Snowshoe by day, sip cocoa by night. Train in winter survival on a real overnight expedition! Join our Rangers of the North! Travel to the snowy foothills of Mount Hood for a 3-day lodge-based winter expedition. Trek on snowshoes, track wildlife in the snow, and build skills in backcountry navigation and cold-weather safety. Each evening, return to a cozy mountain lodge to warm up by the fire, sip cocoa, and share stories with your Rangers team.
Snowshoe Mountain Overnight
This is a real expedition with warm beds at the end of it. Spend your days learning to move, navigate, and track in winter terrain, then come back to the lodge for hot food and a fire. Campers leave with skills they earned in the snow and a team of friends they earned them with.
Find Your Mountain Adventure
Snowshoe Overnight covers the skills of a winter Ranger:
Snowshoe Trekking Strap on snowshoes and explore forested trails and snowy ridgelines. Learn to move confidently across winter terrain as part of your expedition team.
Wildlife Tracking Follow the stories left in the snow. Learn the tracks and signs of deer, coyote, rabbit, and other animals active on the winter mountain.
Backcountry Navigation Plan expedition routes using maps, compasses, and natural navigation. Practice reading the landscape and adjusting your route in cold-weather conditions.
Lodge Life & Storytelling After a full day on the mountain, return to a cozy lodge for hearty meals, fireside games, and Trackers tales passed down through generations.
What You Do
Bundle up and head into the snow. Every Snowshoe Overnight includes:
- Travel on snowshoes through trails and mountain terrain
- Track and identify wildlife signs in the snow
- Train in winter gear prep, layering, and expedition safety
- Practice navigation with maps, compasses, and landmarks
- Build teamwork through challenges and mountain missions
- Warm up at the lodge with cocoa, games, and fireside storytelling
Please Note: Our overnight location offers one of the best chances for snow in the region. If snow is limited, Trackers Guides adapt the expedition with equally engaging role-playing, skills-based, and nature-connection experiences.
Grades 6–9 · Dec 28–30, 2026 · Check-in 8:30 AM on Dec 28, return 3:30 PM on Dec 30 · Leaves from SE Portland
Check-in at Trackers SE
4617 SE Milwaukie Ave, Portland. Drop off at the Trackers Scout Pit, where a Guide checks your student in by name and the team gathers for the day's adventure.
The bus
Trackers buses and vans, trained Trackers drivers, Guides on board. Songs are sung and stories are told on the bus, and the Guides get the team ready for a fun adventure.
Where the bus goes
Journey to the foothills of Mount Hood with our experienced Trackers Guides.
Real skills. Real adventure. Real friends.
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Questions? Call 503-345-3312 or email hello@trackersearth.com.