Affinity Expeditions

LGBTQ+ Community

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It’s Your Space

Explore, learn, and connect in a wilderness environment. Join a group of LGBTQ+ people to find adventure and build community.  

Grow your outdoor skills in a queer-positive environment. Gain confidence as you take on new challenges, whether that means camping for the first time or expanding your existing technical skillset.

Lead Your Adventure

Deepen your leadership skills in a dynamic environment. As you progress through our time-tested curriculum, gain the confidence to lead in uncertainty—in the outdoors and beyond.

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Explore with Confidence

Find Your Place in the Wilderness

Help build a community in the outdoors that reflects shared experiences and connection. Work together to create a space that addresses exclusion, barriers to access, and historical erasure. Learn and explore in a supportive environment.

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Featured Courses

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LGBTQ+ Canyonlands Backpacking - Adult

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LGBTQ+ Wyoming Backpacking Adventure - 2 Week (Ages 14-15)

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LGBTQ+ Wind River Wilderness - Ages 16 to 22

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LGBTQ+ Wilderness Horsepacking - Ages 18+

Find Your Community

Explore other affinity expeditions

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Women (Ages 23+)

Grow your wilderness skills and confidence in a community of self-identified women. Return empowered to lead in the outdoors and beyond.

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People of Color

Explore, learn, and build community in the wilderness with peers who self-identify as People of Color.

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AmeriCorps

Use your AmeriCorps education award to explore the world on a NOLS course.

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Military

You’ve dedicated your life to service. A NOLS course can honor your experience and create opportunities to take your skills to new heights.

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Girls (Ages 14 & 15)

You’re looking for adventure. Join a group of motivated teens to build your self-confidence and learn to lead in the outdoors.