River Orientation Video

Colorado Mountain College’s Outdoor Education program is phenomenal; probably one of the best Outdoor Education programs in the country. Although I am not in the Outdoor Education program, I am still allowed to take Outdoor Education courses to fulfill my health and wellness requirement. With that being said, I enrolled in the River Orientation course to enhance my awareness when I go out on the river and play.

River Orientation is a class that teaches students anything and everything about safely recreating out on the river. In class, we covered the dynamics of how a river flows from eddys, river gradients, rapids, laterals, pool drops, to different currents. We learned all about how to pack gear for an overnight trip, how to load a boat, all the boat terminology and most importantly the safety procedures on a river. After a few days in class covering these topics, it was enough and we hit the water in person to learn about first hand.

For the next 5 days, we as a class would spend all our time on the Colorado River learning about all we had learned in the classroom and here is a video!