Intro to Hiking Safety by Colorado Mountain Club
2023-07-11 18:30 - 21:00 (America/Denver) | American Mountaineering Center, 710 10th Street Golden, CO 80401
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:

- April 18 (https://www.cmc.org/groups-sections/front-range-groups/denver/course-templates/intro-to-hiking-safety-cmc-state/intro-to-hiking-safety-denver-2023)
- May 23 (https://www.cmc.org/groups-sections/front-range-groups/denver/course-templates/intro-to-hiking-safety-cmc-state/copy_of_intro-to-hiking-safety-denver-2023)
- June 13 (https://www.cmc.org/groups-sections/front-range-groups/denver/course-templates/intro-to-hiking-safety-cmc-state/copy2_of_intro-to-hiking-safety-denver-2023)
- July 11 (https://www.cmc.org/groups-sections/front-range-groups/denver/course-templates/intro-to-hiking-safety-cmc-state/copy3_of_intro-to-hiking-safety-denver-2023)

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://cmcdenver.org/schools-2/introduction-to-hiking-safety-ihs-student-materials)

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

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