HIKING AND SURVIVAL ESSENTIALS INFORMATION
Boulder Mountaineering School, CMC Boulder Group
Concerned about what to do if you have to spend an unplanned night in the outdoors? What are the ten essentials and why do we need them? This course covers trip planning, essential equipment, and wilderness survival techniques including fire and shelter.
Applications accepted up to the first class if there is room. If you
have any questions, please contact bhs@cmcboulder.org. This course was formerly called Hiking I.
Course fee: $30.
Topics covered include:
- Trip Planning - Ideas on how to prepare for your day hike or backpack
- Safety - The 10 essentials
- Medical Emergencies - What to do if someone is injured
- Clothing - Boots
- Basic Wilderness Survival - What to do if you have to spend a night outdoors
- Nutrition - What to eat to maximize your performance
- Weather - Lightning ? what to do
- What to do before you leave
- Things you should learn to make you a safer hiker
- Leave No Trace
- Hypothermia and frostbite
- Heat disorders
- What to bring and what not to bring
- 3 layers of clothing
- How to build a fire
- How to build a shelter
- Hydration and dehydration
- The affects of altitude
- What to do to recover and get ready for tomorrow
- Temperature change with altitude
- Rapid temperature changes
Next course offered
Application and Student Waivers