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Pacific Northwest Outdoor Educator - Mountaineering
 

Mountaineering Course
You've done the gym. Now it's time to take it outside with NOLS.
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Wiith 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 to alpine rock.

You’ll join a group of other motivated educators and outdoor leaders for 31 days of action-packed learning. You’ll start out in temperate rain forests, working up to the jagged, snow-clad peaks of either the North Cascades or the Olympics.

Here 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 at either Squamish, B.C., or Leavenworth, Washington.

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
Duration: 31 days
Age: 18 and Older (Average age: 25)
Eligibility: Qualified practicing or potential outdoor educators
Tuition:

$4,065

Dates:

May 19-June 18, 2010
June 2-July 2, 2010
July 21-August 20, 2010

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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