This course provides students with the opportunity to learn and practice the skills necessary to become competent backcountry educator. As a part of the Outdoor Leadership Semester Program, this course involves a required field and classroom component. Students will have the opportunity to refine existing outdoor skills, develop new ones, and practice methods of relaying these skills to others through the field and classroom components. This is not a survival skills/minimalist course. Rather, students learn about and use specialized equipment and techniques associated with backcountry travel, while emphasizing safety and risk management. Students are asked to demonstrate a strong commitment to teaching others in a group setting, and to participating in the trip planning process. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
- Teacher: Jillisa Overholt
- Teacher: Matthew Vosler