Trip Leader School

The following steps of Trip Leader School (TLS) need to be completed in order to become a qualified CMC Trip Leader. As a Trip Leader, you will be qualified to lead hiking, walking, running, backpacking, and snowshoe trips.

Register in the column on the right to sign up for TLS

1. Coassemble course

• Self-paced, complete as you can, online course.
• The Coassemble course will become available to you once you register. Please click the Course Materials tab below to find the link. 
• To take the course, you will need to set up an account on Coassemble. It is a third party website that is separate from your CMC account, so please create a new username and password. 

2. Wilderness First Aid (WFA)

• Take a WFA course to obtain your certification.
• You can receive a scholarship to take this course for free if you commit to leading 6 trips within the first two years of being a CMC Trip Leader.
• WFA may be taken concurrently with online TLS course.
• Contact Graham Ottley for questions on WFA certification, scholarships, and equivalent training.

Register here for WFA courses

3. Scenario Session 

• Participate in a scenario session with fellow Trip Leader Students to learn practical application of CMC Trip Leader skills.
• A roughly 4-hour field day.

Register Below under Course Requirements

4. LEADER IN TRAINING (LIT) TRIP

• Schedule and complete a hike, bike, climb, or another trip with a Mentor Leader.  
• New leaders either "Pass" with sound leadership skills assessed & become CMC Trip Leader or "Have Areas of Improvement" and be asked to complete a second LIT trip with a mentor to hone skills before achieving Trip Leader status.

lit pROCESS- more info

MENTOR LEADER LIST

BADGES YOU WILL EARN IN TLS:  

Trip Leader School Student badge: 

Registered for Trip Leader School on cmc.org

Trip Leader School badge: 

Completion of online course + Scenario Session

CMC Trip Leader badge:

Completion of online course + Scenario Session + successful LIT + WFA

Completion of all of these steps will grant you a CMC Trip Leader badge, which will allow you to be an official CMC Trip Leader and start leading trips for the club! 

tLS managers by group:

(points of Contact)

The Safety & Leadership Committees of each group will help be responsible for governing existing trip leaders and for processing applications to become trip leaders. If your group doesn't have a liaison of some kind for leadership, your process will go through state via the Education Director. Here are the groups' following contacts for leadership: