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Course Criteria
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30.00 Credits
Become familiar with backcountry navigation. Wilderness travel potential will be expanded by learning the proper use of maps, compass, and other tools. Clock Hours: 30 (LAB)
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10.00 Credits
CO-REQUISITES: OUT-127, OUT-204; This field experience course provides whitewater experience on selected rivers in Colorado and Utah. Students will learn river trip planning, safety procedures, equipment, logistics, camp management, hazard evaluation, and minimum environmental impact on environments. Safe and efficient river travel, leadership and judgment development are emphasized. You must be at least 17 years old on the first day of class to take this course. Clock Hours: 10 (LEC) 15 (LAB)
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67.50 Credits
Introduces students to the basics of boat handling for fly fishing clients. Time will be spent both in the class and on the river learning boating safety, transport and boat care, reading whitewater, and getting assisting clients to locate the best fishing sites. Clock Hours: 67.5 (LECLB)
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10.00 Credits
CO-REQUISITES: OUT-134, OUT-215; The skills of telemark, or backcountry nordic skiing techniques used on beginning to intermediate terrain, safe and efficient backcountry ski travel, leadership, and judgment development will be emphasized. Clock Hours: 10 (LEC) 15 (LAB)
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10.00 Credits
CO-REQUISITES: OUT-121, OUT-204; Provides basic kayak and water reading skills. The student will learn boating safety, hazard evaluation, terminology, whitewater river reading skills, paddling strokes, bracing techniques including wet exits, Eskimo rescues, and introduction to the Eskimo roll. Safe, efficient river travel, leadership, and judgment will be emphasized. You must be at least 17 years old on the first day of class to take this course. Clock Hours: 10 (LEC) 15 (LAB)
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22.50 Credits
This course provides instruction in intermediate telemark skiing techniques. Topics include ski travel on intermediate terrain. Safe and efficient backcountry telemark skills, judgment, leadership, communication, group handling, and telemark ski technique will be emphasized. Clock Hours: 22.5 (LEC)
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22.50 Credits
This course continues to develop proficiency in technical ice climbing, including equipment selection and safety, knots, belaying and climbing, rappelling, and climbing safety. Safe, fast and efficient ice climbing, leadership, ice climbing site management, and judgment development will be emphasized. Clock Hours: 22.5 (LEC)
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45.00 Credits
An intensive field course covering rescue in alpine environments. Students will review patient assessment, treatment, and evacuation. Students will have an opportunity to review ropework, anchor systems, rappelling, ascending, and belaying. In a backcountry alpine setting students will learn the challenging techniques of crevasse, and snow and ice rescue. Specific attention will be placed on safe travel techniques, escaping belays, lowering, and uphauls. Students will participate in a mock rescue situation, challenging their knowledge of patient assessment and their abilities to perform a safe, quick response to a rescue in a wilderness setting. Must hold a current EMT-Basic certification and have experience with climbing and rope handling. Clock Hours: 45 (LECLB)
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2.00 Credits
An intensive rigging course that addresses rescue in vertical terrain. The course will review safety systems, anchor systems, and lowering/uphaul systems. Scenario-based instruction will cover technical lowers and uphauls of the injured climber, guidelines, pickoff, third man medical, and other practical high-angle rescue techniques. Clock Hours: 45 (LECLB)
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6.00 Credits
Provides students with a vehicle to pursue special topics of interest. The content of this course is designed on an as needed basis to provide current, up-to-date information. Clock Hours: 15 (LEC)
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