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 |
