Enrollment is open to all CMC members (only) with ANY level of backcountry experience or hiking classification.
The overnight training is not a “sink-or-swim” field trip, and we will not be surviving off of roots, berries, wild mushrooms or killing and eating bugs/wildlife. Our goal is to learn from a simulated survival situation and to practice skills with the equipment we should normally carry in our daypacks.
Our dedicated team of instructors have all been instructing in WSS annually for many years, as well as teaching in numerous other CMC schools and other outdoor courses. They have many dozens of years of experience/training in survival, rescue and related outdoor/mountaineering fields.
The CMC has very recently relocated to a new building and the facility is not yet set up to accommodate any school lectures. All Denver Group CMC schools, seminars and programs are temporarily having to use alternate locations to conduct classroom sessions. This year, the three WSS classroom lecture sessions will be on Thursdays, May 8th, 15th and 22nd at Jefferson Unitarian Church at 14350 West 32nd Avenue in Golden. This is about one mile east of the new CMC building. Times will be from 7 pm to no later than 9:30 pm.
The firm date for the overnight field session will be Saturday June 7th with a return to town Sunday morning.
Tuition is $89.00. A textbook and some supplies will be provided.
The Wilderness Survival School (WSS) does not overlap with scheduled dates for the Wilderness Trekking School (WTS) for those desiring to enroll in both Spring schools.
For enrollment, please go to the main CMC Schools page for WSS link to register: Colorado Wilderness Survival Course – Colorado Mountain Club (cmc.org)
For more information, contact the WSS Director:
John Lindner at 303-431-7575 or at hautesnow@yahoo.com
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