Intro Winter Camping

Catalog description

Explore the winter forest with your home in your pack. Sleep in tents or lean-to's, cook on camp stoves and hike or snowshoe the trail. Class will focus on the essentials of winter backcountry camping: planning, communication and execution. Learn to read the weather, pack for the cold and build fires. No previous experience is needed and beginners are welcome. This class will teach and follow the seven Leave No Trace principles. Students must be able to hike several hours while wearing a thirty-pound backpack. Participants should possess boots/shoes for hiking as well as clothing appropriate for a winter, wilderness environment. Proof of health insurance is required to take this course. *Note: See Course Notes for additional details on class meeting times.* **Fee: A course fee applied via SFS bill. See Course Notes for course fee information.**