Backcountry Travel training builds toward planning and leading multi-day trips for your own group — with experienced volunteer instructors alongside while you learn.

You’ll learn core technical backpacking skills required for wilderness travel and camping through a combination of classroom sessions, field days, and overnight trips.

We’ll provide you with the planning tools for backcountry trips, with a special focus on how to work with teenagers and to facilitate groups. We’ll teach you the strategies for decision-making and risk management in backcountry and in low angle environments (that is, not climbing).

Mountaineering & Climbing training builds skills step by step on rock, snow, and glaciated terrain, with scope and readiness assessed as you progress.

You’ll learn core technical mountaineering skills required for glacier travel and camping through a combination of classroom sessions, field days, and overnight trips.

We’ll provide you with the planning tools for alpine trips, with a special focus on how to work with teenagers and to facilitate groups. We’ll teach you the strategies for decision-making and risk management in alpine environments.

Sea Kayaking training builds toward planning and leading multi-day paddling trips for your own group in protected inland waters — with experienced volunteer instructors alongside while you learn.

You’ll learn core sea kayaking skills required for safe open water travel, camping and trip management in inland marine environments through a combination of classroom sessions, field days, and overnight trips.

We’ll provide you with the planning tools for sea kayaking trips, with a special focus on how to work with teenagers and to facilitate groups. We’ll teach you the strategies for decision-making and risk management in inland marine environments.

Whitewater Rafting training builds toward planning and leading multi-day trips for your own group on Class III rivers — with experienced volunteer instructors alongside while you learn.

You’ll learn technical whitewater rafting skills required for up to Class III river travel and camping through a combination of classroom sessions, field days, and overnight trips.

We’ll provide you with the planning tools for whitewater rafting trips, with a special focus on how to work with teenagers and to facilitate groups. We’ll teach you the strategies for decision-making and risk management in a Class III river environment.