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Both pre-conferences must be completed before field sessions will display as available. Candidates must complete the Rock Skills field session and summer and winter pre-conferences prior to registering for the Alpine Session. 

*You must be a current DiMM Candidate and active member of the WMS with either a standard or premium membership.  Join or Upgrade your membership.

Rock Session

 The Rock Skills and Rescue session of the Diploma in Mountain Medicine will be taught by Remote Rescue Training, a division of the Center for Emergency Programs at the University of Utah. The course will take place in the rugged Wasatch Mountain Range in Utah and is designed specifically for doctors, nurses and paramedics pursuing their WMS Diploma in Mountain Medicine. The unique challenges for rescuers responding in rocky technical terrain will be thoroughly covered during our intensive, field-based curriculum. Individual on-rope skills will assist rescuers in designing and using personal safety systems for access and egress. Team rescue skills include single and double rope systems, managing patients with and without litters and varied systems to address challenges ranging from low-angle to vertical terrain. Rope system principles will be integrated throughout the curriculum, which will provide tools to assess safety and allow participants to adapt to new environments methodically.  The role of medical personnel in mountain rescue will be a consistent underlying theme: directing patient care, assisting in technical rescue, and leading the integration of both into one coordinated effort. The skills mastered during this course can easily be transferred to similar environments the world over. 

Rock Session 1 - GME Cohort

May 26-June 2, 2026
Brighton, UT

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Rock Session 2

September 8-15, 2026
Brighton, UT

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Rock Session 3

September 22-29, 2026
Brighton, UT

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Alpine Session 

The Alpine Skills and Rescue session of the Diploma in Mountain Medicine is taught by WMS DiMM Faculty in conjunction with Alpenglow and Zenith Mountain Guides. The snow- and ice- covered slopes of the Tantalus Range near Squamish, BC will be our classroom.  The course is designed specifically for doctors, nurses and paramedics pursuing the Diploma in Mountain Medicine. The unique challenges for mountain rescuers responding in glaciated and snow-covered terrain will be thoroughly covered during our intensive, field-based curriculum. This course emphasizes individual skills, team rescue and the role of medical personnel in mountain rescue: directing patient care, assisting in technical rescue, and leading the integration of both into one coordinated effort. The skills mastered during this course can easily be transferred to similar environments the world over.  While we will review mountain travel techniques, candidates should have previous technical glacier travel experience.

Alpine Skills Session 1 - GME Cohort

June 27 - July 4, 2026

Squamish, BC, Canada

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Alpine Skills Session 2

August 1 - 8, 2026
 Squamish, BC, Canada

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Summer DiMM Pre-Conference: 

This intensive pre-conference is one of the required courses for the DiMM program and is intended as continuing education for doctors, nurses, and paramedics who work in or aspire to work in austere mountain environments. The required coursework is an ideal blend of didactic and practical education in wilderness medicine, technical rescue, and self-sufficiency in the backcountry.  This skill set crosses a multitude of disciplines including expedition medicine, search and rescue operations, mountain guiding, ski patrol, and mountain recreationalists. 

Summer DiMM Pre-Conference

July 18-21, 2026

Asheville, NC

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Winter DiMM Pre-conference:

Avalanche Level I Course: This intensive course will present comprehensive information about safe travel in avalanche terrain, avalanche transceiver use, and snowpack analysis.  Practice efficient rescues with avalanche beacons.  Study avalanche victim physiology and medical treatment.  Upon completion of the course, each participant will receive a certificate for Level 1 avalanche training according to the guidelines of the American Avalanche Association. 

DiMM candidates must participate in the Level 1 Avalanche Course (included in DiMM registration). Other didactic sessions that are required under the DiMM program are indicated on the program schedule.

DiMM Pre-conference Didactic Session: This conference is designed in conjunction with the DiMM program. The DiMM is intended as continuing education for doctors, nurses, and paramedics who work in or aspire to work in austere mountain environments. The required coursework is an ideal blend of didactic and practical education in wilderness medicine, technical rescue, and self-sufficiency in the backcountry.  This skill set crosses a multitude of disciplines including expedition medicine, search and rescue operations, mountain guiding, ski patrol, and mountain recreationalists.

Winter DiMM Pre-Conference

February 20-24, 2026

Incline Village, NV
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