Description:

Learn the fundamentals of what it takes to survive in the outdoors in extreme winter conditions. Discover the essential skills required to survive the Canadian winter in an emergency situation. On this course you will sharpen your winter bushcraft skills and learn about practical and useful survival techniques that will prepare you in case of a winter outdoor emergency.

 

Experience an amazing two day outdoor experience in a remote rockies setting. Participants will focus on theory, outdoor awareness, priorities in a winter outdoor emergency, as well as focusing on northern winter bushcraft skills and practical skills to survive outdoors during the winter. We cover such concepts as improvising winter survival shelters, making survival fires, how to set basic snares, orientation and travel by snowshoe.

 

Participants will build their very own survival shelter and improvised survival snow shoes. Learn insider tricks and techniques to keep you alive, as well as a lot of practical bushcraft knowledge that can be applied to a wide variety of outdoor activities.

Price:                       $350 Per Person

 

Duration:               2 days / 1 night

Dates:              December 11 - 13, 2020

                              January 8 - 9, 2021

                              January 22 - 23, 2021

                              February 5 - 6, 2021

                              February 19 -20, 2021

                              March 5 - 6, 2021

 

What is Included:  

• 1 night survival shelter accommodation
• All Meals
• Knowledgeable and experienced instructor
• All necessary course equipment including hatchets, knives, compasses, snowshoes, survival gear, GPS, etc.

 

For the enjoyment and safety of all participants we use wall tents that include wood burning stoves throughout the length of the course in order to support our courses and outdoor classroom locations. Participants are encouraged to stay overnight and try their improvised winter shelters, yet the use of winter wall tents and wood stoves provides a dry and warm place to warm up and dry out if required. 

What is not Icluded:  

• Personal gear (clothing , etc.)
• Outdoor winter clothing (rental available)
• Transportation

 

In order to try and keep the price of the course affordable participants will be responsible for their own transportation to and from the course meeting point. Due to potential snow and access issues in the winter to the actual outdoor classroom location, we may provide shuttles for the final leg of the trip.   

 

Course Location:

We base our course out of the Ghost Public Land Use Zone approximately 70km west of Calgary or the Kootenay Plains area  approximately 60km west of Nordegg AB. Nordegg is situated approximately one hours drive west of Rocky Mountain House.

 

Topics Covered During the Course: 

• Being properly prepared in the outdoors (This includes clothing, gear, basic survival equipment, first aid, emergency signalling, general safety, hydration, cold/hypothermia, wild animals, and other dangers.)
• Understanding and evaluating risk with regards to the outdoors
• Understanding priorities when encountering survival situations
• How to make survival fires under extreme conditions and its importance in survival situations (We cover different methods of making fire: matches, tinder, sap, flint, and bow & drill.)
• Basic orienteering in the mountains and forest using maps , compass and GPS.
• How to build a variety of survival shelters including choosing proper locations, using improvised materials, shelter types, survival camping techniques and how to stay warm at night.
• Basic knife and hatchet/axe craft.
• Making and improvising basic snares and small game traps
• Review of useful knots for bushcraft and survival situations.
• Intro to making survival snow shoes

Accommodation: 

As this course is focused around practicing and applying practical bushcraft skills we encourage all participants to stay in their very own improvised survival shelter. In case of bad weather or if anyone is looking for a bit more comfort we do provide high quality four-season tents for all participants. The romantic atmosphere of a burning camp is central to what we do and meals are usually cooked upon an open fire.

 

Custom Dates, Courses & Group Bookings:

Looking for a course outside of our regular scheduled dates? Give us a shout any time, we can accommodate and organize your very own private, family, or school group outside of our scheduled course dates. Minimum group sizes for a customize course date is 4 participants and we have accommodated groups as large as 30!

 

Questions or Want to Book a Date Over the Phone:  

Contact us anytime by phone, or email. We would love to help you with your questions or to set up a date for you or your friends.