Standard Courses
Our courses are founded on time-tested skills for Rocky Mountain, forested environments. We have personally used these methods and concepts for years under sustained, field conditions. We provide breakfast and dinner rations on our courses. Students are responsible for their own lunch and snack foods.
One Day Workshops
For those with limited time and budget, consider a one day survival or bushcraft workshop. We can come to you (throughout much of Montana and surrounding areas) or you can come to us on the Rocky Mountain Front. Inquire for rates and availability.
Introduction to 3-Season Wilderness Survival : $200.00 per student.
April 12-13 & 19-20; May 3-4 & 19-20, 2008
This course is 2-days in length and covers the basics of short-term wilderness survival in non-winter conditions. The most important skills to develop for potential survival situations in our region are: clothing selection and use; powerful use of the knife, axe and saw; fire skills, sheltercraft; rope & cordage. The entire course will be spent in the field.
Introduction to Winter Survival : $200.00 per student
January 20-21 & 27-28; February 3-4 & 10-11, 2008.
This 2-day course will introduce students to the basic concepts of short-term survival in winter conditions. Appropriate clothing, the physics of heat loss, fire skills, tool selection and use, snow travel, sheltering and other skills specific to the cold season will be covered. Students will stay in heated wall tents or construct their own shelters.
Extended Wilderness Skills: 3-Season : $500.00 per student
2008 Course Dates Pending
This 5-day course is more in-depth than our "Intro" to Survival. In addition to basic survival, participants will be exposed to skills and concepts useful for longer-term wilderness living. Open hearth cooking, subsistence, edible-medicinal plants, improvised gear, advanced tool use and many other skills will be covered. We will hike in to the mountains, establish a base camp and develop our skills from dawn to dusk.
Extended Winter Wilderness Skills : $500.00 per student
2008 Course Dates Pending
We will operate this 5-day course from a heated, wall-tent base camp. More advanced techniques for surviving and thriving the winter season will be addressed. A course for the "wilderness connessieur", we will experience what many feel is the most beautiful season in Montana.