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Wilderness Awareness School - Wilderness Survival Overnight

Spend a week honing your ability to survive overnight in the wilderness! Learn to build a fire from friction, identify and harvest edible and medicinal plants, cook over open fire and coals, and sleep in a natural shelter you build yourself. Learn knife safety and experience awesome adventures off-trail. Connect with your fellow survivors as you make fish spears, tools, baskets or rope. Recognized by Parent Map as winner or top finalist for best overnight camp each of the past four years, Wilderness Survival Overnight teaches survival skills while participants: Make primitive friction fire kits Cook over open fire and coals Sleep in a natural shelter they build Identify and harvest wild edibles Craft fish spears, tools, baskets or rope Learn the safe use of knives as tools Hunt and catch bull frogs Pursue mad adventures off-trail Connect with new friends

Upcoming Sessions

Name Start End Duration Age/Grade Cost*

*Some Camps may offer discounts (Early Bird, Member, Sibling, etc.). To find out if any discounts are available, please contact the Camp directly.

# A pound symbol in the table above indicates that the session doesn’t include weekends.


Name Start End Duration Age/Grade Cost*

*Some Camps may offer discounts (Early Bird, Member, Sibling, etc.). To find out if any discounts are available, please contact the Camp directly.

# A pound symbol in the table above indicates that the session doesn’t include weekends.


Activities

  • Basket Making/Weaving
  • Camping Skills/Outdoor Living
  • Culinary/Cooking
  • Hunting
  • Leadership Development
  • Nature Exposure
  • Orienteering
  • Wilderness Survival