Cold weather means extreme outdoor conditions requiring specialized bush skills to survive and thrive. Winter outdoor survival training prepares you for these conditions.
Winter Outdoor Survival Training
Winter survival training addresses the crucial fundamentals needed for survival in snow country.
Winter Outdoor Survival Training
Dates: February ~CLOSED
Location: Mount Shasta, CA.
Tuition:
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Winter Outdoor Survival Training
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.
Program
- 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
“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 – enrollment maximum 12
- Requirements: none
- Duration: 4 days 3 nights
- Schedule: begins on Sunday at 12:00 pm – ends on Wednesday at 12:00 pm (noon)
- Location: Low Camp, Mount Shasta, CA
- Accommodations: primitive outdoor camping with community shelter with wood heat for indoor class time.
- Equipment: a registration packet is supplied after enrollment; tent and sleeping pad rentals are available for $30
- Transport: Shuttle service from Medford, Oregon airport $100; Dunsmuir, CA train station $75; and, Weed, CA Greyhound bus station free.
- Instructors and Staff: Mark Wienert, owner-founder and head instructor; Staff – Lifesong student volunteers