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National Outdoor Leadership School - Index

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SEMESTER IN THE
YUKON
This action-packed, semester-long learning
adventure begins and ends in Whitehorse,
Yukon Territory, Canada, and is one of our most
unique wilderness leadership semesters. It takes
place entirely in Canada's North Country, where
remote, wild land stands unparalleled. For 76
days your expedition will explore the wilds of the
Yukon with a backpack, canoe and mountaineer-
ing gear, seeing few people along the way. In fact,
with a population of only 30,000, six caribou and
one moose to every Yukon resident, and a grizzly
bear to every Yukon family of four, you're more
likely to share this vast wilderness with animals
than with humans.
Along your route, you and your coursemates
will fish, cross unnamed rivers, summit unnamed
peaks, and explore the same areas that historic gold
seekers traveled over 100 years ago. After a se-
mester in this beautiful wilderness, you'll be a com-
fortable traveler in the backcountry with unmatched
technical expeditionary skills in whitewater ca-
noeing and glacier, snow and ice mountaineering.
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Above: River crossings require patience and teamwork. Left:
Students celebrating on the summit of Mount Redemption.
Home to some of the world's most remote and exciting rivers, the Yukon Territory provides a visually stunning, adrenaline-pumping
classroom for learning to whitewater canoe.
BACKPACKING
From our base in Whitehorse, you'll embark on the first phase of your adventure: a backpacking
section through the river valleys, alpine tundra and boreal forests of the Yukon
Territory. You'll move up remote mountain valleys, planning routes and choosing campsites.
You'll learn camping and travel skills pertaining to grizzly bear country-and a ton about
being comfortable outdoors-while traveling through meadows and tundra and bushwhacking
through trees and over passes in all kinds of weather.
MOUNTAINEERING
What you learn about mountain weather, leadership and route finding on the backpacking
section will prepare you to face the high glaciers on the mountaineering section. The
Yukon's mountains are an ideal classroom for learning technical mountaineering skills
such as negotiating rocky mountain passes, icefalls and glaciers. You'll climb stunning
peaks while learning rope team, crampon and other techniques to move over snow, ice and
rock terrain.
WHITEWATER CANOEING
You'll finish the semester with over three weeks on the Hess River (not far from the
Northwest Territories). The Yukon provides some of the best, little-known whitewater in
the world, and you'll not only learn the skills to run rapids successfully, but also travel
through them without leaving a trace. As your technical maneuvers improve, you'll be
polishing your backcountry and leadership skills while you explore and live under the
midnight sun.
DETAILS SUMMER
Features world-famous Orvis? fly fishing curriculum and gear.
Age and Length: 17 & Over ? Average age: 22 ? Duration: 76 days
Offered summer
Tuition: $9,450
Course start/end: Whitehorse, Yukon
Fly in/out: Whitehorse, Yukon
College Credit: 2 hours Biology; 2 hours Environmental Ethics; 4 hours Leadership Techniques; 6 hours Skills Practicum;
2 hours Risk Assessment
Dates and Sections: page 112
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YUKON