Cold and wet weather means extreme outdoor conditions. Winter requires specialized training to survive and function in adverse cold weather. Our Winter survival training prepares you.
Winter Outdoor Survival Training
Cold weather training addresses the crucial fundamentals needed for survival in wet snow country.
Winter Survival Course
Dates: January 23-27, 2022
Location: Oregon Coast
Tuition: $650.00 - open ages 16 +
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Winter Outdoor Survival Training
In this winter training camp we will not be training in snow conditions. Coastal weather provides extreme conditions we can experience and learn from. And as climate change produces wetter weather at higher elevations. Even above tree line. It benefits us to also prepare for dealing with wetter conditions in snow country.
Our focus will be on winter bushcraft forest skills with emphasis on wet coastal environments. Carving and knife use is a large part of this class.
- emergency survival shelters
- fire and shelter combinations
- knife craft
- axe use
- fire-craft-one match-flint & steel
- open fire cooking
- primitive cordage-bind craft
- water-purifying
- winter hydration and dehydration
- winter calories-nutrition
- useful winter plants-medicinal and utilitarian
- winter clothing-layering
- hypothermia-coastal-high country-frostbite-first aid
- wildlife-tracking
- winter trapping-making meat
- emergency snowshoes
- winter survival attitude
- staying found principals
Winter Survival Training
Learn to meet your basic needs in this hands-on outdoor camping in cold and wet survival training. Winter survival is demanding and requires effort, skill, and knowledge. Cold wet weather training prepares you for outdoor winter living.
Wisdom of the north woods when your life depends on your axe.
“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
Winter Outdoor Survival Video
More Camp Info
- Eligible Students: adults and teenagers age 16+ with parental consent
- Requirements: proof of COVID-19 vaccination required, masks, social distancing, no smoking
- Duration: 5-days, 4- nights
- Location: Florence, OR
- Accommodations: onsite camping-Adirondacks (covered open shelter bunks ) - 2 cabin pods available contact Mark for more info
- Meals: none provided. Recommended food list provided
- Equipment: a registration packet is supplied after enrollment
- Transport: none. Nearest airport code EUG Eugene, Oregon
- Instructors and Staff: Mark Wienert, owner-founder and head instructor; Staff – Lifesong student volunteers
- Pack it in, Pack it out.