New Leader Resources

Leader Checklists

Checklist for hike/backpack leaders from pre-trip planning to post-trip activity reporting. Updated 1-31-21

Leader Checklists.docx — 25.9 KB

Guidelines for Pre-Screening Hike or Backpack Participants

Guide to Screening of prospective hike-backpack participants.docx — 27.0 KB

Ten Essentials

Ten Essentials.docx — 25.7 KB

Leave No Trace Principles for Hikers

Leave no Trace Principles.docx — 31.9 KB

The Mountaineers Seven Steps for Emergency Response

Mountaineers 7 Steps for First Aid Response.docx — 25.3 KB

Guide to Washington recreation passes and permits

Washington Recreation Passes and Permits.docx — 36.7 KB

Mountain Skills - How to Read and Understand the Avalanche Forecast

Mountain Skills - How to Read and Understand the Avalanche Forecast.pdf — 440.9 KB

New Hike-Backpack Leader Seminar Presentation - Student Copy

Updated 4-26-23

Hike-Backpack Leader Seminar - Student Copy.pdf — 450.2 KB

Leadership Discussion Scenarios

Examples of realistic scenarios used for discussion in Hike-Backpack Leader Seminars. Last updated 4-2-24

Discussion Scenario Examples LDR SEMINAR.docx — 34.0 KB

How to Become a Hike or Backpack Leader for Foothills Branch

Becoming a Hike or Backpack Leader for the Foothills Branch.docx — 460.6 KB

Hike-Backpack Leader Seminar master

Last revised 12-7-22

Leader Seminar General.pptx — 50.3 MB

Guidelines for Pre-Trip Communications

Guidelines for Pre-Trip Communications.docx — 18.4 KB

Participant Screening Role Play Exercise

Updated 10-19-21

Participant Screening Role-Play Exercise.docx — 15.7 KB

The 5Ws of Mountaineers Incident Reporting

Safety Committee, Nov 2021

Mountaineers Incident Reporting.pdf — 163.3 KB

Mountaineers Board Policies of Particular Importance for New Leaders

Mountaineers Board Policies of Interest to New Leaders.docx — 15.0 KB

Apply to Become a New Hike, Backpack or Urban Walk Leader!

3-2023

Find the Hike, Backpack, Urban Walk Leader Application!.docx — 99.9 KB