High Adventure Leader Trek Training (HALTT)

Description

This 37-hour course prepares unit leaders for backpacking and wilderness camping trips. Topics include trek planning, equipment, food, health and safety, orienteering, and places to go. Leaders completing sessions I, II, and III-A receive a patch and numbered card.

Units planning to hike, backpack or snowcamp and earn High Adventure Awards must have a trained adult with a current card accompanying the trip. Leaders must renew HALTT card every four years by attending the One-Day HALTT Retraining Course.

HALTT Session I weeknight session covers:

• Exposure/Protection from weather
• Studies of Hyperthermia and Hypothermia
• Discussions of HALTT, Water Trek, and Specialist training

HALTT Session II Saturday covers:

• Prepartion, equipment, and leadership for High Adventure outings
• Health, Safety, and Mountain Miseries
• Food: planning, purchasing, packaging, and preparation
• Trekking: peaks to deserts, awards, and permits
• Trail: Finding, keeping, communications, customs, courtesies, and conservation

HALTT Session III-A weekend session covers:

• Backpack hike
• Orienteering
• Discussions on boots, bears, packs, pack repair, stoves and trail building

Particulars

Schedule

	SESSION I Weeknight	SESSION II Saturday	SESSION III-A Saturday to Sunday
TIME:	6:30pm to 9:30pm	8:00am to 5:00pm	8:00am Saturday to 9:00am Sunday
LOCATION:	Northminster Presbyterian Church 4324 Clairemont Mesa Blvd (map)		Mataguay Scout Reservation (map) for backpack overnighter
2013 DATES:	19 Feb 2013 Tuesday	23 Feb 2013	2-3 Mar 2013
	8 May 2013 Wednesday	11 May 2013	18-19 May 2013
	18 Sep 2013 Wednesday	21 Sep 2013	28-29 Sep 2013
2014 DATES:	18 Feb 2014 Tuesday	22 Feb 2014	1-2 Mar 2014
	7 May 2014 Wednesday	10 May 2014	17-18 May 2014
	17 Sep 2014 Wednesday	20 Sep 2014	27-28 Sep 2014