Family Survival Weekend Course

OWLS: Outdoorsy Women Learning Survival Skills.

Join us for a Special Family Survival Weekend—the only course this year open to all genders and demographics!

Everyone is welcome: men, women, and non-binary individuals. We recommend children be at least 10 years old to participate. Our Weekend extensive Survival Course has all the components that you need to feel empowered and confident while you go on your next outdoor adventure. Geared for beginners to experts it introduces core concepts to help you stay calm and make healthy decisions in challenging situations. S'mores and Night Navigation concepts are included.

• Fire building principles and practice

• Signaling and recovery in various environments

• Temperature regulation
• Scouting, basic map and compass, and natural navigation concepts

• Knife use principles and sharpening

• Emergency shelter demonstration and practice
• Beginner Knot craft

• Locating water and disinfection principles

• Food rationing concepts and the edibility test

• Methods to self-calm and think rationally