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Find your way and gain confidence. Learn basic woodsman skills, trip planning essentials, and equipment use. Follow our guided hike to a primitive wilderness camp.
Students will be instructed on basic wilderness skills and navagation, how to gather what gear you’ll need, and how to assemble your bushcraft pack. Hands-on participation in shelter building, fire making, and hand-tool use is required. In addition, each student will be supplied a knife blank, handle material, and leather sheath kit to create their own unique bushcraft knife on-site. Leave – No – Trace principles are stressed.
2024 Class Dates:
June 16 – 18
June 30, 2023 – July 2
July 28 – July 30
August 4 – August 6
3 days / 2 nights – $450
We provide guided instruction along with a basic pack, wool blanket, hand tools, fire materials, meals, small individual shelters, and a shared lodge tent with woodstove.
You will need to bring weather-appropriate clothing and comfortable footwear. Hats and gloves are required.
This is a packhorse assisted wilderness hike.
Build on the beginning bush craft skills learned in our Basic Bush Craft course. Advance to the next level by learning to hunt game, catch fish, and set snares. In addition to practicing essential survival skills, students will spend one night in a self-built shelter. Prerequisite basic bushcraft class and MTFWP licenses needed. 1 day guided hunt for big game (elk/deer/or bear) included.
2024 Class Dates:
5 Days and 5 Nights – $2850
Class Dates:
October 25 – 29
We provide guided instruction along with equipment from our basic class, hand tools, fire materials, meals, small individual shelters, and a shared lodge tent with woodstove.
You will need to bring the gear and equipment from the basic class as well as the class specific hunting equipment and a weapon, if hunting big game.
This is a packhorse assisted, overnight wilderness hike with hunting and fishing instruction.
Learn to cook wilderness style.
Make a fire from found materials
Create a safe haven for overnight.
Find your way from mountain to meadow.