MIT Outing Club Winter School
Erica Fuchs, Anne Lightbody, Kevin Neville
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: Attendance at the first two lectures and the first Saturday's skills day in New Hampshire are mandatory for participation in winter trips!
Web: http://www.mit.edu/activities/mitoc/
Contact: MIT Outing Club, W20-461, x3-2988, mitoc-questions@mit.edu
Sponsor: Outing Club
Introduction and Essential Skills for Winter Trips
Erica Fuchs, Anne Lightbody, Kevin Neville
Introduction to winter school. Topics include winter weather, and basic day trip clothing, gear, food and water. We will also discuss how to buy what you need cheaply, including what are the essentials as well as effective substitutes.
Tue Jan 10, 06:30-09:00pm, 35-225
Snow Gadgets
Erica Fuchs, Anne Lightbody, Kevin Neville
Topics include winter driving, winter safety and emergency response, and winter gear (backpacks, crampons, snow shoes, ice axes). Gear techniques (backpacks: packing, fitting, appropriate load; crampons: french technique, front pointing; etc.) will be discussed in preparation for Saturday’s skills day.
Thu Jan 12, 06:30-09:00pm, 4-370
Skills Day
Erica Fuchs, Anne Lightbody, Kevin Neville
Practice of critical mountaineering skills on the grounds surrounding the MITOC Camelot cabin. Stations will include self-arrest, crampon techniques, packing for winter travel, orientiering, stoves, and tents. Participants should come with full day-packs and dress to be outdoors all day.
Participants are welcome to stay overnight at the cabin in preparation for Sunday hikes.
Sat Jan 14, 08am-05:00pm, Camelot Cabin, NH
Winter School Weekend Practice Trips
Erica Fuchs, Anne Lightbody, Kevin Neville
Multiple trips will be lead by MITOC leaders within the White Mountain Region. Trip options will be available for all levels, however, all trips this weekend will be below-treeline.
Sun Jan 15, 08am-07:00pm, White Mountains, NH
Multi-Day Trips
Erica Fuchs, Anne Lightbody, Kevin Neville
Focus is on overnight basics including food, stoves, tents, sleeping, women’s issues, and leave-no-trace policies. Winter trail ambiguity and white-outs will be discussed including an introduction to orienteering.
Tue Jan 17, 06:30-09:00pm, 4-370
Technical and Above Treeline
Erica Fuchs, Anne Lightbody, Kevin Neville
Topics include above treeline travel, self-arrest, and ice climbing. The lecture will conclude with a lesson on cross-country skiing techniques, followed by a discussion of special knowledge important for backcountry skiing.
Thu Jan 19, 06:30-09:00pm, 35-225
Winter School Weekend Practice Trips
Winter Mountaineering Weekend Trips
Multiple trips will be lead by MITOC leaders within the White Mountain Region. Trip options will be available for all levels including below-treeline travel, above tree-line travel, and overnight camping.
Sat Jan 21, Sun Jan 22, 06am-07:00pm, White Mountains, NH
Advanced Winter Travel
Erica Fuchs, Anne Lightbody, Kevin Neville
Topics include building advanced snow shelters/bivouacs, avalanches, glacier travel, altitude awareness, and, for fun, sex in the backcountry.
Tue Jan 24, 06:30-09:00pm, 4-270, NOTE: 2nd FLR
Cold Weather Injuries - Special Lecture by Dr. Murray Hamlet
Erica Fuchs, Anne Lightbody, Kevin Neville
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 26, 06:30-09:00pm, 35-225
Winter School Weekend Practice Trips
Erica Fuchs, Anne Lightbody, Kevin Neville
Multiple trips will be lead by MITOC leaders within the White Mountain Region. Trip options will be available for all levels including below-treeline travel, above tree-line travel, overnight camping, cross-country and back-country skiing.
Sat Jan 28, Sun Jan 29, 06am-07:00pm, White Mountains, NH
TBD
Erica Fuchs, Anne Lightbody, Kevin Neville
TBD
Tue Jan 31, 06:30-09:00pm, 35-225
TBD
Erica Fuchs, Anne Lightbody, Kevin Neville
Thu Feb 2, 06:30-09:00pm, 35-225
Winter School Weekend Practice Trips
Erica Fuchs, Anne Lightbody, Kevin Neville
Multiple trips will be lead by MITOC leaders within the White Mountain Region. Trip options will be available for all levels including below-treeline travel, above tree-line travel, and overnight camping. Weather permitting, one trip will offer the opportunity to attempt to summit Mount Washington.
Sat Feb 4, Sun Feb 5, 06am-07:00pm, White Mountains, NH
Latest update: 10-Jan-2006
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