Outdoor Leadership Programs
- Certification and Training -
Alpine Mountaineering and Technical Leadership Series (3 parts, 12 days each)
Take one, two, or all three parts and gain the skills to become a competent alpine leader on basic, intermediate, and more
advanced terrain. Includes glacier climbing, steep
snow and ice, and rock climbing. Each part progresses in difficulty and scope of leadership responsibilities and techniques. Just
backpacking experience is required to join Part 1. Part 3 is an expedition - choose between Picket Range,
Waddington Range, and the Bugaboos of British Columbia.
Sierra Alpine Mountaineering and Leadership (9 days)
If you would like to develop a full range of mountaineering skills and the ability to safely lead your own climbing teams in an alpine
environment, this course will be a great choice for you. Our principal goals will be to help you become qualified as a
team leader in both technical skills and mountain judgment and be capable of safely leading rope teams on alpine routes at basic and
intermediate levels of technical difficulty.
AMGA Single Pitch Instructor Course (5 days)
The American Mountain Guides Association (AMGA) Single Pitch Instructor Course is the first in the AMGA sequence of climbing instructor and guide training programs.
The SPI course was designed to help capable recreational climbers transition into capable and effective climbing instructors.
Leaders of Tomorrow (14 days and for students ages 15 - 18)
This program utilizes mountaineering and outdoor adventure to develop decision making and judgment skills for young leaders.
While learning new and exciting technical skills, LOT places you in a position to organize and identify strategies and to make key decisions. In this
process you, like other young leaders before you, will acquire the confidence required to clearly identify needed outcomes, to develop effective
strategic plans for accomplishing goals, and to inspire other others into action.
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