I’ve returned safely from the backountry after completing the National Outdoor Leadership Schools Winter Outdoor Educator course. Overall it was a great trip, filled with adventure. Here’s course leader Roger Yim’s summary, links to my photos and videos from the course, and my daily summaries. Course Summary, by Course Leader Roger Yim: Instructors: Roger Yim, …
FInal day in the north, and now on to the west. This morning I woke up with the remains of my NOLS WOE group for a breakfast at Dennys. First time back there since college. Rest of today, transferring to SFO via DEN.
Leaving the backcountry, transferring the last weeks of experience into the front country. A short skin out, and a shock to be back at base. Notes: Woke up early at our final campsite. No breakfast, packed up quickly and skinned out the last 500 meters. Van and truck picked us up on side of road, …
Our last full day in the backcountry, retracing our tracks across Teton-Bridger National Forest to our final trailhead campsite. Notes: Extra early wakeup at high camp this morning, to allow time to pack everything up and get going. Today we retraced two days worth of upward tracks in one day, so 9 hours of hard …
Another day of beautiful weather gives us the opportunity to ski tour the surrounding mountains. I lead a group to the north. Notes: After breakfast, we convened as a group and made our way across the meadow to the base of the mountains. There, our instructors had created a full scale avalanche multiple burial scenario. …
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