For the past six years, the Winter Outdoor Learning Fund (WOLF) has been busy fostering outdoor awareness throughout southwestern Colorado.
Most of WOLF’s involvement has been in the form of providing scholarships for Avalanche 1 courses each winter, which makes sense as many of our board members spend that time as ski patrollers, making sure that the Wolf Creek Ski Area is safe for all winter enthusiasts. They know the importance of being knowledgeable and prepared in the snowy backcountry and want to pass that along to our community.
This August, however, WOLF will focus on the medical side of the outdoor industry by hosting a Wilderness First Aid and CPR course. This course, conducted by Desert Mountain Medicine and led by one of our very own Wolf Creek ski patrollers, Elsie Hume, will provide students with the tools needed in the event of an emergency while hiking, biking, hunting or rafting in the great outdoors. The course takes place on Tuesday, August 23, and Wednesday, August 24, from 8:30am to 5pm at Pagosa Springs High School, room B-24.
The deadline to sign up for the Wilderness First Aid/CPR Course is this Monday, August 16.
There are 15 spots available for this course and the cost is $200. Ten scholarships for this course are also available through WOLF. Anyone interested in registering for the course or applying for a scholarship can email Darcy DeGuise at ddeguise77@gmail.com for more information.
More information on the course can be found at https://desertmountainmedicine.com/courseinformation/?eid=364.
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