MIT Outing Club Winter School
Zach Malchano, Bilal Zia, Paulina Varchavska
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: none
Introduction to self-propelled wilderness winter travel. Two nights per week of lecture, plus trips every weekend for people who have been to the classes (rental gear available). Topics progress from daytrips to winter camping and mountaineering; will cover food, clothing, travel by snowshoes, crampons and skis, ice climbing and more. All levels of experience welcome. Note: The first several lectures are cumulative and mandatory for participation in winter trips!
Web: http://www.mit.edu/activities/mitoc/
Contact: MIT Outing Club, W20-461, x3-2988, mitoc-request@mit.edu
Sponsor: Outing Club
Introduction and Essential Skills for Winter Trips
Zach Malchano, Bilal Zia, Paulina Varchavska
Topics include food and water, clothing and basic day trip gear, snowshoes and mountain weather. Also covers basic winter hiking/climbing skills such as ice-axe self-arrest, building snow shelters, etc.
Tue Jan 4, 06:30-08:30pm, 35-225
Snow Gadgets
Zach Malchano, Bilal Zia, Paulina Varchavska
Topics include map and compass skills, crampons and ice axes, cross-country skiing, backcountry ski mountaineering, and avalanches.
Thu Jan 6, 06:30-08:30pm, 35-225
Multi-Day Trips
Zach Malchano, Bilal Zia, Paulina Varchavska
Topics include camping food, stoves, headlamps, tents, safety and evacuation, and backpack fitting and loading.
Tue Jan 11, 06:30-08:30pm, 35-225
Technical and Above Treeline
Zach Malchano, Bilal Zia, Paulina Varchavska
Topics include above treeline travel, ice axes, self-arrest, snow climbing and ice climbing.
Thu Jan 13, 06:30-08:30pm, 35-225
Advanced Winter Travel
Zach Malchano, Bilal Zia, Paulina Varchavska
Topics include building advanced snow shelters/bivouacs, car trouble, and glacier travel.
Tue Jan 18, 06:30-08:30pm, 35-225
Cold Weather Injuries - Special Lecture by Dr. Murray Hamlet
Zach Malchano, Bilal Zia, Paulina Varchavska
Murray Hamlet, former director of US Army Cold Weather Injury Research in Natick, will speak about cold weather injuries, their consequences and how to prevent them.
Thu Jan 20, 06:30-08:30pm, 35-225
Wrap-up
Zach Malchano, Bilal Zia, Paulina Varchavska
Wrap-up and summary of main lessons. Trip report presentations from winter school hiking trips.
Tue Jan 25, 06:30-08:30pm, 35-225
A Jaunt Through MITOC History
Zach Malchano, Bilal Zia, Paulina Varchavska
Slide presentation of MITOC history: how the club began, clips and pictures from past MITOC trips going as far back as the 1940s.
Thu Jan 27, 06:30-08:30pm, 35-225
Latest update: 21-Jan-2005
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