Teen Survival Trek

Challenge your survival living skills out in the natural world! Whether you are a graduate of Wilderness Survival Overnight or a socially mature, older teen with previous experience, this week will help you build on your basic knowledge in a small group setting, working as a close community to survive in and connect with nature. Recognized by Parent Map as winner or top finalist for best overnight camp each of the past seven years, Survival Quest gives teens the opportunity not just to learn to survive, but to thrive together as a community, experiencing the gifts that each person brings to the group and those that the natural world offers to us all.

During the week long adventure, teens will:

• Spend time learning how to prepare and pack gear for backpacking
• Quest out into the wild with minimal gear for three days and nights
• Purify water from wild creeks
• Construct and sleep in tarp shelters for three nights
• Learn and practice navigation skills
• Identify and harvest wild edibles
• Learn and practice the safe use of knives as tools
• Hunt and catch bull frogs and fish
• Pursue fun adventures and challenges off-trail
• Develop the “survival mind”
• Connect with new friends!

Our instructional team features:

• A 1:9 staff-student ratio
• On-site director and volunteers who offer additional instructor support
• Staff trained as Coyote Mentors, a widely-respected educational philosophy developed at the Wilderness Awareness School
• Compassionate educators who encourage each child’s respect for self, others and nature
• Experienced Wilderness First Aid and CPR certified professionals

Camp experience is helpful. 

• Packing List is online 

Overnight tent camping