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Winter Technical Leadership

Division: Business and Applied Tech

Department: Business

Course: OLE 2550

Title: Winter Technical Leadership

Description: This course provides a combination of theoretical background and technical aspects of leading and managing groups in winter environments, highlighting avalanche awareness, while utilizing specialized hands-on skill development such as snowshoeing, skiing, and ice climbing. It will emphasize specialized clothing/equipment selection, care, and maintenance, equipment nomenclature, technical aspects of avalanche awareness and assessment, backcountry travel and route finding, risk management, and related beacon search and rescue procedures. (Additional fee and field trips required.)


Courses Taught Fall 2024

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Courses Taught Spring 2025

SectionCRNScheduleInstructor
2550-0011467W1:30 pm-6:20 pmWard, Whitney C.