Learn Basic Mountaineering from the Pikes Peak Group School Modules!

Come learn safety in mountaineering with the Pikes Peak Group on one of two tracks in Basic Mountaineering School (BMS).  The Pikes Peak Group BMS program offers both a technical track, focused on Rock Climbing, Alpine Snow Mountaineering and Ice Climbing, as well as a Wilderness Trekking track.  Classroom sessions are offered in Colorado Springs with field sessions in and near the Colorado Springs area.

The 2012 schedule includes five classes: Wilderness Fundamentals, Wilderness Navigation, Colorado Alpine Snow Mountaineering, Colorado Rock Climbing and Wilderness Backpacking.  The sixth class of the BMS series - Colorado Ice Climbing - is taken as the final module in the winter of the following year. 

Registration will be available soon and this program fills quickly!  There are no pre-requisites to the Pikes Peak Group BMS program.

For further information please contact BMS Directors Collin Powers at powerscollin@yahoo.com or Dave Anderson at danderso@uccs.edu.  

 

BMS Colorado Wilderness Fundamentals
Thursday	March 15	6:30PM	9:00PM	Lecture
Monday	March 19	6:30PM	9:00PM	Lecture
Wednesday	March 21	6:30PM	9:00PM	Lecture
Saturday	March 24	7:30AM	2:00PM	Field Session Red Rock Canyon Open Space
Sunday	March 25	7:30AM	2:00PM	Weather Makeup Date - RRCOS
BMS Colorado Wilderness Land Navigation
Tuesday	April 10	6:30PM	9:00PM	Lecture
Thursday	April 12	6:30PM	9:00PM	Lecture
Saturday	April 14	7:30AM	4:00PM	CMC Trip - Lovell Gulch, Woodland Park
Sunday	April 15	7:30AM	4:00PM	Weather Makeup Date - Lovell Gulch
BMS Colorado Alpine Snow Mountaineering
Sunday	April 22	8:30AM	2:30PM	Instructor Training Day
Tuesday	April 24	6:30PM	9:00PM	Lecture
Thursday	April 26	6:30PM	10:00PM	City Rock Field Session
Saturday	April 28	7:30AM	3:00PM	CMC Trip - Glenn Cove
Sunday	April 29	7:30AM	3:00PM	CMC Trip - Glenn Cove
Saturday	May 5	7:30AM	3:00PM	Weather Makeup Date -Glenn Cove
Sunday	May 6	7:30AM	3:00PM	Weather Makeup Date- Glenn Cove
BMS Colorado Rock Climbing
Saturday	May 12	8:30AM	2:30PM	Instructor Training Day
Wednesday	May 16	6:30PM	9:00PM	Lecture
Thursday	May 17	6:30PM	10:00PM	City Rock Field Session
Saturday	May 19	7:30AM	3:00PM	CMC Trip - Red Rock Canyon Open Space
Sunday	May 20	7:30AM	3:00PM	CMC Trip - Castlewood Canyon
Saturday	June 2	7:30AM	3:00PM	Weather Makeup Date -RRCOS
Sunday	June 3	7:30AM	3:00PM	Weather Makeup Date - Castlewood Canyon
BMS Colorado Wilderness Backpacking
Wednesdsay	June 6	6:30PM	9:00PM	Lecture
Wednesday	June 13	6:30PM	9:00PM	Lecture
Wednesday	June 20	6:30PM	9:00PM	Lecture
Wednesday	June 27	6:30PM	8:30PM	Gear Check
Saturday	June 30	7:00AM		CMC Overnight Backpacking Trip
Sunday	July 1		5:00PM	CMC Overnight Backpacking Trip

YEP and REI at Work

On November 14^th the Colorado Mountain Club’s (CMC) Youth Education program teamed up with REI to bring our mountain weather and climbing class to a group of 5^th graders from Stedman Elementary in Denver.  The Youth Education program reaches over 5,000 students each year through a variety of experiential education programs.  We have been lucky enough to work with REI Denver to use their climbing wall in an effort to reach schools who would be otherwise unable to make it all the way out to our headquarters in Golden, Colorado.  

If you like the work that we're doing or what to help, then contact us! CMC’s Youth Education Program (YEP) relies heavily on our dedicated volunteers.  For more information on volunteering with YEP contact Ryan Johns at ryanjohns@cmc.org.