Wilderness Survival
Classes & Immersions
Wilderness survival & Bushcraft classes, trips & adventures in North Carolina
Wilderness Survival Class: 8-Hour Fundamentals
Williamson Preserve Raleigh, NC
$150
When things go wrong in the wild, we don't rise to the occasion, we fall to our level of training. This 8 hour intensive builds essential survival skills through hands-on practice. Transform your 'what if' anxieties into confident capability with foundational survival knowledge, skill and mindset.
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Eight hours of fundamentals. Real skills for real situations.
The foundation every wilderness adventurer needs.
August 29 9am-5pm
Uwharrie Hills Ranger
Uwharrie National Forest
$475
You've got a wild self buried under all the civilization—one who knows how to thrive in mountains, to howl with the moon and coax an ember into roaring flame. Ready to unleash them?​
The Uwharries are older than the Appalachians—ancient peaks worn smooth by half a billion years, dense forests that feel different than younger ranges, hollows where cryptids are rumored to wander. ​
​We'll traverse these old ridges together while cooking over open fires and sleeping beneath tarp shelters we construct each night. You'll learn how to find tinder in the wild, all the knots to rig a stormproof shelter, and perfect the art of cooking over fire.
October 9-12 2026
Foraging for Fire
August 21 5:30pm-8:30pm
Williamson Preserve
$60
The forest is full of fire — you just have to know where to look. Come wander through the woods learning to identify the plants and trees that will become your fire, then build one with everything you've gathered. Plus expert tips to take your fire skills from spark to mastery.
Through the Storm: Wilderness Skills for a disrupted world
December 11-13 2026
Triangle, NC
$300
When disaster hits—whether it's a hurricane, flood, wildfire, or blizzard—the world you know can change overnight. Roads wash away, trails disappear, power goes down, water becomes unsafe, and the cell service you depend on can vanish. When the infrastructure fails, knowing what to do matters more than what you own.
For three days, you'll learn what actually matters: how to navigate through landscape when the roads and trails are gone, find and purify water when the taps aren't safe, cook and keep food when the power grid goes down, build shelter and manage heat with limited resources, and adapt when the plan you started with no longer works.
This isn't about preparing for the apocalypse. It's about being useful when your community is having a really bad day. You'll learn skills that can help you get yourself—or someone else—to safety, keep people warm, fed and hydrated, and help your neighbors until professional responders can get there.
Wildling Wander
September 2026 TBD
Williamson Preserve Raleigh, NC
$120
This 6-hour immersion awakens your ancestral awareness through stealth, tracking, and deep nature connection. Learn to move like shadow, read animal stories in tracks, and see the forest through ancient eyes. Through epic games and forest play, you'll transform from visitor to belonging. Leave with awakened senses and the deep knowing that you belong in wild places.
Ghillies 3 Day Immersion
April 2027 exact dates TBA
Blounts Creek, NC
$450
Awareness - Proficiency - Creativity
Remember when you dreamed of living wild and free? If Hatchet and My Side of the Mountain were childhood favorites, it's time to live those dreams. Ghillies is where childhood dreams meet adult capability. For 3 days, shed civilization's lies and remember skills that once meant survival. Build shelters, coax fire from friction, track animals through mist, and forage from forest floor.
Tarps + Shelters Masterclass
Williamson Preserve
$150
A tarp and a few good knots can be the difference between a miserable night and a genuinely stormproof camp. This 5 hour masterclass teaches you to build shelter that actually holds — whether you're working with a lightweight tarp, a family-size canopy, or nothing but what the forest gave you.
Whether you're a backpacker chasing a lighter, more versatile setup, a car camper who wants real living space when the rain rolls in, or someone who wants to walk into the woods and build something from scratch — this class meets you where you are and levels you up.
You'll learn the knots, hitches, and lashings that take a shelter from "it'll do" to stormproof. We'll cover adaptations for tricky terrain — sand, snow, and everything in between — plus a deeper dive into natural shelter strategies so you leave with skills that work anywhere the wild takes you.