{"id":798282,"date":"2019-08-06T11:00:27","date_gmt":"2019-08-06T17:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=369550"},"modified":"2019-08-06T11:00:27","modified_gmt":"2019-08-06T17:00:27","slug":"cmc-again-named-top-adventure-college-by-outdoors-magazine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/cmc-again-named-top-adventure-college-by-outdoors-magazine\/","title":{"rendered":"CMC again named Top Adventure College by outdoors magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"
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CMC’s canyon orientation course.<\/strong>
Laura Eggers \/ Colorado Mountain College<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

Colorado Mountain College is where higher education meets high adventure, say readers of an outdoor adventure magazine.<\/p>\n

Elevation Outdoors magazine readers named CMC its Top Adventure College for the second straight year, ranking CMC ahead of 32 colleges and universities in seven western states.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur students, faculty and staff are so excited to receive this honor two years in a row,\u201d said Brian Barker, Colorado Mountain College director of marketing and communications.<\/p>\n

CMC\u2019s campuses are close to outdoor recreation and world-class adventure-based locations.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no other college that boasts insider access to nearly a dozen mountain campuses which offer career-focused educational adventures for our students,\u201d Barker said.<\/p>\n

Outdoor education, outdoor industry<\/h3>\n

Colorado\u2019s outdoor recreation industry is growing exponentially, contributing $62 billion to the state\u2019s economy in 2017. That\u2019s double the 2013 total.<\/p>\n

CMC offers continuing education classes, specialized certificates and degrees in outdoor education, avalanche science, natural resource management, professional fly-fishing, environmental science and studies, wilderness emergency medical services, ski area operations, action sports, and the ski and snowboard business.<\/p>\n

CMC\u2019s Rocky Mountain Land Management Program is one of the programs tied to the outdoors and adventure industry, and it works with the U.S. Forest Service. Students perform field-based research as part of their bachelor\u2019s degree in sustainability studies and other disciplines. Students receive a stipend and, upon completion of the program, can compete for jobs with the Forest Service and other agencies with a special hiring status.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis partnership is ideal because CMC provides an unprecedented educational opportunity, students gain great field experience and our communities gain a diverse, well-trained workforce,\u201d said Scott Fitzwilliams, White River National Forest supervisor. \u201cIt\u2019s an ideal opportunity to fill our talent pipeline and help train the next generation of natural resource specialists and land managers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Elevation Outdoors magazine\u2019s Top Adventure College contest began in 2015.<\/p>\n

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