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Specialist Training

Description

This course prepares unit leaders in areas beyond the basic HALTT training: desert backpacking, snow camping, equipment making, search and rescue, orienteering skills, and more. Leaders completing all sessions receive a certificate and patch. Three years are allowed for completion of Specialist courses after registration.

Specialist Training meets three weekends from 8:00am to 4:00pm, plus two weekend adventure trips. Meetings are held at:

Scout Headquarters, 1207 Upas Street, San Diego, CA

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Particulars

Fee

  • $25 per participant, pre-registered

Prerequisites

  • No prerequisites to START the course. But...The following ARE required before completion:
    • ‍HALTT certification
    • Water Trek certification
    • Level 1 of the Trail Building course
  • Please bring Medical forms part A and B for each participant.

Contact

  • To register for class, or for more information, contact:
    • Rich McGuire
      Specialist Chairman
      richmcguireii@gmail.com

Schedule

Offered the second weekend of each month from February through May, plus October and November. From 8:00 a.m. Saturday until noon-ish on Sunday.

Dates

Program Focus

High Adventure Leader Trek Training (HALTT)

Water Trek Training

Trek Specialist Training

Unit Backpack Training

Trail Building

BSA Climbing Instructor

C.O.P.E.

Trek Aids

Leadership and Desert Skills
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‍Oct. 4-5, 2025

Desert Backpack to Anza-Borrego
‍Oct. 18-19, 2025

Equipment Making & Emergencies
‍Dec. 6-7, 2025

Snow Skills & Trip Planning
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Jan. 18-19, 2025
‍Jan. 17-18, 2026
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** Prerequisite to 3-Day Snow Camp

3-Day Snow Camp3-Day Snow Skills Camp - Eastern Sierra
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Feb. 15-17, 2025
‍Feb. 14-16, 2026

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