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National Outdoor Leadership School - Index

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Rocky Mountain
WIND RIVER WILDERNESS
This is the original NOLS course and the most popular expedition
we offer. For 30 days, you'll explore the Wind River Mountains, a
wilderness range renowned for its pristine lakes and rugged mountain
beauty. You'll be amazed at the sense of accomplishment you
have at the end of a challenging hiking day. After carrying a pack efficiently
loaded with everything you need to the top of your first
high mountain pass, you'll descend into a glacial valley and help
lead your hiking group to camp. You and your peers will take turns
baking pizzas over a camp stove and catching cutthroat trout for
dinner. At night, a crisp sky filled with stars will shroud your tent
as you rest for the next stimulating day of exploration and learning.
In addition to hiking as many as 120 miles on and off trail, you'll
rock climb, fly fish, learn how to use a GPS, and summit towering
granite mountains. The leadership skills you master here will serve
you well in the wilderness and beyond.
Features world-famous Orvis? fly fishing curriculum and gear.
Age and Length:
16 & Over ? Average age: 19 ? Duration: 30 days
16 & 17 Only ? Duration: 30 days
23 & Over ? Average age: 35 ? Duration: 14 days
40 & Over ? Average age: 49 ? Duration: 14 days
Tu ition: $3,650 (16 & Over); $3,920 (16 & 17 Only); $3,005 (23 & Over; 40 & Over)
Course start/end: Lander, Wyoming
Fly in/out: Riverton, Wyoming
College Credit: 2 hours Environmental Ethics; 2 hours Leadership Techniques; 2 hours Skills
Practicum (16 & Over; 16 & 17 Only); 2 hours Skills Practicum (23, 40 & Over)
Dates: page 110
ABSAROKA BACKPACKING
Yellowstone National Park's wild eastern neighbor is Wyoming's Absaroka
(Ab-sor-ka) Range, a vast wilderness region with some of the
most remote territory in the Lower 48. You'll travel through broad
river valleys surrounded by sheer glacier-carved cliffs, camp under
towering conifers, and hike across alpine plateaus where the tallest
plants are only a few inches high. You'll fly fish for large cutthroat
trout, effectively ford high mountain rivers, practice GPS and compass
navigation, and learn how to camp and travel in bear country.
Along with grizzlies, other fauna you're likely to see are eagles,
bighorn sheep, elk, moose, black bears, coyote and recently re-introduced
gray wolves. For students craving remote, rugged land
filled with wildlife, this is your course; you'll see more wildlife here
than almost anywhere else NOLS operates. And you won't just
study out here; in the Absarokas, you'll live the lessons you need to
skillfully travel in the mountains long after your course ends.
Features world-famous Orvis? fly fishing curriculum and gear.
Age and Length: 16 & Over ? Average age: 19 ? Duration: 30 days
Tuition: $3,575
Course start/end: Lander, Wyoming
Fly in/out: Riverton, Wyoming
College Credit: 2 hours Environmental Ethics; 2 hours Leadership Techniques; 2 hours Skills
Practicum
Dates: page 110
Instructor Sean Bowditch presents the fly in a mountain lake below Pingora Peak in
Wyoming's Wind River Mountains.
Off-trail travel helps students master navigational skills while instilling a deep appreciation
for the diverse alpine ecosystem.
Kevin Bergstrom
Rainbow Weinstock