Basic Bikepacking Course - Tacoma - Spring 2021

Bikepacking Course

Basic Bikepacking Course

Combine your backpacking and mountain biking skills to explore the outdoors in a new way. Learn how to carry overnight gear on your bike and how to perform common field maintenance tasks.

This course provides a solid foundation in Bikepacking. Topics covered are personal clothing, personal and group gear, loading and carrying gear, trip planning and preparation, camp setup and bike field maintenance.

Course Prerequisites include:

-  Students must own a bike, or have the capability to rent or borrow a bike capable of riding over an extended period of time/miles, on pavement, gravel and dirt.  The course is currently gear towards Hardtail Mountain Bikes.

-  Students must have a backpacking badge on their Mountaineers profile.

-  Students must be capable of riding up to 20 miles in a given day, trip and terrain dependent.

Successful completion will allow the student to participate in Bikepacking outings. 

This course will be conducted in accordance with The Mountaineers COVID-19 policies.                                                                   


Lecture 1: Bikes, Gear, Clothing and Packs - Tuesday March 16, 2021  6:00PM to 9:00PM. This lecture is currently planned to be in person at the club house.

Lecture 2: Bike Field Maintenance  - Thursday, April 1, 2021  6:00PM to 9:00PM. This lecture is currently planned to be in person at the club house.  You will need your bike and any/all bike maintenance gear.

Lecture 3: Gear Check and Loading - Tuesday, April 13, 2021  6:00PM to 9:00PM.  This lecture is currently planned to be in person at the club house.  You will need your bike and all clothing, gear and bikebags.

Check Ride: Saturday, April 17, 2021.   This check ride will be conducted with all gear and clothing you will utilize for field trip and future bikepacking trips.

Field trip: Saturday & Sunday May 8-9, 2021


Graduation Requirements:

  • Attend each of the three lectures,
  • Attend the Mountaineers Bikepacking field trip,
  • Completion of a conservation activity.

Badges you will earn:

Course Requirements

This course has no scheduled activities.

Roster
Required Equipment
  • Mountain Bike (hardtail preferable)
  • Bikepacking bags
  • Ten Essentials
  • Overnight back/bikepacking gear
  • Appropriate Clothing to activity/event
  • Bike Maintenance Tools
Course Materials

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