Wienert’s Weekend Survival School and Courses – California
Wienert’s Wilderness Survival School – California, is perfect to begin your training in basic, practical, and useful survival skills in the span of a weekend. Wienert’s survival school provides an outstanding curriculum encompassing primitive skill courses, modern technology, fundamentals of nature awareness, and survival attitude.
A weekend getaway! Adventure, camping, recommended for both singles and couples!
Basic Fire Skills
Mark’s hands-on, personalized attention provides the personally empowering experience you expect from a qualified survival school.
If you hike, backpack, mountain bike, fish, hunt, or just enjoy spending time in the outdoors, Wienert’s survival training courses should be number one on your bucket list.
Core concepts and skills follow:
Course ♦ Wilderness ♦ Survival School
- psychology of survival – panic, stress, fear
- survival pack – bug out bag
- emergency survival shelters
- water purification
- emergency survival fire
- food – wild edibles
- medicinal plants
- survival knives – safety and sharpening
- leave no trace concepts
- first aid for simple injuries
Wienert’s Wilderness Survival School is essential training for you – moms, dads, students, teachers, and professionals singularly or in groups (highly recommended for couples) looking for a general overview and knowledge of wilderness survival skills to compliment your life every day. Survival training and bushcraft skills dramatically enhance your outdoor experience.

“Mark strikes the perfect balance between teaching you from his own vast experience and giving participants the opportunity to learn from their own experiences at camp. I look forward to learning a lot more from him.”
~ Carlos S.
READ Registration Policies before purchasing camp. Take advantage of the 5% discount by registering 90 days in advance for 2012!
Wilderness Survival School 2012 Dates – California
April 06-08, April 20-22, May 04-06, June 01-03, June 22-24, August 10-12, and September 07-09
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More ♦ Survival School Info
- Eligible Students: Adults (and teens ages 16-17 may attend with parental consent.) No minimum enrollment.
- Requirements: none
- Duration: 3 days – 2 nights
- Schedule: begins on a Friday 4:00 pm – ends on a Sunday at 12:00 pm (noon)
- Location: northern CA, near MT Shasta
- Accommodations: on-site tenting
- Meals: We provide Saturday evening meal only. After receiving your registration payment we will email food suggestions for breakfast and lunch items.
- Leave No Trace camping: pack it in and pack it out
- Equipment: a registration packet will be supplied after enrollment; tent and sleeping pad rentals are available for $45
- Transport: Airport shuttle, train, and bus service is unavailable. If you are flying, we recommend a car rental to drive to camp.
- Instructors and Staff: Mark Wienert Jr. Owner – founder and head instructor; Staff – Lifesong volunteers.

- Weekend Survival School – Shelter Basics



