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Course Criteria
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2.00 Credits
1st of a 3-course series. Also prepares for American Canyoneering Association (ACA) Recreational Canyon Leader and Professional Canyon Guide Certifications. Features ACA Technical Canyoneering course curriculum. Not enrolled in a high school program.
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2.00 Credits
2nd of a 3-course series. Advanced skills: ascending fixed ropes, pothole problem solving, guided rappels, more. Also prepares for American Canyoneering Association (ACA) Recreational Canyon Leader and professional Canyon Guide Certification. Features ACA Advanced Canyoneering (part 1) curriculum. Prerequisites: PRT 1263 AND not enrolled in a high school program.
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2.00 Credits
The curriculum in this course mirrors the curriculum in the American Canyoneering Association's (ACA), Self-Rescue portion within their Advanced Canyoneering course. Skills taught include rigging mechanical advantages to haul a stranded rappeller, covert a block rigging system to a lowering system and tandem rappels. Prerequisites: PRTL 1264 AND not enrolled in a high school program.
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2.00 Credits
The basic procedures involved with the activity of vertical self rescue in a bottom managed situation will be explained, demonstrated and practiced during this course. Leave No Trace skills, and associated safety skills including proper equipment selection and use will also be covered. Additionally, students will demonstrate an increased understanding of issues and guidelines. Not enrolled in a high school program.
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2.00 Credits
The basic procedures involved with the activity of vertical self rescue in a top managed situation will be explained, demonstrated, and practiced during this course. Leave No Trace skills and associated safety skills including proper equipment selection and use will be covered. Additionally, students will demonstrate an increased understanding of issues and guidelines related to the management and usage of administered public lands, such as those used in this class as they relate to vertical self rescue and other uses. Not enrolled in a high school program.
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2.00 Credits
The advanced procedures involved with the activity of vertical self rescue in a top managed situation will be explained, demonstrated, and practiced during this course. Leave No Trace skills, and associated safety skills including proper equipment selection and use will also be covered. Additionally, students will demonstrate an increased understanding of issues and guidelines related to the management and usage of administered public lands, such as those used in this class as they relate to vertical self rescue and other uses. Not enrolled in a high school program.
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2.00 Credits
This course prepares students for a career in mountain guiding. Course content includes client management, client security, guide security, route planning and selection, group dynamics, risk management, skill development and certifications, guiding lifestyle, and professionalism. Additional focus will include permitting through United States National Forest, Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, and State Parks. Emphasis on minimum-impact wilderness travel and public land policy will be included. Students should have competency in either (a) rock climbing, (b) ice climbing, (c) mountaineering, or (d) skiing before enrolling in this course. Not enrolled in a high school program.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Special topics in recreation natural resource learning. Not enrolled in a high school program.
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2.00 Credits
Attendance at first class is mandatory. Drops not possible after two days following class meeting. This course will introduce students to some of the backcountry travel skills, protocols, logistics, planning, and risk management required for backcountry yurt camping. Overnight camping in a yurt and/or tents, Uinta Mountains. To determine the last day to drop this miscellaneous course see www.registrar.utah.edu/handbook/miscellaneous.php . Not enrolled in a high school program.
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2.00 Credits
This course is designed to introduce students to the foundational techniques for skiing in backcountry alpine terrain in the Wasatch Range of Utah. Course content will focus on avalanche awareness (rescue, terrain, weather, snowpack and decision-making/human factors), travel techniques (split board, alpine and telemark, route-finding, laying of a skin track, terrain selection), side-country ethics, choosing appropriate tours, navigation, basic 1st aid, and field repairs. Course content will be learned and applied over one classroom session and four field-based experiences. Leave No Trace skills appropriate for the winter and information regarding natural resource management will also be covered in the course. Expert level skiing is not required. Not enrolled in a high school program.
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