Lecture: Basic Wilderness Skills Course
Basic Wilderness Skills - Workshop - Mountaineers Seattle Program Center
Presentation of essential gear systems, researching hikes and trip sign-up, conditioning for outdoor travel, Leave No Trace principals and group first aid responsibilities.
Contacts
- Sat, May 13, 2017
- Seattle Hiking Committee
- Day Hiking
- Adults
- Easy
- For Beginners (Getting Started Series)
- 21 (33 capacity)
- 3 (5 capacity)
- Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 4:00 PM
- Wed, May 10, 2017 at 9:00 PM
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A fun, interactive course for people new to hiking or new to hiking in the Pacific Northwest. The course includes two Saturday classes (5/13 & 6/10), one stewardship field trip (multiple dates), and four club hikes during the spring/summer.
Learn the core skills for planning trips and going hiking. Topics cover gear selection and options, boots & packs, navigation tools/practices, handling wilderness emergencies, conditioning and building up to do longer hikes, the 10+ essential systems in your pack, leave no trace and other topics.
Any club hike finished during the spring/summer of 2017 will be given credit for course completion and easy and moderate hikes will be scheduled with first signup reserved for class students during April-September.
Seattle Program Center 9am - 3:30 pm. We will break for a 45 minute lunch (provided)
Required Equipment
None