More than a survival school, our Adult Wilderness Courses provide experiential training in all of our core curriculum areas. We offer Wilderness Survival courses, Wild Edible Plants courses, Wildlife Tracking courses, Bird Language courses, Nature Education Mentoring courses and more.
Visit our Course Calendar page to see upcoming courses or register on-line.
Spend Next Year Outdoors 9-month Anake Outdoor School, 2nd Year Leadership Program and Tracking Intensive.
A Week of Adventure this Summer! The Art of Mentoring and nature connection for educators.
Choose a Day, a Weekend or More Outdoors! Wilderness Survival Courses, Edible Plants, Tracking, Mentoring and much more.
Upcoming Adult Programs
Week Long |
Wilderness Walkabout June 23-29 Art of Mentoring July 7-13 |
Year Long |
9-Month Anake Outdoor School Sept-June Anake Leadership Program Aug-June the next year Wildlife Tracking Intensive Course Sept-June |
Day, Evening & Weekend |
Coyote Mentoring March 15-17 Wooden Bow Making March 22-24 Art of Flintknapping Weekend April 27-28 Wilderness Survival Basics May 11-12 Buckskin Hide Tanning Jul 5-7 Wilderness Survival Basics July 27-28 Evening Nature Talks at REI |
By Topic |
Nature-based Education Courses Wilderness Survival Courses Wildlife Tracking Courses Wild Edible and Medicinal Plants Courses Bird Sounds (Bird Language) Courses |
Adult Wilderness Class Schedule
Spend Next Year Outdoors
9-Month Wilderness Course – Anake Outdoor School
An immersive experience that provides in-depth training in a powerful set of nature awareness and wilderness survival skills.
Adult $10,350 Scholarships available – 33 weeks Sept-June, Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday with extended trips
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Hands-on leadership training and advanced skill training with immersion in our on-going youth and adult courses. Only available for Anake Outdoor School/Residential Program graduates.
Adult $2850, June-August Prerequisite Any year of the Anake Outdoor School
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Wildlife Tracking Intensive Course
The Wildlife Tracking Intensive provides in-depth training in the art and science of wildlife tracking for both beginner and advanced students.
Adult $2850, 10 weekends Sept-June
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Spend a Weekend Learning and Connecting
Get hands-on training in the basic principles behind Coyote’s Guide through this fun filled weekend workshop. Designed for parents, educators, and mentors who want an introduction to how we teach and why Coyote Mentoring works for nature education.
Ages Adult $275, March 15-17, 2013 4:30pm Friday-4pm Sunday
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This course will be a solid introduction to the skills and knowledge necessary to live through a short-term wilderness survival situation – under 72 hours. Topics will include basic gear that you need, survival priorities, and most importantly, how to maintain an upright mind. We will teach essential skills like building a fire, making a life-saving shelter, purifying water, navigation, hygiene, and wild edibles.
Ages 18+ $195, May 11-12, 2013 9am-5pm each day
Ages 18+ $195, July 27-28, 2013 9am-5pm each day
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Can only woodland elves and mountain men make their own bow? It turns out that through hard work and focus, you too can learn how to turn a stick into a bow in a weekend!
Join us and you will learn the ancient art of tillering, fundamentals of woodworking, using tools efficiently, and tapping into our capacity for listening to wood. By the end of the weekend you will have made your own wooden longbow with carved bow handles, as well as your own bowstrings!
Ages 18+ $225, March 22-24, 2013, 7-9pm Fri, 9am-5pm Sat & Sun
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Participants will come away with the basics of flintknapping: material selection, pressure flaking, percussion flaking, notching, and hafting. We will start with the fundamentals and everyone will make several functional pieces. Our material of choice will be obsidian. This hands-on class will open your eyes to a new world of working with stone.
Ages 18+ $195, April 27-28, 2013, 9am-5pm each day
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Learn to make buckskin using the traditional method of brain tanning. In this class, you will create a beautiful and functional fabric that is extremely useful. We will use methods of tanning hides that all of our ancestors knew at one point in time. This class will be fun and challenging at the same time!
Ages 18+ $245, Jul 5-7, 2013, 9am-5pm each day
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Spend a Week of Adventure Outdoors this Summer!
Wilderness Survival Walkabout Expedition
Explore the Central Washington high desert, experiencing the freedom of walking across a landscape and trusting the earth to provide for all of your needs! During this week-long course, you will learn and apply wilderness survival skills as the opportunity and need arises. Learning navigation techniques and fire-making, finding and constructing shelter, locating wild edibles and water by identifying of indicator species; this challenging wilderness survival course gives you the opportunity to experience the abundance nature provides to those with the awareness to notice.
Ages Adult $985, June 23-29, 2013, 3pm Sunday-3pm Saturday
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Art of Mentoring teacher workshop
Connect kids and adults with nature! Our unique nature education model creates a powerful culture of learning that combines the best of indigenous wisdom and modern science.
Ages Adult $785, July 7-13, 2013 3:30pm Sunday-12pm Saturday
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Choose a Day, a Weekend or More Outdoors!
Nature-based Education Courses
Connect kids and adults with nature…
Wilderness Survival Courses
Practice skills that can save your life…
Wildlife Tracking Courses
Unravel the mysteries wild animals leave behind…
Wild Edible and Medicinal Plants Courses
Eat wild, and learn the healing plants in your area…
Bird Sounds (Bird Language) Courses
Develop the awareness of a wild animal…
Evening Nature Talks at REI
Get inspired; connect with other local people who love nature…