Boulder Mountaineering Schools (BMS) is a great opportunity, for volunteers and students alike, to fine tune skills, learn something new, and give back to the community. Let the 2014 sessions begin!
Sign up day is Tuesday, February 25th starting at 8am. I encourage prospective students to enroll as close to the time as possible as many classes are full by the end of the day!
To sign up for the courses, login to http://www.cmc.org. Click on Class Schedule. Click on Adult Education Members. Click on the course that you would like to sign up for and fill in the required fields. Note that the Authorization Code will be removed on Tuesday, 2/26, at 8am to allow the sign-ups to start. Click on rock lead school application .
- Classes and Dates
Hiking and Survival Essentials
3/4-Lecture 1
3/11-Lecture 2
3/18-Lecture 3
3/20-Lecture 4
3/22 or 3/23-Field Trip
Hiking Navigation
3/25-Lecture 1
4/1-Lecture 2
4/3-Lecture 3
4/5 or 4/6-Field Trip
Hiking Route and Trip Planning
4/8-Lecture
4/12-Field Trip
Basic Rock School
4/15-Lecture 1
4/22-Lecture 2 (Knot Night)
4/26 or 4/27-Field Trip 1
5/3 or 5/4-Field Trip 2
5/10 or 5/11-Field Trip 3
Basic Snow-TBD
Intermediate Snow-TBD
Rock Leading School
6/10-Lecture
6/14-Field Trip 1
6/21-Field Trip 2
6/28-Field Trip 3
Backpacking School
6/24-Lecture
7/11-7/13-Field Trip 1
Top Roping Clinic-TBD
Sport Leading Clinic
7/29-Lecture
8/2-Field Trip
The course schedule may be found online at www.cmcboulder.org/bms/springSchedule.html. This site is being updated, so be sure to check the dates with the school director, or refer to the dates in this article.
- Volunteer to Teach: Snow Schools or Top Rope Clinic
The spring/summer session of the Boulder Mountaineering School is looking for instructors to help teach Snow Schools and Top Roping Clinic. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact school directors at snow@cmcboulder.org or trc@cmcboulder.org.
Instructors and current volunteers, your time and efforts are much appreciated! Are you thinking about volunteering? For more information or to volunteer, contact the school directors directly:
Hiking Schools: Bob Matthias, bhs@cmcboulder.org; Basic Rock School: Rick Casey, brs@cmcboulder.org; Snow Schools: Jim Leffingwell, snow@cmcboulder.org; BMS Co-Chair for Rock Leading School, rls@cmcboulder.org; Chris Klotz for Top Roping Clinic, trc@cmcboulder.org; Ron Olsen for Sport Leading Clinic, slc@cmcboulder.org.
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