Basic Skills Workshop

Field trip: Alpine Scrambling Course

Basic Skills Workshop - Michael T. Simmons Elementary School

Lecture 1 and Basic Skills Field Trip

  • Easy

8:30am-3:00pm with a lunch break

This is an in town lecture and field trip

We will start with Lecture 1 - Introduction to Scrambling. Discussion of rock and snow scrambling, course requirements, conditioning, gear, Mountaineers website, and course expectations.

After the lecture, we will have a number of stations to introduce students to skills. This will include knot tying, basic navigation, intro to fixed line travel, 10 essentials, and conditioning.

Route/Place

Michael T. Simmons Elementary School


Roster
Required Equipment

Required Equipment

10 essentials, day pack, and lunch.

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