Upcoming Classes & Trips
Wilderness First Aid
September 19-20 9am-6pm
Raleigh, NC
$200
When things go sideways in the wild, we don't rise to the occasion, we fall to our level of training. This certification teaches you to assess, stabilize, and make critical decisions when there's no ambulance coming. How to splint with what you have. When to evacuate and when to shelter in place. How to keep someone alive until you can get them to definitive care.​
Intro to Sea Kayaking Overnight
October 4-5
Hammock's Beach State Park
Swansboro, NC
$350
Master the fundamentals of sea kayaking on this beginner-friendly overnight to an uninhabited island. You'll learn to pack your kayak, read wind and currents, navigate channels, and handle your craft with confidence. Paddle through wildlife-rich marshes to pristine beaches, practicing essential techniques as you go. By evening, you'll have foundational skills every sea kayaker needs—plus a campsite earned on white sand dunes. Watch the Milky Way from your tent, knowing you paddled here with skills that will serve every future water adventure.
Real techniques. Gorgeous destination. The foundation every sea kayaker needs.
Uwharrie Hills Ranger
October 10-12
Uwharrie National Forest
$ 400
The Uwharries are older than the Appalachians—ancient peaks worn smooth by half a billion years, forests that feel heavier than younger ranges, hollows where cryptids are rumored to wander. These mountains have a reputation for mystery.
We're going in.
Over three days we'll traverse old ridges, sleep under tarp shelters we build each night, and cook everything over open fire. You'll leave knowing how to find tinder in the wild, rig a stormproof shelter, and actually use a fire to make a real meal.
Adult & Child CPR
November 6th 4pm-8pm
Raleigh, NC
$50
CPR is a critical, life saving component of emergency medicine. Make sure you have the skills when minutes count. This course is an add-on to our wilderness first aid course. It is scheduled the day before wilderness first aid and runs for half the day.
Wilderness First Aid
November 7-8 9am-6pm
Raleigh, NC
$200
When things go sideways in the wild, we don't rise to the occasion, we fall to our level of training. This certification teaches you to assess, stabilize, and make critical decisions when there's no ambulance coming. How to splint with what you have. When to evacuate and when to shelter in place. How to keep someone alive until you can get them to definitive care.​
Wilderness Navigation
November 9 1pm-4:30pm
Lake Raleigh
$85
Getting lost transforms peaceful hikes into panic. This field course builds foundational navigation skills that keep you oriented and confident. Master map and compass basics, read terrain features, and develop spatial awareness through real exercises. Turn "where am I?" moments into minor corrections with essential knowledge that transforms navigation anxiety into trail confidence.
Wilderness Survival Fundamentals Class
November 11 9am-5pm
Williamson Preserve Raleigh, NC
$160
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.
Eight hours of fundamentals. Real skills for real situations.
The foundation every wilderness adventurer needs.
WFA & WFR Tune-Up: Scenario Drills
November 14
Raleigh, NC
$100
Here's the reality: your WFA/WFR skills get rusty if you don't use them. This class keeps them sharp. We'll review seasonal medical issues in detail, then put you through realistic emergency scenarios where you'll run full patient assessments, make treatment decisions, and get immediate feedback. Perfect for WFA or WFR-certified individuals who want to keep their skills sharp or get ready for a big trip.
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 unmarked landscape, find and purify water, cook and keep food, build shelter, 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.