Intro to the Backcountry for adults is a hands-on course designed to teach foundational skills for navigating and surviving in remote wilderness areas, covering essential topics such as map reading, outdoor gear, shelter building, and basic survival techniques, while building confidence and independence in the backcountry.
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Intro to Alaska Backcountry
Alaska Backcountry Challenge
The Alaska Backcountry Challenge empowers teens to take on greater responsibility and decision-making in the wilderness, as they navigate, camp, and problem-solve in remote Alaskan terrain, gaining hands-on experience in leadership, self-reliance, and critical thinking.
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Alaskan Explorer
An advanced wilderness course where teens build on foundational skills to tackle more challenging outdoor adventures, pushing their limits in the rugged Alaskan landscape.”
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Intro to Climbing
This intensive course for teens introduces them to pro-level Alaskan skills, teaching everything from using knots, anchors, ropes, straps, and cord for securing loads to climbing vertical ice walls, offering much more than a typical summer camp experience.
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Intro to Backpacking
Through the physical challenges of backpacking, teens learn teamwork, effective communication, leadership skills, and the joy of exploring the wilderness while building connections with new friends along the trail.
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Intro to Survival
In an introductory survival course, participants develop foundational skills in shelter building, fire making, and navigation, while fostering resilience, problem-solving, and a deeper connection to nature in a supportive wilderness setting.
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Advanced Adventure
Through the rigorous challenges of an advanced adventure course, participants refine technical skills, enhance leadership and problem-solving abilities, and forge lasting connections while embracing the thrill of pushing their limits in dynamic, high-stakes environments.
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