Backpack The Wind River Range
After arriving in Jackson Hole, we’ll begin a 8-day trek in Wyoming’s largest and highest mountain range. This beautiful trek through the Wind River Range provides a perfect setting for us to learn and improve many aspects of wilderness leadership skills, including map and compass use, route and campsite selection, backcountry cuisine, basic wilderness first aid, minimum-impact camping, and alpine travel. Few words can describe the spectacular beauty and solitude of this rugged mountain environment – jagged spires, alpine meadows, glaciers, lakes, and views as far as the eye can see.Rock Climb and Mountaineer in the Wind River Range
After eight days of glorious wilderness travel, we’ll set up base camp in a high cirque surrounded by towering peaks. In this awesome setting, we’ll spend several days learning the safety precautions and techniques necessary to conduct safe mountaineering trips. We’ll climb introductory single and multi-pitched routes for 2 days, then, our skills improved, we’ll spend 2 days ascending spectacular peaks like Mount Bonneville (12,585), Mid-Summer Dome (11,172), Pyramid Peak (12,030), and Overhanging Tower (12,164). We’ll celebrate our accomplishments back in Jackson Hole at our final celebration dinner.
Whitewater Raft the Snake River
In a thrilling conclusion to our adventure, we'll enjoy our final day together raft the thrilling Class III and IV whitewater of the Grand Canyon the the Snake River, shooting such rapids as Lunch Counter and Big Kahuna. We'll culminate our final day by exploring the Old West town of Jackson and by celebrating together over our end-of-adventure feast before crawling into bed in preparation of our flights home the next morning.
Important Information: This Leadership Expedition offers everything found in other nationally known outdoor leadership schools with one notable exception: our leaders eat, sleep, and live with our groups around the clock in order to enhance safety and better facilitate group interation.
All of the major components of this trip have been offered by us over the past 32 years.
Teachers/Group Leaders: This adventure or a variation of it can be offered as a private/custom trip with your own departure dates. Please contact our group desk at 800-533-2281.
