Event Details

Colorado Mountain Club

Foss Auditorium

American Mountaineering Center

710 10th Street Golden, CO 80401

Art Hogling     Director   ahogling@aol.com

Steve Billig                     billig@vnccolorado.com

Single evening seminar

Open to CMC members and non-members

Learn how to be safe in the backcountry. 

Learning how to be safe in the backcountry is a major reason many members join the CMC. The Introduction to Hiking Safety seminar is a one-evening session during which you will learn:

•  the many aspects of safety you need to be aware of, including subjects such as lightning, avalanche, animal encounters, getting lost (or staying found) and being stranded over night,


• tools, methods of preparation, and how to respond to safety challenges,


• an introduction to the extensive program of in-depth, hands-on safety training offered in the CMC Denver Group’s adult education curriculum.

Subjects will include:

• trip planning


• the 10 essentials: must have gear


• basic navigation: staying found


• clothing: including layering, materials, rain gear, sun protection


• animal encounters: bear, moose, mountain lions, rabies, mosquitoes, tics


• trail nutrition and hydration


• trail sense: registers, noting location, reading trail markers


• obtaining Search And Rescue support


• mountain weather, including lightning safety


• avalanche terrain avoidance


• overview of Denver Group schools with significant safety content

Price: $ 5.00 for members, $10.00 for non-members

Schedule:       The next session will be held on July 25th from 6:30 – 9:00

The rest of the 2017 schedule includes a seminar on September 27