Pre Conference Workshops (1 day):
Pre Conference Workshops (2 day):
This one-day introductory course covers all the basics, from how to stay warm to how to best use your tools and crampons to climb efficiently and naturally. Our guides are masters at getting your skills up to par – fast. You’ll climb a lot, for in this sport more than most, practice makes perfect and practice keeps you warm!
Benefits
- Learn proper techniques for belaying and rappelling on ice
- Develop a natural and efficient swing with leashed and leashless tools
- Learn how to stay warm and comfortable
- Learn what gear you need and what you don’t
- See the latest in safe climbing techniques and ice protection systems
- Learn how to use your legs and crampons more than your arms
- Develop good habits
Price: $175 member / $200 non-member *Includes all technical equipment: harness, crampons, and mountaineering boots
Instructon: Colorado Mountain School
Dates: (Wednesday Only), February 17th, 2010
Time: 8:00am - 4:00pm
Winter Travel Skills for Outdoor Educators Winter outdoor recreation is a magical experience, whether it is skiing, mountaineering,or walking in the woods. However leading inexperienced students into this winter landscape introduces a completely new set of challenges and educational opportunities. Topics in this workshop will include:
- Winter Camping Methods
- Leave No Trace practices for Winter Camping
- Winter Classroom Considerations
- Risk Management Practices for Winter Travel
Price: $30 member / $40 non-member
Instructors: Dustin Smucker; Program Coordinator, IU Outdoor Adventures
Dates: (Thursday Only), February 18th, 2010
Time: 8:00am - 4:30pm
These days, we have become reliant on technology for many things. There are many great tools out there for use in the backcountry or during a survival episode, but what do you do if these tools are lost or fail. During this 1 day (8 hr) workshop, you will explore techniques used to meet basic survival needs with limited/primitive means. Skills that may be explored include: primitive fire building, flint -napping, celestial navigation, signaling for rescue, natural shelter construction etc. Lunch will be included by way of a primitive cooking demonstration.
Price: $75 member / $95 non-member
Instructor: Josh Walker, Rare Earth Adventures
Dates: (Thursday Only), February 18th, 2010
Time: 8:30am - 5:00pm
The WEA Instructor Training Clinic is a required component to become a Certifying (NSP) Instructor for the WEA under the traditional system. The ITC is designed to give aspiring instructors a common background in four areas: WEA History, Teaching and Learning Philosophy, Course Planning and Management, and being a Liason with the National Office.
Price: $135 (member only)
Instructors: Jack Drury
Dates: February 17th - 18th, 2010
Time: 8:00am- 5:00pm
Note: Students must have their Outdoor Leader Certification prior to registering for the ITC. There will be no exeptions. Registrants who are not Certified Outdoor Leaders will be removed from the course and refunded their registration fees.
If you want your program trip planning and archiving to be more efficient, reduce risk and to improve future training for trip leaders, this is the pre-conference workshop for you! Learn the basic functions of GPS, photograph and mapping program integration and datastorage strategies to develop customized interactive ‘guidebooks’.
Use them to brief trip leaders; review known and potential hazards, as well as evacuation routes. Best of all, every time you go back to that location, you can collect fresh data to prevent your content from becoming stale or outdated based on the season, development or even water levels. This dynamic course will show you how to use readily available technology to drastically improve your program trip planning and archiving and for each and every course area your program utilizes.
Price: $110 member/ $140 non-member
Instructor: Jarrod Evans, Rare Earth Adventures
Dates: February 17th - 18th, 2010
Time: 8:00am - 5:00pm
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