Teen Survival Trek

Teen Survival Trek


Category

Category

Courses for Children

Organized by

Organized by

Wilderness Awareness School

Target Group

Target Group

For Everybody


About this Course

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.


Contents

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!



Structure

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



Prerequisites

Camp experience is helpful. 


Packing List

  • Packing List is online 

Board & Overnight

Overnight tent camping 


Cost Structure

Total Cost is $1195


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Venue

Wilderness Awareness School
Duvall, WA 98019

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About the Organizer

Wilderness Awareness School

Founded: 1983
Logo of the wilderness school Wilderness Awareness School

For 40 years, Wilderness Awareness School has been an internationally-recognized leader in the nature connection movement. Based outside of Seattle in the foothills of the Cascades, Wilderness Awareness School runs intensives and weekend programs for adults as well as summer, monthly, and weekly programs for children. Using the 8-shields model, the curriculum is comprised of survival skills, bird language, community leadership, wildlife tracking, "Coyote Mentoring," naturalist studies, and more. Wilderness Awareness School is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization.


Teen Survival Trek