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Our Last Best Places

The places where we are licensed to operate in the United States clearly seperates Wilderness Ventures from all other teen adventure programs and enables us to conduct far superior experiences with much less travel between destinations. No other program for young people can match either the variety or the grandeur of the special areas our trips are conducted in each summer.

When we established Wilderness Ventures in 1973, we sought operating licenses in the most spectacular and beautiful national parks and national forest wilderness areas in America, and fortunately, permits to these places were still available at that time. Every year since then, our teen adventure programs have had the opportunity to experience amazing country not available to other programs.

 

Our permits are truly special, and with the privilege of being able to take teens to these wonderful places, we also recognize our tremendous responsibility to see that these areas remain preserved and protected for future generations. Our expedition groups learn to respect these wonderful teen adventure program destinations and are taught how to enjoy them without leaving an impact or trace of their visits to them.

 

It is with sheer gratitude, pride and joy that we are able to share with young people these magnificent Last Best Places as we like to call them. We have listed each area, its size in acres, and the year it was formally protected by the United States Congress.

 

We are the only Teen Adventure program in the United States with permits to operate in the areas marked by *

 

* Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness
943,626 acres
Custer National Forest, MT
Gallatin National Forest, MT
Shoshone National Forest, WY
Established 1978

 

* Anaconda-Pintler Wilderness
158,615 acres
Beaverhead National Forest, MT
Bitterroot National Forest, MT
Deerlodge National Forest, MT
Established 1964

 

Ansel Adams Wilderness
231,005 acres
Sierra National Forest, CA
Established 1964

 

* Bridger Wilderness
428,087 acres
Bridger-Teton National Forest, WY
Established 1964

 

Denali National Park, AK
6,075,030 acres
Established 1917, enlarged 1980

 

Eagle Cap Wilderness
350,461 acres
Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, OR
Established 1964

 

* Fitzpatrick Wilderness
198,525 acres
Shoshone National Forest, WY
Established 1976

 

Glacier Bay National Park, AK
3,283,246 acres
Established 1925, enlarged 1980

 

* Glacier Peak Wilderness
570,573 acres
Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National
Forest, WA
Established 1964

 

* Grand Teton National Park, WY
309,995 acres
Established 1929, enlarged 1950

 

* Gros Ventre Wilderness
317,874 acres
Bridger-Teton National Forest, WY
Established 1984

Volcanoes National Park, HI
230,000 acres
Established 1916

 

* Jedediah Smith Wilderness
123,451 acres
Targhee National Forest, ID, WY
Established 1984

 

Kenai Fjords National Park, AK
669,983 acres
Established 1980

 

King Range Conservation Area
60,000 acres
Lost Coast, B.L.M., CA
Established 1970

 

Kluane National Park, Yukon Territory
5,431,380 acres
Established 1972

 

* Kootznoowoo Wilderness
956,051 acres
Admiralty Island
Tongass National Forest, AK
Established 1980

 

* Lee Metcalf Wilderness
254,288 acres
Gallatin National Forest, MT
Established 1983

 

Mount Adams Wilderness
46,353 acres
Gifford Pinchot National Forest, WA
Established 1964

 

* Mount Jefferson Wilderness
107,008 acres
Deschutes National Forest, OR
Willamette National Forest, OR
Established 1968

 

Mount Rainier National Park, WA
235,625 acres
Established 1899

 

* Nellie Juan/College Fjord Proposed Wilderness
2,000,000 acres
Chugach National Forest, AK
Proposed in 1980

 

North Cascades National Park, WA
634,614 acres
Established 1968

Olympic National Park, WA
922,651 acres
Established 1938

 

* Pasayten Wilderness
529,477 acres
Okanagon National Forest, WA
Established 1968

 

Redwood National and State Parks, CA
112,597 acres
Established 1968, expanded 1978

 

* Teton Wilderness
585,238 acres
Bridger-Teton National Forest, WY
Established 1964

 

* Three Sisters Wilderness
286,708 acres
Deschutes National Forest, OR
Willamette National Forest, OR
Established 1964

 

Trinity Alps Wilderness
502,764 acres
Shasta-Trinity National Forest, CA
Established 1984

 

* Washakie Wilderness
704,274 acres
Shoshone National Forest, WY
Established 1964

 

* West Chichagof-Yakobi Wilderness
265,286 acres
Tongass National Forest, AK
Established 1980

 

Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, AK
13,175,901 acres
Established 1978

 

Yellowstone National Park, WY
2,219,791 acres
Established 1872

 

Yosemite National Park, CA
761,266 acres
Established 1890

 

 

 

 

 

  
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Teen Adventure Programs and Teen Adventure Program Permits held by Wilderness Ventures

As the worldwide leader in teen adventure programs and teen summer programming, Wilderness Ventures holds permits to over 40 protected federal lands and wilderness areas -- "Our Last Best Places" as we've come to think of them on our teen adventure programs. We know that our teen adventure programs are tremendously fortunate to have access to these beautiful teen adventure program destinations. Part of the goals on all of our teen adventure programs is exposing teens to an outdoor setting in ways that will allow teens to learn to live and have fun in the outdoors; in short, our teen adventure programs are about making positive associations with wild lands.

One of the ways that our teen adventure programs give teens a positive introduction to the outdoors is by bringing them in to the most beautiful teen adventure program destinations imaginable. Most teen adventure programs, due to their limited permitting situation, cannot offer this sort of high quality experience. Our exclusive teen adventure program permits on, for example, Yellowstone Lake and in Grand Teton National Park, give our teens unprecidented access to the best teen adventure program destinations on the planet. Call 800-533-2281 to learn about our teen adventure programs or to ask for our teen adventure program catalog.