This one-day experiential course based in Tahoe National Forest teaches you the skills you’ll need to take kids out in the snow through the accessible and inexpensive activity of snowshoeing. Topics covered will include snow safety, proper equipment, and trip planning logistics. Upon your return, you’ll be qualified to rent or borrow snowshoes, snow clothing layers, and winter boots from all three of our gear libraries.
Please check with your school administrator or nonprofit director to determine if your school or organization meet at least one of the criteria.
If you don’t know if your school meets these criteria you can run a report on the California Department of Education site here.
If you have questions about which registration type you qualify for please email info@bawt.org or call 510-452-2298 extension 301
Limited resources? Find out more about our Summit Scholarship.
Yes! We will give you the skills you need to take your youth out snowshoeing. From using our equipment to tips on how to manage youth while in the snow, we have you covered!
A wide array of folks take this course. Whether you are sedentary, active, or very active, we will accomodate to the needs of the group.
We will send you a packing list and what you don’t have, we can likely provide because that’s what we do!
We offer a two tiered pricing for all of our courses and if that is still out of budget, we have a few scholarships for each course. Go ahead and apply!
Get your Wilderness First Aid training . Before you can lead backpacking trips you will also need to complete and keep current your Wilderness First Aid certification. You can take the course with us or with many other companies. Foster Calm, Ready SF, NOLS, Wilderness Medical Associates, and many more.
If you want to take youth camping or backpacking, please sign up for our
Frontcountry Leadership
Course
or
Wilderness Leadership Course
.
Our courses are designed and reserved for youth workers. If you work with a group of youth at any capacity, feel free to register for our courses! If you would like to get involved in another way, check out our volunteer Gear Corps which happens every second Wednesday of the month!
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