Outdoor school training courses in Colorado Springs, CO (public, in-house or online)

This course is a must for anyone wanting to work, educate, or recreate in the outdoors. Learn how to identify and mitigate impacts with Leave No Trace Master Educator, teacher, and park ranger Kristen Sherwood.

In partnership with the landowner, this course offers students a unique opportunity to get “hands-on�and apply their personal outdoor ethic in a gorgeous transitional landscape. Field locations vary from pristine old growth timber to hidden caves to heavily impacted riparian area...

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Focuses on menu planning, nutritional requirements for wilderness camping, and meal preparations. Includes cooking a backcountry meal.

Serves as a basic snowboarding course designed for those who have had little or no prior snowboarding experience. Incorporates a combination of on the snow classes at an established ski area and classroom instruction at the college. For purposes of instruction, students are assigned to small groups based on their snowboarding ability. Snow instruction is taught by certified ski instructors.

Emphasizes the basic skills, equipment, clothing and techniques of snowshoeing. It includes the objective dangers involved with winter recreation.

Become familiar with backcountry navigation. Wilderness travel potential will be expanded by learning the proper use of maps, compass, and other tools.