BMS will consist of five Monday evening lectures and six weekend field trips. All lectures and field trips are mandatory to graduate! Makeup classes generally are not available. All six of the weekend field trips will be one full day (Saturday or Sunday). The routefinding trip must be a Moderate C minimum and be scheduled and supervised by a BMS-qualified trip leader. The High Peak Climb must be a overnight D trip and scheduled and supervised by a by a BMS-qualified trip leader. There are also up to three practice sessions in the evening and some trip planning sessions, so keep your calendar open. The dates below are fairly firm but are subject to minor change.
All lectures will begin promptly at 6:30 pm in the American Mountaineering Center Conference Rooms in Golden.
| DATE | SESSION | TOPIC | Required Reading |
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| March 10 | 1st Lecture** | QUIZ #1 Introduction to BMS LNT Principles Formation of groups |
1. First Steps 2. Clothing and Equipment 4. Physical Conditioning 7. Leave No Trace |
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| March 17 | 2nd Lecture** | QUIZ #2 Navigation/Routefinding Knot Session with Instructors** |
3. Food (p 66-72) 5. Navigation 6. Wilderness Travel 9. Basic Safety System |
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| March 22/23 | Navigation Field Trip | Navigation practice and Routefinding | |||
| March 31 | 3rd Lecture** | QUIZ #3 Rock Climbing Knot Test** |
10. Belaying 11. Rappelling 12. Alpine Rock Climbing Technique 14. Seconding (p 271 box) |
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| April 5/6 | First Rock Day** | Belaying Escaping (Tying-off) the Belay Bouldering/Climbing Skills |
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| April 7 | 4th Lecture | QUIZ #4 Mountain Weather Basic Snow |
27. Mountain Weather 16. Snow Travel & Climbing 22. Safety 26. Cycle of Snow |
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| April 12/13 | Soft Snow Practice** | Ice Axe Practice Snow Anchors, Belaying |
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| April 14 | 5th Lecture | Final Exam High Peak ClimbingHAMS intro Hard Snow |
3. Camping (p 41-65) 8. Stewardship/Access 21. Leadership 18. Alpine Ice Climbing |
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| April 26/27 | 2nd Rock Day** | Rappelling Prusiking Passing a Knot in the Rappel Rope |
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| May 3/4 | Hard Snow Day | Crampons, Roped Team Travel | |||
| May 10/11 | 3rd Rock Day | Multi-Pitch Climb | |||
| May TBD | Rain Day | If Required | |||
| Before July 1 | Qualifying Route Finding Trip *** | “C” Hike | |||
| Before Sept 30 | Qualifying High Peak Climb*** | Overnight “D” Hike | |||
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