Wilderness Trekking School is Colorado Mountain Club’s largest school, a comprehensive course on mountain hiking. Students are all ages, from 18 to 80. If you’re new to hiking, WTS gives you the opportunity to learn how to travel safely – and with confidence – in the backcountry. If you’re an experienced hiker, WTS gives you a chance to review, to enhance your skills, and possibly to fill in some gaps:
- What kind of gear to carry and clothes to wear.
- How to travel on different types of terrain in different seasons.
- Navigate in the field using a map and compass.
- Leadership.
- Survival techniques.
- First aid.
- Weather, avalanche, and wildlife considerations.
- Snow travel and self-arrest
- Nutrition
Over a period of five lectures, four field trips, and a group hike, you will get the opportunity to:
- Learn theories and techniques of safe backcountry travel,
- Practice skills in a non-competitive, non-confrontational, very safe setting, and
- Plan and complete a group hike with your field group.
This is a great place to learn and practice skills, make new friends, and become a safe backcountry traveler.
