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:
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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:
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No accommodation included on this day.