Learn how to snowshoe in a safe and supportive manner. Kathy will introduce you to the skills required to safely head out on your own or with others into our white wilderness. Shoes are provided, as is the trail access fee.

Email us: Please let us know if you have your snowshoes and poles.

Topics will include what shoes are right for me, how to fall safely, disentangle myself once I have fallen, what clothing items I should wear, and what to include in my pack. This is a per-event ticket-priced event.

January 23 - Canada Game Centre 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm

Rating: 1

Distance: 1 km

Estimated Time: 1 hrs.

Map: https://goo.gl/maps/iqHX4tXmPTmChhZc6

Description: Flat learning area. We will go for a short walkabout at the end of the lessons.

Benches: 2 at the CGC

Washrooms: 2 at the CGC

Wheelchair: No

Surface: Uneven, slow ups and downs

Parking: CGC parking lot https://goo.gl/maps/iqHX4tXmPTmChhZc6

Meeting: CGC Arena area

With a degree in outdoor recreation and a Master of Distance Education with a focus on Adult Education. Kathy has over 30 years of experience as a professional river and hiking guide in Canada’s Northern Territories and the mountains of BC (retired ACMG member). In addition, 20+ years of teaching professional prehospital care and training guides and Parks Canada public safety personnel in specialized advanced wilderness emergency care was Coordinator of Volunteer Services at Thomson Centre for ten years and most recently instructed Yukon University’s Targeted Initiative for Older Workers.

Please come prepared for outside winter activity, wearing good winter boots and warm outerwear, including a toque, mitts and neck warmer, and layers to shed when we sweat. Please bring a pack with a full water bottle and a snack. The program has a cold weather cutoff at -20.