MIT Outing Club Winter School
Polina Anikeeva, Dan Walker, Greg Wallace
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://web.mit.edu/mitoc/www/
Contact: MIT Outing Club, W20-461, x3-2988, mitoc-questions@mit.edu
Introduction and Essential Skills for Winter Trips
Polina Anikeeva, Dan Walker, Greg Wallace
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 8, 06:30-09:00pm, 35-225
Snow Gadgets
Polina Anikeeva, Dan Walker, Greg Wallace
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 10, 06:30-09:00pm, 35-225
Skills Day
Polina Anikeeva, Dan Walker, Greg Wallace
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 12, 08am-05:00pm, Rumney, NH
Winter School Weekend Practice Trips
Polina Anikeeva, Dan Walker, Greg Wallace
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 13, 08am-05:00pm, New Hampshire
Multi-Day Trips
Polina Anikeeva, Dan Walker, Greg Wallace
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 15, 06:30-09:00pm, 35-225
Technical and Above Treeline
Polina Anikeeva, Dan Walker, Greg Wallace
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 17, 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 19, Sun Jan 20, Mon Jan 21, 08am-05:00pm, New Hampshire
Advanced Winter Travel
Polina Anikeeva, Dan Walker, Greg Wallace
Topics include building advanced snow shelters/bivouacs, avalanches, glacier travel, altitude awareness, and, for fun, sex in the backcountry.
Tue Jan 22, 06:30-09:00pm, 35-225
Cold Weather Injuries - Special Lecture by Dr. Murray Hamlet
Polina Anikeeva, Dan Walker, Greg Wallace
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 24, 06:30-09:00pm, 35-225
Winter School Weekend Practice Trips
Polina Anikeeva, Dan Walker, Greg Wallace
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 26, Sun Jan 27, 08am-05:00pm, New Hampshire
TBD
Polina Anikeeva, Dan Walker, Greg Wallace
TBD
Tue Jan 29, 06:30-09:00pm, 35-225
TBD
Polina Anikeeva, Dan Walker, Greg Wallace
Thu Jan 31, 06:30-09:00pm, 35-225
Winter School Weekend Practice Trips
Polina Anikeeva, Dan Walker, Greg Wallace
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 2, Sun Feb 3, 08am-05:00pm, New Hampshire
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