Mountaineering First Aid (MFA) Skill Builder Nov 22, 2026

Activity Notes

Oct 12 Update:  Registration is closing early due to full MFA course.  If early registration closure for this course creates a hardship for a Mazamas activity leader, contact mfavolunteers@mazamas.org

SPECIAL NOTES:

• An optional Patient Assessment System (PAS) refresher will be offered at 6 PM, on Saturday, November 21. Please attend it if you feel rusty on PAS.
• The lodge is available for MFA exclusive use Saturday night and Sunday. Students and volunteers are welcome and encouraged to arrive on Saturday evening and stay overnight at the lodge. Please register for the Mountaineering First Aid (MFA) Skill Builder Nov 22, 2026 PAS Refresher activity if you're planning to come to the lodge on Saturday.
• Meals will not be provided. Students are expected to provide their own meals and the price has been adjusted to reflect the change.

ACTIVITY NOTES:

This is the new Mountain First Aid (MFA) skill builder. When taken together with the Wilderness First Aid (WFA) training course, it replaces the old 30 hour MFA training.

The prerequisite of this skill builder is the completion of a minimum 16 hour Wilderness First Aid (WFA) training course. This 16 hour certification or a more advanced wilderness first aid training (i.e. MFA, WFR or WUMP) must be current at the time of the MFA skill-builder training date.

If you are a Mazamas Climb Leader, please reference the Mazamas Climb Leader Google site for additional information on refreshing the Climb Leader First Aid badge. This web link is only available for those with access to Mazamas Climb Leader Google group.

The MFA skill builder is an 8 hour outdoor experience at either the Mazamas lodge in Government Camp, Oregon or weather dependent alternate location; Portland, Oregon. The MFA skill builder will teach the Wilderness First Aid (WFA) provider how to apply first aid skills in the wilderness, perform advanced patient assessment, improvise equipment and cope with wilderness-specific conditions. It will build upon the WFA foundation where you are caring for people who become ill or injured far from definitive medical care while acting as a part of a climbing team in alpine or rock mass casualty incidents. Emphasis is placed on long term patient care management and specific injury evaluation. Climb leaders and ICS students will have scheduling priority.