacking Building Blocks COURSE but you must first register on the B3 course page (link below) - do not register here if you plan to take B3!

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This program will begin promptly at 6:30PM and end at 9PM.   The zoom login details will be emailed to everyone on the roster in the week before the session.

At this clinic backpackers will be intrduced to some helpful tips,  handy online and digital tools and templates  to select a destination, get necessary information about topography, water, camps, access, seasonal trail conditions and  weather, and develop a trip plan including route and camps, transportation, gear, food, water and emergency alternatives.

A small fee is charged for this seminar to help the Mountaineers continue to offer their programs to get adults and youth outside and conserve wild places during these challenging financial times.  STUDENTS IN THE 2022 BACKPACKING BUILDING BLOCKS COURSE CAN TAKE THIS SEMINAR FOR FREE but you must register for the B3 course  to get the free version.

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