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This Advanced Leadership program is designed specifically for students completing the eighth and ninth grades who are seeking a challenging two-week wilderness experience and extensive backcountry skill training. Conducted in one of North America’s most fabulous wilderness environments, this expedition is open to both former Wilderness Ventures students and to new students without prior experience.
 Backpack the Jedediah Smith Wilderness
After being met by your trip leaders in Jackson Hole at the base of the Tetons, we’ll travel to the northern end of the Teton Range to begin our two week wilderness trek along the backbone of the fabulous Teton Range in both Grand Teton National Park and the adjoining Jedediah Smith Wilderness. This amazing journey has received a great deal of publicity lately because of its outstanding beauty. Our trek will enable us to learn and improve on a wide variety of outdoor leadership skills, including map reading, compass navigation, route and campsite selection, backcountry cuisine, basic wilderness first aid, zero impact camping, alpine travel and group dynamics. Midway along our journey we will be re-supplied by horsepacker. Few words can describe the spectacular beauty and solitude of this rugged mountain environment of jagged spires, alpine meadows, glaciers, lake basins and views as far as the eye can see. Our two week trek will afford ample opportunity to explore and learn much about the geology, flora, and fauna of this classic western mountain range as we establish base camps at several locations. There will be plenty of time to scramble up peaks, to learn to prepare delicious backcountry meals and to angle for our dinner- the elusive rainbow trout.
Rock Climb in the Tetons
Travelling further south we will establish another base camp where we will learn basic and intermediate rock climbing skills, then in a close knit group, we will climb a peak in the southern Teton Range. Whitewater Raft the Snake River
Our two-week trek in the Tetons would not be complete without an afternoon to raft the Grand Canyon of the Snake River on some of the finest class III and IV whitewater to be found in the West. We celebrate our summer with our traditional banquet below the towering Tetons.
Important Information This Advanced Outdoor Leadership program offers everything found in other nationally known outdoor leadership schools with one notable exception: Our leaders eat, sleep, and live with our groups on a twenty-four hour basis in order to enhance safety and better facilitate group interaction.
All the major components of this trip have been offered by us over the past thirty-five years.
For students completing 8th, 9th grades, grouped according to age.
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