Wilderness Skills

Outdoor Survival Skills in Maryland, Virginia and Washington DC

What if you were lost or just wanted to get away into the woods? Would you have what it takes to “rough it”? Learn basic skills necessary to survive and have fun outdoors in this fundamental outdoor skills course.

**Choose from Shenandoah National Park, VA, Catoctin Mountain Park, MD, or Dolly Sods, WV.

Objectives: Instruction in basic wilderness survival and technical skills.

• Finding a good campsite
• Building and maintaining a fire for survival
• Building and maintaining a shelter
• Finding and purifying water
• Map reading and compass skills for land navigation
• Assembling a survival pack

Introduction to Wilderness Skills Overnight – We’ll hike into the woods of Catoctin Mountain Park, MD for this two-day course! Learn how to outfit your backpack, build a fire, construct a shelter, use a map and compass, find water – then put your new skills to the test with an overnight survival scenario!
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Who can benefit from our wilderness skills and other adventure instruction programs:

• School groups
• Adults
• Not-for-profit groups
• Scouts
• Camps
• Religious groups
• Corporate teams
• Small businesses
• Government agencies
• Sports teams
• Fraternities and sororities
• Birthday parties
• And more

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