Outdoor Leadership & Snowshoeing Course
Intermediate Snowshoe Leader - Mentorship Program
This program is built to practice terrain choices in the field for both aspiring and current intermediate snowshoe leaders, hopefully providing experience to travel in challenging to complex avalanche terrain, and using ice axe on snowshoeing trips.
Contacts
KD Dase
Leader
- Rolling Enrollment: Wed, Jan 10, 2024 - Tue, Mar 31, 2026
- Committee: Seattle Snowshoeing Committee
- FREE
- Availability: 19 (30 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
This program is available to all basic snowshoe leaders (or by leader permission) who have an Intermediate Snowshoeing Course badge or equivalent, in addition to the AIARE-1 or Winter Trip Planning course.
This program hopes to provide experience building confidence in the following topics:
- Group Management and Leadership
- Trip Planning and Facilitation
- Technical Skills: knowledge of how to navigate through and manage risk in and around avalanche terrain, advanced snow travel skills requiring the use of an ice axe, and emergency bivouacs.
Badges you will earn:
Intermediate Snowshoe Leader
Course Requirements
| Course Activity | Date | Availability | Leader |
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| Trip 101 | |||
| Lake Valhalla |
Sun, Jan 26, 2025
Registration closes Jan 24
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0
participants
0 instructors
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| Red Mountain (Salmon La Sac) |
Sun, Feb 2, 2025
Registration closes Jan 31
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0
participants
0 instructors
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| Trip 201 | |||
| Haney Meadow Loop, Diamond Head & Windy Knob |
Sun, Feb 16, 2025
Registration closes Feb 14
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1
participant
0 instructors
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| Kahuna Peak |
Sat, Mar 29, 2025
Registration closes Feb 14
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0
participants
0 instructors
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Roster
Required Equipment
- Typical Winter Day Pack with essentials
- Beacon, Shovel, and Probe
- Ice Axe, plus Helmet
- Snowshoes and Poles
Course Materials
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