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Intro to Hiking Safety by Colorado Mountain Club
Tuesday, April 18, 2023, 06:30pm - 09:00pm
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The Intro to Hiking Safety seminar is a one-evening session held four times throughout the summer months. You will leave the seminar with a basic understanding of the following topic areas:

  • Safety Concerns: lightning, avalanche, animal encounters, getting lost (or staying found), cold weather gear, staying warm, hypothermia, and being stranded overnight
  • Tools: how to prepare, what you need in your pack, how to respond to safety challenges
  • Into to the hands on safety training you can get by taking other CMC courses

These evening sessions are open to both CMC members and non-members, alike. 

Registration is required prior to this seminar by credit card. If you are a non member, please set up a free guest membership first.

Subjects will include: 

  • Trip planning
  • 10 Essentials to carry in your pack
  • Basic Navigation: how to stay found
  • Clothing: layering, materials, rain gear, sun protection
  • Animal Encounters: bear, moose, mountain lion, rabies, mosquitoes, ticks, snakes, etc. 
  • Trail nutrition and hydration
  • Trail Sense: registers, noting location, reading trail markers, trail etiquette 
  • Obtaining Search and Rescue Support
  • Mountain Weather - including lightning safety
  • Avalanche terrain avoidance
  • Cold weather concerns

Register for monthly sessions:

Schedule: All sessions run from 6:30pm - 9:00pm 

 Location: American Mountaineering Center, 710 10th St, Golden, CO 80401 - (303) 279-3080

 Price*: 

  • Members: $10
  • Non-members: $15

 *Because of the low tuition for this course, refunds will not be possible. However, if you must cancel, please notify the school directors and we will provide no-cost attendance to a future session of the course. 

For downloadable material from the course content, click the link below: Student Handouts

https://www.cmc.org/education-adventure/schools-courses/schools-classes-overviews/intro-to-hiking-safety

 

Location American Mountaineering Center, 710 10th Street Golden, CO 80401
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