At NOLS you'll get your feet wet as you learn to lead by leading. Near Cathedral Peak, Wind River Range, Wyoming
Photo: Josh Beckner
This is the original NOLS course and the most popular expedition we offer.
For 30 days, you’ll explore the Wind River Mountains, a wilderness range renowned for its pristine lakes and rugged mountain beauty. After carrying a pack efficiently loaded with everything you need to the top of your first high mountain pass, you’ll descend into a glacial valley and help lead your hiking group to camp.
You and your peers will take turns baking pizzas over a camp stove and catching cutthroat trout for dinner. At night, a star-filled sky will shroud your tent as you rest for the next stimulating day of exploration and learning. In addition to hiking as many as 120 miles on and off trail, you’ll fly-fish, learn how to use a GPS, summit towering granite mountains, and may have an opportunity to rock climb.
The leadership skills you master here will serve you well in the wilderness and beyond.
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Step outside the typical classroom and learn in a beautiful setting that makes going to class an adventure. Temple Peak, Wind River Range, Wyoming
Photo: Matt Sime
“Marc Randolph, a cofounder of Netflix and a NOLS graduate, strongly believes in stepping up to leadership this way. ‘On a hike, it’s a constant process of not being sure, taking a shot, and finding out one, 10, or 100 minutes later whether your decision was a good or bad one,’ he says. ‘That’s what you face in the business world, especially as an entrepreneur.’”
Article by John Kanengieter, director for leadership at NOLS, and Aparna Rajagopal-Durbin, formerly a lawyer, NOLS' diversity and inclusion manager and a faculty member.
