Cold weather means extreme outdoor conditions requiring specialized winter outdoor survival training to survive and thrive. Our Winter survival course prepares you.
Winter Outdoor Survival Training
Cold weather training addresses the crucial fundamentals needed for survival in snow country.
Winter Survival Course
Dates: winter 2021 Dates to be announced
Location: Oregon
Tuition: to be announced
Register by Check.
Program
Winter Outdoor Survival Training
- emergency survival shelter – snow cave, snow trench, (Snow permitting) lean-to styles
- open fire cooking
- fire-craft – one match - flint & steel
- fire and shelter combinations
- water – locating, melting snow
- winter hydration and dehydration
- winter calories - nutrition – wild edibles
- useful winter plants – medicinal and utilitarian
- winter clothing – layering
- hypothermia, frostbite, and simple first aid
- winter wildlife – tracking
- winter trapping methods
- ax-craft - bow saw
- emergency snowshoes
- winter survival attitude
- staying found – practical applications from search and rescue
Cold Weather Survival
Learn to meet your basic needs in this hands on outdoor camping cold weather training. Winter survival is demanding and requires effort, skill, and knowledge. Cold weather training prepares you for winter living in snow country.
“You may loan your last dollar to a friend; but never loan him your axe, unless you are certain that he knows how to use it.” ― Horace Kephart
More Camp Info
- Eligible Students: adults and teenagers age 16 with parental consent
- Requirements: none
- Duration: 4 days 3 nights
- Schedule: begins on Sunday at 12:00 pm – ends on Wednesday at 12:00 pm (noon)
- Location: to be announced
- Accommodations:
- Equipment: a registration packet is supplied after enrollment
- Transport:
- Instructors and Staff: Mark Wienert, owner-founder and head instructor; Staff – Lifesong student volunteers
