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Intro Survival Course Rockies

Duration: 2 days
Destination: Canada, Alberta, Alberta
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  • 2 days
  • Alberta
  • E-Voucher
  • Lowest Price
  • Not-Cancellable

Overview

Learn some incredible survival techniques in the Central Canadian Rockies. Sharpen your bushcraft skills, and enjoy an amazing two day experience in the breathtaking Kootnay Plains on the banks of the North Saskatchewan River just outside Nordegg, Alberta. This intro survival and bush-craft training provides an introduction to basic outdoor skills and northern bushcraft. Participants will focus equal amounts on theory, outdoor awareness, being properly prepared, tricks and techniques to keep you alive in emergency situations and a lot of practical bushcraft skills. Participants will gain knowledge, which can be used in a wide variety of outdoor scenarios all the way from camping, hunting, canoeing, or hiking. We provide opportunities to hone and develop new abilities, and we include one night spent sleeping in your very own improvised survival shelter.

Itinerary

Day 1: Day 1 - Intro Survival Course

Stop At: Nordegg, Nordegg, Clearwater County, Alberta
9:30 am: Meet and greet, introduction to your instructor(s). From Shunda Creek we drive approximately 40 km to our training location into the heart of the Rocky Mountains.
Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Abraham Lake, Abraham Lake, Clearwater County, Alberta
10:30 am-5:00 pm: At Kootnay Plains we set up base camp. We start by covering what precautions to take and dangers to avoid. Proper equipment and priorities during emergencies. We move to how to make survival fires and shelters under adverse conditions. The emphasis of the course is on developing practical and useful bushcraft and overall outdoor skills. We also cover useful knots. Tonight there is the opportunity to sleep in your very own survival shelter.
Duration: 8 hours

Meals included:


Accommodation included: Survival Shelter

Day 2: Day 2 - Intro Survival Course

Stop At: Abraham Lake, Abraham Lake, Clearwater County, Alberta
9:00 am - 11:00 am: In the morning we continue with topics introduced on the previous day.
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Cline River, AB T0M 2H0, Canada
In the afternoon we go for a hike as we cover how to navigate in the outdoors. useful and medicinal plant identification. If time permits we will move on to more advanced survival topics including: finding alternative food sources, basic traps and snares, making improvised rope or cordage, as well as survival saws. The course will wrap up by late afternoon or early evening.
Duration: 6 hours

Meals included:


No accommodation included on this day.

Inclusions
  • Breakfast Lunch & Dinner throughout the duration of the course
  • Knowledgeable and experienced instructor
  • One nights accommodation (camping)
  • All necessary course equipment including tents hatchets, knives, compasses, GPS, etc.
  • 2x Lunch
  • Accommodation included: 1 night
  • 1x Dinner
  • 1x Breakfast

Exclusions
  • Transportation to/from Program
  • Child rate applies only when sharing with paying adults
  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
  • Service animals allowed
  • Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
  • A minimum of 4 people per booking is required
  • Most travelers can participate
  • This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
  • This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Departure Point

HI Nordegg Shunda Creek Wilderness Hostel, 321 Shunda Crk Rd, Nordegg, AB T0M 2H0, Canada


Departure Time

Intro Survival Course Rockies
7/9/2021 - 4/10/2025

Monday - Sunday : 09:00 AM - 06:00 PM


Return Details

Returns to original departure point

Voucher info

You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.

Duration

2 days


User's Reviews

124kadim

21 Jun, 2021

Wonderful experience and Mark and Joel were great teachers. Location was ideal and material covered was very beneficial for living around the rockies.

aepanidi

18 Jun, 2021

The teachers were awesome, super friendly, approachable and knowledgeable. The course itself was great. It exceeded our expectations!! I came out of it learning a lot. I would highly recommend this tour if you’re just starting out in survival or back country camping or camping in general. You will not be disappointed.

llcoold

14 Sep, 2020

My young son and I had the pleasure to attend the Two Day Survival course, and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. I suspect the previous reviewer who gave negative feedback was having a bad day (and/or didn’t bother to read any of the information provided ahead of time on the course), as everything about this course was enjoyable and well organized. Marc was extremely informative, approachable, and able to answer all questions our group (of 6, 3 groups of 2) posed of him. The location was splendid, breakfast, lunch and dinner delicious (love those honey garlic sausages), and all the training sessions a lot of fun! We couldn’t recommend this course enough to people of all ages who want to learn some basic survival skills, apply them in real time, and have a lot of fun!

DnAConsulting

02 Aug, 2020

Don't waste your money. Marc is very friendly and fun to chat with however, he did not book us a spot on the long weekend and driving around to find a spot was very inconvenient since we had to drive ourselves and it was wasting our time. The provided food was wet sandwiches and pasta ☹ and the group felt Marc didn't really know enough to be teaching a survival course. He couldn't answer some very basic questions and we were all beginners. I think we all came away feeling this was not worth nearly $300 and we certainly could've done something better with our money.

Passenger695099

23 Mar, 2020

The program was very fun and informative and I learned a lot of things I have never known before. THis is definetly a great beginners course!

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First class, exceptional weekend! A++

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