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Explore NOLS expeditions, from Patagonia fjords to Wyoming peaks. Build real leadership skills, wilderness experience, and lifelong confidence through immersive, instructor-led outdoor courses.

Get certified with NOLS. Hands-on WFA, WFR, WEMT, and WUMP courses built for outdoor professionals and adventurers ready to handle emergencies anywhere.

Exploring the Himalayas in Nepal is a dream of most mountain travelers, so come along with NOLS as we embark on one of Nepal’s classic treks….

Find new challenges exploring the Sea of Cortez. On this course, you’ll join a group to learn the basics of sea kayaking. You’ll focus on building fundamental skills like navigation,…

Explore the wild, mountainous country bordering Yellowstone National Park, keeping an eye out for the region’s famed wildlife as you hike….

Join teens your age for a 2-week Salmon River whitewater rafting adventure. Gain confidence as you make friends and challenge yourself.

NOLS invented the outdoor semester, and this course is where it all began.

Learn to pilot a Drascombe longboat as you sail across turquoise water in Baja California’s Sea of Cortez….

On this course, you’ll join a group of self-identified women to learn the basics of sea kayaking. You’ll focus on building fundamental skills like navigation, reading the tides, and paddle…

Join teens your age for a 3-week backpacking adventure in Wyoming. Make memories while gaining confidence and leadership skills.

Make the outdoors your classroom on an unforgettable semester in the Patagonian wilderness. Climb glaciated peaks and learn the technical skills to travel on ice, rock, and snow. Paddle a…

Pursue your climbing dreams in the rugged peaks of Wyoming’s Wind River Range. Starting with the basics, you’ll build the skills to complete technical peak ascents with your team….

Join us for a week of incredible hiking on a challenging traverse of Wyoming’s Wind River Mountains….

Bring your experience and passion to the next level with training in the outdoors.

Add experience in the mountains to your passion for rock climbing

Embark on an epic journey – Find your wild kayaking and hiking Chile’s coast!…

This 25-day course combines focused leadership training with a mountaineering and backpacking expedition and exposure to specific Alaska wilderness travel skills.

Join a group of motivated students ages 16 and 17 for a summer adventure you’ll never forget. Learn the basics of backpacking and build lifelong leadership skills in Alaska’s soaring…

Backpack through Alaska’s famed mountain ranges and lush green valleys….

Technical kayaking skills will be emphasized on this course, from rescues and emergency procedures to navigation and weather awareness.