Description:

Learn some incredible survival techniques, sharpen your bushcraft skills, and enjoy an amazing day in the Canadian Rockies. Our one day survival and bush-craft clinic packs in as much info as we can. Participants will focus on theory, outdoor awareness, preparedness, tricks and techniques to keep you alive in emergency situations and a lot of practical bushcraft skills. Participants will gain skills which can be used in almost every outdoor scenarios from camping, to hiking to hunting. We cover skills such as making fires in extreme conditions, orienteering with compass and map, edible & medicinal plants, basic snaring, knots and tarp shelters, axe and hatchet craft.

Price:               Adult (17+): $120 CAD per person

Youth (15-17): $120 CAD per person

Child ( 8 - 14): $85 CAD per person

Duration:        1 Day

Group Size:     2 - 8 Participants

 What is Included:

• Lunch
• Knowledgeable and experienced instructor
• All necessary course equipment including: hatchets, saws, compasses, GPS, etc.

What is not Included:  

• Transportation

Course Location:

We base our day courses out of the Canmore and surrounding area. 

Topics Covered During the Course:

• Being properly prepared in the outdoors (This includes clothing, gear, basic survival equipment, first aid, emergency signalling, general safety, hydration, cold/hypothermia, wild animals, and other dangers.)
• Understanding and evaluating risk with regards to the outdoors
• Understanding priorities when encountering survival situations
• How to make survival fires under extreme conditions and its importance in survival situations (We cover different methods of making fire: matches, tinder, sap, flint, and bow & drill.)
• Basic orienteering in the mountains and forest using maps , compass and GPS.
• Introduction to basic food sources including edible and medicinal plants found in the mountains and boreal forests region (berries, shrubs, grasses, fungi, and plants with useful or medicinal purposes).
• Basic knife and hatchet/axe craft.
• Making and improvising basic snares and small game traps
• Review of useful knots for bushcraft and survival situations.

Custom Dates, Courses & Group Bookings: 

Looking to book a group or a date outside of our regular scheduled? Give us a shout any time,  We provide group discount (5 participants and over) and we can accommodate and organize your very own private, family, corporate, or school group. Minimum group sizes for a customize course date is 5 participants and we have accommodated groups as large as 30!

Questions or want to Book a Course: 

Contact us anytime by phone, or email. We would love to help you with your questions or to set up a date for you or your friends.