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Basic Training Clinic(Level I)- Note: These are by APPOINTMENT ONLY
Course materials provided. Although each person or team should have a cart and their own gear with sufficient dogs to pull the distance of the course, it is not necessary. We can provide dogs and equipment.
Non-aggressive dog(s) may be integrated with teams. Customers, if they don't have their own equipment, can use ours if it is available. |
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Saturday/Sunday morning clinics now being scheduled (0600-1000 both mornings for 8 hours total). These are available most weekends in Spring through Fall. However, the Winter schedule depends on inclement weather and our Winter Training Clinic I and II course schedules. |
Winter Basic Training Clinic (Level I)- Note: These are by APPOINTMENT ONLY
Note: For those who prefer sleeping in a lodge, we can provide a list of the local, preferred lodges. The Winter training scenario focuses on skills for the trail. Example training
schedule: We provide two mountaineering tents and 4 subzero sleeping bags and mats. We will provide the water collection and food. Students must have appropriate Winter Clothing. For more information regarding equipment and techniques, please see this list. |
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You may send a request to register or call us at (541) 576-2037 to make an appointment and pay for your seminar
Please note
that these training seminars are not intended to replace other types of training
available like SNDD's Mushing Clinic or Mushing Boot Camp. This is intended
to give individualized training to very small groups or individuals only.
Winter Training Clinic II (Level II)- Note: This training clinic is by APPOINTMENT ONLY
Location - Lake County, Oregon actual location to
be determined by snow levels.
Unless you have had previous backcountry experience, Winter Basic Training
is a prerequisite to this training.
Time - 2-3 days, snowcamping in the backcountry
focusing on dogsledding,
XC skiing and snow-shoeing. This will involve up to 25 miles of backcountry
travel depending on location.
Cost
- $450 per person - *
Send a request form to register ! *
We provide tent and subzero sleeping bag with mat and meals and eating utensils
4 person maximum per training session and each person or team must have a sled
and gear (including XC skis and appropriate boots) with sufficient dogs to pull
your sled and gear.
The Winter training consists
of setting up a snowcamp and dog sled training, backcountry XC skiing (including
use of a pulk sled) and use of snow shoes.
We provide mountaineering tents and subzero sleeping bags and mats. We will
provide the water collection and food. Students must have appropriate
Winter Clothing.
This is a continuation of the Winter Basic Training. It reinforces
much of the same skills, but focuses more on application of previously learned
techniques.
For more information regarding equipment and techniques, please see this list of links.
Land Navigation Training - Note: This training is by APPOINTMENT ONLY
- Use of Compass and USGS maps
- Declination
- Grid Coordinates
- Azimuths
- Pace Counting
- Intersections & Resections
- Principles of Orienteering
- Day and
Night Navigation
Cost - $150.00 per person - * Send a request form to register ! *
When finished with clinic, navigator should be able to:
Understand basic topo maps,
Understand shooting azimuths, declination and resection,
UTM on a topo map by GPS obtained coordinates,
Judge distance traveled through pace counting,
Bottomline...know where you are on a topo map using GPS or compass
and get from point A to point B.