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 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 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 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 Ranch (map) for backpack overnighter
2021 DATES:	16 Feb 2021 Tuesday	20 Feb 2021	27-28 Feb 2021
	5 May 2021 Wednesday	8 May 2021	15-16 May 2021
	15 Sep 2021 Wednesday	18 Sep 2021	25-26 Sep 2021
2022 DATES:	15 Feb 2022 Tuesday	19 Feb 2022	26-27 Feb 2022
	4 May 2022 Wednesday	7 May 2022	14-15 May 2022
	14 Sep 2022 Wednesday	17 Sep 2022	24-25 Sep 2022