☀️ 3-season hiking leader training

Leaders
Charlotte Folinus
Trip date
Thursday, August 27th
Difficulty rating
Easy

🔥 Do you want to lead hikes with us this spring and summer? (yes! it's the best!)

🚂 To become a three season (3S) hiking (co)leader, you'll need to attend a 3S hiking safety/training seminar. This month's seminar:

Thursday, August 27, 7-8pm in the MITOC office and over Zoom.

🍕 We'll have food for those joining in person -- please try to sign up by Wednesday 5pm so that I have an accurate headcount!


To become a 3-season co-leader with MITOC you will need to:

To become a 3S (full) leader:

  • You can move from a co-leader to full leader status after leading 2 hikes as co-leader and receiving upgrade recommendations from full leaders on these trips
  • We will also assign full-leader status on a case-by-case evaluation of previous outdoor leadership expertise, including your leader rating from Winter School, if applicable.
  • Read more at mitoc.mit.edu/get-involved/become-3-season-leader

New here and not sure how leading hikes with MITOC works?

  • Join a hike, circus, or local trail run as a participant!
  • Come and hang out with us during social events or say hi during office hours!
  • Email questions to 3s-hiking-chair@mit.edu

Signup

Algorithm
first-come, first-serve
Maximum participants
30
Signups opened at
Aug. 21, 2026, 8:45 a.m.
Signups close at
Aug. 27, 2026, 5 p.m.
Notes
  1. Are you planning to attend in person? (y/n)
  2. If planning to attend in-person, do you have dietary restrictions? (y/n)
  3. What's something you look forward to with the back-to-school/premature Halloween/end-of-summer period?
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