Beauty abounds in the Yukon.
Photo: Sarah Manwaring-Jones
This 30-day expedition for practicing and aspiring outdoor educators combines the skills of wilderness backpacking with northern whitewater canoeing in Canada’s Yukon Territory.
A remote Yukon mountain range is the perfect classroom for developing the skills of the backcountry professional. You’ll find an abundance of mountain wildlife amidst the alpine wildflowers and chest-high forests of dwarf birch and willow.
While learning the hiking and camping skills needed to manage groups in the remote backcountry, you’ll also spend time on technical canoeing skills, teaching techniques, and river rescue concepts.
After a month in the rugged mountains and on the river, you’ll have a powerful set of water and mountain skills for future professional and personal adventures in the backcountry.
“There is a special learning that takes place
in wilderness areas such as the Yukon. Such learning is not a part
of a traditionally structured, academic classroom. It can only be
found in the outdoors, in the wilderness beyond the rigid structure
of academics.”
Robert Cullen
Yukon Outdoor Educator Course
2000
Teacher
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