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Backpacking training courses and schools

School: The Colorado Outdoor Adventure Guide School
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Hiking, Backpacking and Camping
Course Format: Else
Tents and Tent Construction Equipment Use and Maintenance Proper Clothing and Boots Planning the Trip Hiking and Backpacking Adventures Safety and Sanitation Leave No Trace
 

School: National Outdoor Leadership School
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Himalaya Backpacking
Course Format: Else
The Kumaon and the Eastern Garhwal regions of the Indian Himalaya are rugged glacially-carved ranges world famous as destinations for climbing and trekking. Long ago, these low-lying valleys provided traditional trade routes between India and Tibet. You’ll make your way up high mountain passes, some reaching 15,000 feet above sea level, and travel through river valleys lush with foliage. Yo...
 

Backpacking
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An Alaska Backpacking course is a wilderness expedition in every sense, allowing you to explore beautiful landscapes in either the Talkeetna Mountains, the Alaska Range, or Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, where the trees disappear and the land stretches into alpine tundra plains with a backdrop of rugged and heavily eroded mountains. Up here where it’s still light at midnight, you’ll follow t...
 

Backpacking and Sea Kayaking
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Alaska is a land of incredible fjords, forested ocean coasts, and high alpine meadows. Your month-long adventure will give you a chance to learn two wilderness travel skills, backpacking and sea kayaking. Your kayak will follow a route in the Prince William Sound where glaciers flow directly into the ocean and a variety of marine animals are easy to spot. You’ll learn how to handle your...
 

Outdoor Educator - Backpacking
Course Format: Else
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...
 

Outdoor Educator - Backpacking and Sea Kayaking
Course Format: Else
If you’re a practicing or aspiring outdoor educator, you know that learning to lead groups in two different skill areas is a professional advantage. This course will prepare you to do just that, giving you the chance to learn how to lead on land and sea. Your classroom for the sea kayaking section is Prince William Sound with its plentiful wildlife and booming tidewater glaciers. Using ...
 

Brooks Range Backpacking
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North of the Arctic Circle and aptly dubbed Land of the Midnight Sun, much of the landscape in the Brooks Range lies above tree line and elevations range from sea level to over 9,000 feet. Designed especially for students ages 23 and older, this 14-day backpacking course packs in backcountry travel lessons in the steep shale mountains and expansive tundra of the Arctic National Wildlife Ref...
 

Brooks Range Backpacking and River
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The Brooks Range is one of the wildest mountain ranges in North America. Stretched across the tundra north of the Arctic Circle, this Land of the Midnight Sun is defined by big open river bottoms, steep mountain slopes and expansive tundra. After flying into the area with an experienced Alaskan bush pilot, you’ll spend the first 10 days of this extended Arctic expedition on foot, moving acr...
 

Southwest Outdoor Educator - Backpacking and Rock Climbing
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Are you an active or aspiring outdoor educator? If so, we’ve designed this course for you. This is your opportunity to develop the knowledge and skills necessary for teaching and leading field-based wilderness education programs. While in the desert, you’ll learn “hard skills�such as backcountry travel, adapting minimum-impact techniques to an arid ecosystem, first aid, and map reading. W...
 

Gila Range Backpacking
Course Format: Else
New Mexico’s Gila Range is the birthplace of the American concept of wilderness, protected by Congress 40 years before the Wilderness Act was passed in 1964. The Gila today remains the same as it was then, a wild place of amazing contrasts and abundance. You’ll live here for 28 days, hiking beneath the same tall pines and up the same deep canyons that inspired the wilderness concept. On...
 

Southwest Lightweight Backpacking Workshop
Course Format: Else
Leave your hiking boots and water bottles at home; trail shoes and hydration bladders are all the rage these days. Partnering with GoLite and BackpackingLight.com, we are proud to offer this cutting-edge course in the deserts of the Southwest. Your adventure starts in the equipment room as NOLS instructors outfit you with the latest in lightweight gear and pull together a specialized rat...
 

Pacific Northwest Backpacking Workshop
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The Pacific Northwest is a richly diverse wilderness classroom, ranging from jagged, glacier-carved mountains and valleys to evergreen forests and stands of lodgepole pine. This popular backpacking course has two options for exploring this region. Early season students travel in the Pasayten Wilderness in north central Washington, while late season students backpack through Olympic National...
 

Salmon Backpacking and Rafting
Course Format: Else
This course is designed for 14- and 15-year-olds who want to climb a peak and guide a paddle raft all in one action-packed month. You’ll see two very different environments on this course—high alpine vistas in the craggy Lemhis or Beaverheads and deep canyons along the famous Salmon River in Idaho—while learning two very different skills. For the backpacking section, you’ll learn map and ...
 

Wyoming Backpacking Adventure
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A Wyoming Backpacking Adventure is a true wilderness expedition designed for young people. For the entire 30 days of the course, your mode of travel will be your own two feet, not a crowded van. Traveling on durable surfaces, like snow, is one of the tenets of Leave No Trace backpacking. Wind River Range Photo: Rainbow Weinstock You’ll be with students your own age and NOLS instructor...
 

Light & Fast Backpacking
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Your adventure starts in the equipment room as you and your instructors organize your gear and food—all the while shaving ounces. How light can you go? Outfitted with 25- to 30-pound packs (10�5 pounds without food and fuel), you and your coursemates will be off to one of Wyoming’s most remote and wild ranges to enjoy the wilderness as you never thought imaginable—without the burden of a h...
 

Absaroka Backpacking
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Yellowstone National Park’s wild eastern neighbor is Wyoming’s Absaroka (Ab-sor-ka) Range, a vast wilderness region with some of the most remote territory in the Lower 48. You’ll travel through broad river valleys surrounded by sheer glacier-carved cliffs, camp under towering conifers, and hike across alpine plateaus where the tallest plants are only a few inches high. You’ll fly-fish for l...
 

School: Bellevue Community College
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Backpacking & Orienteering
Course Format: Classroom
Introduction to backpacking with an emphasis on basic map and compass use. Covers Northwest hiking opportunities as well as equipment, trip planning and risk management of back country travel through an exploration of area trails.
 

School: Arizona Climbing and Adventure School
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Backpacking Workshop
Course Format: Else
Backpacking isn’t just a way to get from here to there, it’s a process of moving, exploring, taking in the surrounding and working as a team. The end of the trail isn’t the "thing" -- the trail is the "thing". Travel too fast and you miss all that you travel for. Starting with the basics, this workshop provides an opportunity for those novice’s who are...
 

School: Red Rocks Community College
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Backpacking
Course Format: Classroom
provides skills related to wilderness travel and outdoor adventure. This course will emphasize knowledge of backpacking skills, survival techniques, proper physical conditioning, route finding, equipment selection, and develop an understanding and respect for the environment. The course will involve lecture and discussion sessions followed by a weekend trip in the mountains.
 

School: Glendale Community College
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Backpacking
Course Format: Classroom
GCC offers a variety of hiking, backpacking and camping classes. Also one day hikes. Some classes also include other various activities.
 

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