This backpacking course takes you into Alaska’s sweeping tundra and steep mountain passes for a 24-day immersion into leading and teaching in the wilderness.
Your classroom will be Alaska’s Wrangell-St. Elias National Park or the Talkeetna Mountains, where you’ll start below tree line, work your way along glaciated river valleys, and eventually reach the open tundra plains. Here’s where you’ll learn about effective teaching techniques and then get a chance to put those techniques into action.
If you are already an outdoor educator, this will be a chance for you to pick up new skills and techniques. If you are an aspiring outdoor educator, you’ll be well on your way after collecting the lessons on this course.
Before the expedition even begins, you’ll spend a day in town learning about equipment, program supervision, risk management, rations planning, and NOLS administrative practices.
The education you’ll get from the open tundra will travel home with you.
Alaska Outdoor
Educator - Backpacking
Duration:
24 days
Age:
18 and Older (Average Age: 26)
Eligibility:
Qualified practicing or potential outdoor educators
