Outdoor Leadership Programs
- Certification and Training -
Alpine Mountaineering and Technical Leadership Series (3 parts, 12 days each) Student scholarships available!
Take one, two, or all three parts and gain the skills to become a competent alpine leader on basic, intermediate, and more
advanced terrain. Includes glacier climbing, steep
snow and ice, and rock climbing. Each part progresses in difficulty and scope of leadership responsibilities and techniques. Just
backpacking experience is required to join Part 1. Part 3 is an expedition - choose between Picket Range,
Waddington Range, and the Bugaboos of British Columbia.
Sierra Alpine Mountaineering and Leadership (9 days) Student scholarships available!
If you would like to develop a full range of mountaineering skills and the ability to safely lead your own climbing teams in an alpine
environment, this course will be a great choice for you. Our principal goals will be to help you become qualified as a
team leader in both technical skills and mountain judgment and be capable of safely leading rope teams on alpine routes at basic and
intermediate levels of technical difficulty.
WEA - National Standards Program (30 days) Student scholarships available!
This course offers hands-on learning opportunities to students pursuing a professional career in outdoor education. Successful
completion earns WEA Certification as an Outdoor Leader and LNT Master Educator status. It serves as direct preparation and training
for a career as an instructor for organizations such as university outdoor programs, Outward Bound, NOLS, WEA, and guide services
such as the American Alpine Institute. In this program, the WEA curriculum is built around AAI's thorough training in alpine
climbing, rescue, and rope team leadership.
WEA - Professional Short Course (14 days) Professional scholarships available!
This course
is designed for outdoor professionals with significant prior experience both leading groups and on personal trips and
expeditions. It is the "fast track" to WEA Certification as an Outdoor Leader, and it includes certification as an LNT Master
Educator. Qualified participants include current NOLS and Outward Bound instructors, professors and graduate students in
recreation, directors of college and university outdoor programs, and guides/instructors in the private sector. This course
includes complete skill sets for a broad range of alpine and glacier travel.
AMGA Single Pitch Instructor Course (5 days) Student scholarships available!
The American Mountain Guides Association (AMGA) Single Pitch Instructor Course is the first in the AMGA sequence of climbing instructor and guide training programs.
The SPI course was designed to help capable recreational climbers transition into capable and effective climbing instructors.
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