Wilderness Leadership Training

Next Sessions 2010:

Applications for any particular WLT course are due 3 weeks prior to the course pre-trip date or until the course is full (this may be before or after this deadline). After the deadline has passed, a committee will look at the applications and select those they feel will be most likely to fulfill BAWT’s mission. Payment will only be made if an applicant is selected for the course. We typically have WLT sessions in May, June, and September.

• Spring Trip dates: May 26-30
  Mandatory pre-trip meeting: May 22
  Amy Chamberlain's scholarship deadline: March 27
  WLT Application Deadline: April 10
  
  

• Fall Trip dates: September 15 - 19
  Mandatory pre-trip meeting: September 11
  Amy Chamberlain's scholarship deadline: July 17
  Application deadline: July 31
  
  

Course:

This intensive, five day course is the heart of BAWT's programs. It is designed to give you the tools you need to take youth on multi-day backpacking adventures.

Completion of the course allows you access to our equipment loan system. The training consists of a mandatory pre-trip meeting in Oakland and five days of backpacking in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. You will learn about proper clothing, basic wilderness first aid, nutrition, equipment use, map & compass reading, leadership styles, group dynamics and more. Role plays are utilized to allow for a realistic back-country leadership experience. Participants will learn by doing! Food and transportation are provided. (No experience necessary) 

>Frequently Asked Questions about the WLT

Cost:

Nonaffiliated individuals may register, however priority is given to youth service organizations. Please choose the appropriate registration fee by selecting your annual agency budget (total support and revenue for the past fiscal year.) Please note: training costs for one individual are waived for organizations allowing use of a 15 person passenger van.

1. $199,999 and under -- $150
   
2. $200,000-$999,999 -- $250
   
3. $1,000,000+ -- $400
   
4. Unaffiliated Individual -- $700  
   

If financial constraints are prohibiting you from signing up for the WLT, please consider applying for the full tuition Amy Chamberlain Scholarship Fund. BAWT also trades one slot with any agency sending both a van and a driver to the WLT.

Gear Library Blackout Dates: The gear libraries will be closed around the WLT dates. We will be closed in June from the 15th to the 23rd and in September from the 7th to the 15th. Please note that these dates have changed recently and plan accordingly.

For more information, you may contact the Program Manager at 510-452-2298 x301, or by email.

Apply:

>WLT Application Form

>Amy Chamberlain Scholarship Fund.