You Are Invited
Date: May 16th, 2025 through May 18th, 2025
Time: 08:00 a.m., Friday, May 16th through 2:00 p.m., Sunday, May 18th, 2025.
Location: Pinehaven Christian Camp – 64657 Pine Haven Ln St. Ignatius MT 59865
Course Cost: $350.00 payable Mark Culp, Po Box 543 St. Ignatius, MT 59865. Register
deadline (04/26/2025) to guarantee a spot in the class. A $100 fee unrefundable will be
assessed if student is registered and does not attend the class after registration deadline of
(04/26/2025)
Location: St. Ignatius is a little town of about 800 people tucked away at the south end of
the Mission Valley. The town has a few restaurants and conveniences but is considered a
rural part of Montana’s communities. The Mission Mountain range is part of the Rocky
Mountains, home to tall rugged mountains that have elevations of up to 10,000ft. With a
mountainous backdrop with coniferous forests, the valley is a part of a fertile lake bed
carpet from the shores of the Great Lake Missoula. The Flathead River also shares space
with Mission Valley as the largest freshwater lake in the Northwest. An average yearly
amount of rainfall at 15inches often leaves the grassy valley floor parched during the
summer months. The Mission Valley is also home of Salish Confederate Tribe and much of
the recreational areas are owned by the tribe.
Meals & Accommodations: Dormitory style accommodations are provided Thursday,
5/15/25 through Saturday, 5/18/25 night. Meals and snacks are provided from Thursday
evening, 5/15/25 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 O5/16/25 with
registration and lecture including power point presentation to provide Novice thru
Journeyman 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.