Mountain Bike Professional
Certificate I
The Mountainbike Professional certification integrates interpretive guide skills, Wilderness First Responder training and natural resource management with bike handling and mechanic skills. The student will spend time in both the classroom and on a variety of trail systems honing group management and bike-specific coaching skills for a career in the growing fields of mountain bike guiding, instruction, and sustainable trail development.
Our college professors are dedicated mountain bike professionals who provide students with both classroom and hands-on training in mountain bike skill development and trail design and construction.
Course Number | Course |
Credits |
ENR 2150 | NAI Certified Interpretive Guide |
3 credits |
HLED 2010 | Wilderness First Responder |
4 credits |
OEAC 1288 | Mountain Biking |
1 credits |
OEAC 1380 | Outdoor Multisport |
1 - 3 credits |
ORTM 1100 | Bicycle Mechanic |
3 credits |
ORTM 2100 | Mountain Bike Skills Instructor 1 |
2 credits |
ORTM 2800 | Outdoor Leadership |
3 credits |
Students choose a minimum of 4 credits from the following courses:
Course Number | Course |
Credits |
EDUC 2470 | Outdoor Education Practicum |
4 credits |
OEAC 2031 | Combined Expeditions: |
1 - 5 credits |
Total Credit Hours: 30
Trailbuilding Professional
Certificate I
The Trailbuilding Professional certification integrates field-based training using hand tools and heavy machinery with first responder training, geospatial information science and technology (GIST), natural resource management, and business practices. The experiential learning format allows the student to develop practical skills for a career designing and building natural surface trail systems ranging from remote Wilderness to modern bike parks.
Our college professors are dedicated mountain bike professionals who provide students with both classroom and hands-on training in mountain bike skill development and trail design and construction.
Course Number | Course |
Credits |
EDUC 2470 | Outdoor Education Practicum |
4 credits |
ENR 1005 | Trailbuilding I |
1 - 3 credits |
ENR 2005 | Trailbuilding 2 |
4 credits |
GEOG 2110 | Techniques in Cartography |
4 credits |
GEOG 2135 | Applied GPS for GIS |
3 credits |
HLED 2010 | Wilderness First Responder |
4 credits |
OEAC 1380 | Outdoor Multisport |
1 - 3 credits |
Total Credit Hours: 30
Wilderness EMT Certificates
Learn practical skills so you can be ready to handle medical emergencies in the wilderness. This program is designed to provide outdoor leaders, instructors, guides, environment, health & safety professionals, rangers and wilderness and foreign travelers with the knowledge needed to deal with emergencies in remote settings. The curriculum covers standards of care for urban situations with additional protocols for remote situations. Special topics include but are not limited to: CPR considerations (when not to start and when to stop), wilderness wound and burn management, clearing patients of spine and head trauma, athletic injuries, realigning fractures and dislocations, improvised splinting techniques, patient monitoring and long-term management problems, up-to-date information on all environmental emergencies, common simple medical problems, plus advice on drug therapies. Emphasis is placed on prevention and decision-making. Certifications upon successful completion include Wilderness Medicine Institute (WMI) Wilderness First Responder and the American Heart Association’s CPR. All levels of prior training are welcome. Prerequisite: Acceptance by WMI of NOLS.
Course | Credits |
---|---|
Wilderness First Responder | 4 |
Total | 4 |
Meet Your Instructors
Darran Wells
Professor of Outdoor Education and LeadershipDarran Wells is passionate about all kinds of outdoor activities - hiking, climbing, caving, and skiing, but mountain biking is a sport he dedicates most of his free time to.
Stacy Wells
Adjunct Professor of Outdoor Education and LeadershipStacy Tostrup Wells has been teaching professionally in the outdoors for more than 20 years.
Authorized permit holder of the US Forest Service and an equal opportunity service provider.