Backcountry Lessons for Today’s World: Tolerance for Adversity and Uncertainty
Tolerance for adversity and uncertainty (or resilience) is a major element of the leadership model NOLS teaches and it has broad applicability, ...
Tolerance for adversity and uncertainty (or resilience) is a major element of the leadership model NOLS teaches and it has broad applicability, ...
3 Tips to Improve Your Outdoor Photography Game
6 Secret Ingredients to Try on Your Next Camping Trip
Take charge of your adventures, your safety, and your life—take a course. Preferably, before you crack your tailbone snowboarding or have a close ...
I refused to wear anything other than dresses until I was 7 …and even then it was only because my family moved to a small country town in northeast Wyoming and I wanted to fit in.
I’ve been a “girly girl” my entire life, and I had no interest in playing in the backcountry until about three years ago when I transferred to a university in the Black Hills of South Dakota and was lured out by their beauty and the exercise (plus, I got invited to go hiking with an attractive guy who has now been my partner in all adventures and in life for the past three years).
A bear encounter leaves you with some first aid to perform, including confirming scene safety and caring for your patient.
Why City People Are Made for the Backcountry
11 Essentials to Complete Your Backcountry Kitchen
An important part of managing emergencies in the backcountry is coming up with first aid solutions using the supplies you have on hand, and this ...
Educator Expedition: A Day in the Waddington Range
The Backpacker’s Guide to Happy Feet
10 Ways to Celebrate While in the Backcountry
13 Signs You’re Having Trouble Getting Back into City Life
Backcountry Chilling Over Oil Drilling [Book Review]
NOLS grad Maya Johnston shares the lessons she learned on a life-changing semester in the wilderness.
Confessions from the Wilderness [Interview]
NOLS Courses Are So Much Pun!
How to Keep an Epic Expedition Journal
The Ethics of Cheap: Why You Don't Need the Newest Gear
Educator Expedition: Winter Exploring
You can make your own low-cost & lightweight instant backpacking meals using items from your local grocery store.
Learn ways to protect yourself from sunburn and how to treat it
Educator Training: AIARE Avalanche 1 Course
NOLS in Solidarity with the Bomberos of Honduras
Recording Herding Songs of the Mongolian Steppe
Scott Briscoe on NOLS: It’s a Game Changer [Interview]
How to Choose Wildness Every Day
Bring your feline friend, your beclawed bestie out for an advenpurr.
Here are five tips on how to apply Leave No Trace (LNT) principles while hiking during mud season.
Educator Expedition: Avalanche Training in the Tetons
15 Signs You've Taken a Wilderness Medicine Course
Educator Expedition: Skiing Alaska’s Thompson Pass
9 Tips to Help You Deal with Homesickness
Not sure where to start with gap year planning? Check out these 8 steps to help you plan for your gap year.
Expedition Denali: Where Are They Now?
There's a lot to wonder about before a NOLS Expedition - find answers to common pre-course questions here.
Educator Expedition: A Multimodal Loop in Texas Big Bend Country
An outdoor gap year teaches you things that you would never learn in a traditional classroom.
This delicious pizza recipe works whether you're camping in your car or heading into the backcountry for a long expedition.
6 Ways to Get Ready for Your Next Expedition Now
Get ready for your next trip with these fitness guidelines
Games to Stay Entertained in Camp
There’s nothing better than enjoying a well-prepared dessert in the backcountry!
Educator Expedition: Washington Climbing, Back to Where It Began
A look back in history at the documentary 30 Days to Survival
Why My Semester Group Thrived
Even though hot drinks don't greatly affect your internal body temperature, they serve several very important purposes.
Make sure your oatmeal is never boring with these cooking and topping tips!
Get some tips on how to apply Leave No Trace principles on a backcountry expedition in the winter.
Your Favorite Posts of 2015
Reasons We Love Hot Drinks
4 Ways You Can Get Cold (And How Not To)
Here are 11 great ideas for how to get outdoors this winter.
Educator Expedition: Horsepacking through the Gros Ventre and Wind River Mountains of Wyoming
Enjoy a cookie recipe that’s easy to master and easy to make your own.
Be proactive. Check out these 7 tips for how to prevent frostbite in cold environments.
How NOLS Made Me a Better Restaurant Manager: The Northstar Cafe Story
Why Getting Outside Is Good for Students
Are you stumped about what to buy for the NOLSie in your life? Jump-start your brainstorming with this list of gifts: simple, but guaranteed to make ...
A NOLS course in India inspired this adventurer to pursue a lifetime of adventure
Get some tips on how to stay cozy and warm while sleeping outdoors on a winter camping expedition.
No Borders in the Backcountry
NOLS graduate talks about his NOLS experience, which he funded with veterans benefits through the GI Bill.
The Alps vs. American Wilderness [Interview with Curtis Bartosik, Part 2]
How an Outdoor Enthusiast Managed Two Decades in the City [Interview with Curtis Bartosik, Part 1]
Learn techniques for baking you can use to become a master backcountry baker the next time you go camping
Ways to Celebrate Halloween in the Backcountry
Photographer, engineer, and adventurer pulled out his camera to document this canoeing and backpacking expedition in Canada's remote Yukon Territory.
How to Keep Your Feet Happy on the Trail
What's in the Wilderness?
Just a few things many women already do that make them leaders in the outdoor activities they love.
The NOLS Guide to Fall Clothing
5 Tips for Planning a Great Backpacking Route
3 Delicious Breakfast Spreads [Video]
How NOLS Can Get You into College
Terrifying and Beautiful
Why Go?
Wilderness: What National Parks Are For
What To Do When You Sprain Your Ankle in the Wilderness [Video]
Working to Keep Wyoming Streams Held to Higher Standards
How to Get a Job in the Outdoor Industry
This granola is a great meal that you can make for breakfast and eat hot or put together ahead of time and eat later as a high-energy snack.
Test Your Backcountry Lightning Knowledge [Quiz]
Even though they don't taste good, food disasters do make for great stories. Here are a few disasters and how to avoid them.
Does the Lightning Position Really Keep You Safe in a Storm?
What To Do When You’re Lost in the Woods
Tips for Efficient—and Tasty—Backcountry Meals
6 Tips for Planning a U.S. National Park Road Trip
Keeping Racers "Cowboy Tough" for Four Days
Lightweight backpacking has a lot of advantages. You can travel further with the same amount of effort, and less wear on your body. It also requires ...
Get some tips from NOLS Wilderness Medicine on how to prevent, recognize, and respond to potential tick-borne illnesses in the outdoors.
4 Unusual Ingredients to Enhance Any Backcountry Recipe
Trash Stinks: Backcountry Waste Disposal
See the basic food types you need to stay healthy, well-fed, and hydrated so you have good nutrition on your next backpacking trip.
Happy Fourth of July!
In hot weather, we can enjoy the sunshine, lush wildflowers and rivers full with snowmelt. It brings to mind the need to stay hydrated.
The Mountain that Was Almost a Cloud
Right Place, Right Time, Right Education
Let's take a look at how to prevent snakebites in the first place, the signs and symptoms of various bites, and what to do if a snakebite does occur.
6 Odd Things to Bring to the Backcountry
Peter Metcalf: The Dawn