Date: May 30th, 2025 through June 1st, 2025
Time: 08:00 a.m., Friday, May 30th through 2:00 p.m., Sunday, June 1st, 2025. Location: Trinity Pines Camp & Conference Center – 349 Cabarton Rd. Cascade, Idaho
Course Cost: Early Bird Price is $480.00 payable to Idaho Mountain Search and Rescue Unit (IMSARU), 2519 S. Federal Way, Boise, ID 83704. If you register within three weeks (5/8/2025) of the class, the price will go up to $510.00 to cover unexpected costs.
- $100 deposit required to reserve space in this class, due by 5/08/2025.
Location: Cascade is a town of approximately 1050 residents. The town has a few restaurants and conveniences. It is situated at an elevation of 4780 feet, with a physical environment of coniferous forests, seasonal grasses pine needle beds. Water sources such as the North Fork of the Payette River and Cascade Lake are nearby.
Meals & Accommodations: Dormitory style accommodations are provided Thursday, 5/29/25 through Saturday, 5/31/25 night. Meals and snacks are provided from Friday Morning, 5/29/25 through Sunday noon 6/01/25.
There are NO prerequisites for this training presentation. This tracking course is open to all persons with tracking interests regardless of previous experience or training and will focus on primary training for beginning or novice student interests. This will be a certification course for all eligible students. All tracking students will be provided training at an appropriate level for their development and upward progress.
Course Content: This will be a 24 hour course beginning at 8:00 am Friday O5/29/25 with registration and lecture including power point presentation to provide Novice and Basic tracker understanding of training methodology, techniques and procedures. The presentation supports field training by providing student understanding of training methods, manner and objectives. “Tracking” is a first response primary search resource used to verify witness statements, establish the “PLS”, direction of subject travel and following the physical evidence to the missing person. Field training will allow “student tracking team” experimentation and “hands-on” practice of fundamental tracking techniques. Novice students will progress from initial identifying a print, to “step-by-step” every track concept of following an identified sign line and practical tracking team response.