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NRRT 280A5 - Mountain Biking Leadership

  • 1 credit
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Want to learn how to mountain bike and lead others in the activity? Want to learn more about mountain bike equipment? Join us in this 1 credit course where we meet for a few on-line sessions to prepare for two full days of hands on learning and mountain biking. We’ll bike on local trails near Fort Collins while learning how to effectively lead others.

Important Information

This is a partial semester, 1 credit course with 3 weeks of online content followed by two full days in the field. Must know how to ride a bikeMountain bikes not included.

Dates and time for online sessions are September 10, September 17th, and September 24th, from 7 – 9 p.m. MT each evening.

Field Trips

  • Day trips near Fort Collins, September 27th and September 28th, 2025
If registration is full, please contact the instructor, Ethan Billingsley, to be added to the registration waitlist.

Textbooks and Materials

Please check the CSU Bookstore for textbook information. Textbook listings are available at the CSU Bookstore about 3 weeks prior to the start of the term.

 

Instructors

Ethan Billingsley
Ethan Billingsley

9704914994 | ethan.billingsley@colostate.edu

Ethan Billingsley is an alumnus of Warner College – earning his B.S. in Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism and his M.S. in Human Dimensions of Natural Resources. He served as director of undergraduate programs in the college from 2008-2018. Prior to joining CSU, Ethan worked as both an educator and guide in various capacities. He has led single and multi-day whitewater rafting trips for the last 20 years and is currently a certified raft guide in the state of Colorado. He has climbed all 58 of the Colorado’s 14,000ft mountains and led many CSU groups to those summits as well. He also spent 7 summers working in summer camps where he gained considerable experience in group dynamics and leadership. Additional experience has included work as a rock-climbing instructor, backpacking guide, and sea-kayaking naturalist. Ethan loves learning about the ecology of an area as much as he likes adventuring in it. In his free time, Ethan loves spending as much time as he can with his wife and family in the outdoors.