Outdoor Skills & Leadership Portland, OR

Featured PDX Program

Build Your Kayak

Trackers guides you through one of the most leading yet also ancient arts of kayak construction, skin-on-frame. You build and take home your own boat. Learn more

9-months For 1 to 3 weekends a month or a summer join expert instructors and peers immersed in the core studies of your choice: tracking, survival, edible plants, homesteading and more. Learn more

Outdoor Educator Training

Save on nearly all tuition costs for our Outdoor Immersion and Overnight Expedition programs. Learn to apply those skills in our unique model of outdoor leadership and evironmental education through our Outdoor & Environmental Educator Training Program as an assistant in our summer youth camps.

Upcoming Adult Programs

Free Program Informational Night Mar 13
Wilderness Survival Basics Feb 25 or May 5
ZFR Zombie Survival Training Mar 10-11
Wild Edible & Medicinal Plant Basics Mar 24 or April 29
Building Your Own Kayak Begins April 7
$49 Kayak Building Apprenticeship Begins April 7
WFR Wilderness First Responder April 14-23
WFR Recert Wilderness First Responder April 27-29
Corporate & Custom Trainings Year Round

Upcoming Long Term Programs

Outdoor Educator Training June 2012-June 2013
Summer of Survival June 23-August 29, 2012

9-month Outdoor Training Programs
Attend 1-3 weekends a month, September-June

The Way of the Ranger September-June
Wilderness Survival & Primitive Skills Immersion
Wildlife & Animal Tracking Immersion
The Curriculum of Shadows Immersion

The Way of the Wilder September-June
Wild Edible & Medicinal Plants Immersion
Homesteading Crafts Immersion
Beyond Permaculture: The Wilders Garden Immersion