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NOLS has trained professional backcountry leaders in the field for over 40 years.
Photo: Alexis Alloway |
With a team of dedicated teachers and a facility that’s ideal for expedition planning, we specialize in courses for educators at NOLS Pacific Northwest.
On this outdoor educator course you’ll get a variety of skills—backpacking, mountaineering and rock climbing—and experience a variety of terrain, from forests to glaciers and alpine rock. You’ll join a group of other motivated educators and outdoor leaders for one of two action-packed options, either a 24-day version or a 31-day course for those with a more flexible schedule.
On both, you’ll start out in temperate rainforests, working up to the jagged, snow-clad peaks of either the North Cascades or the Olympics. Here on the snowfields and glaciers you’ll practice mountaineering skills, attempt a peak ascent, and learn the ins and outs of teaching and leading in the backcountry.
You’ll then switch gears for rock climbing—four days on the shorter course and ten days on the longer version—at either British Columbia’s Squamish or Washington’s Leavenworth areas, where sweeping granite walls provide the perfect classroom for learning climbing systems and techniques.
Throughout the course, your veteran instructors will pass along an in-depth look at NOLS’ time-tested teaching and programming methods as well as their strong enthusiasm for teaching in the wilderness.
Pacific Northwest
Outdoor Educator Mountaineering
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| Duration: |
24 days
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| Age: |
18 and Over |
| Tuition: |
$3,050 |
| Dates: |
June 4-June 27, 2008
July 16-Aug. 8, 2008
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College Credit:
(Optional) |
4
Semester Credit Hours
2 Hours Leadership Techniques
2 Hours Risk Assessment |
| Course start/end: |
Conway, Washington |
| Equipment Deposit: |
$350 |
| Fly in/out: |
Seattle, Washington |
| Downloads: |
Course Description
(pdf)
Equipment List
(pdf) |
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| Duration: |
31 days
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| Age: |
18 and Over |
| Tuition: |
$3,795 |
| Dates: |
May 21-June 20, 2008
June 25-July 25, 2008
July 23-Aug. 22, 2008
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College Credit:
(Optional) |
6
Semester Credit Hours
2 Hours Environmental Ethics
2 Hours Leadership Techniques
2 Hours Risk Assessment |
| Course start/end: |
Conway, Washington |
| Equipment Deposit: |
$350 |
| Fly in/out: |
Seattle, Washington |
| Downloads: |
Course Description
(pdf)
Equipment List
(pdf) |
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