The Summit Experience - Notes from Aconcagua
Summiting Aconcagua, the tallest peak outside of Asia, is an impressive accomplishment. Learn how you can achieve this with our NOLS Alumni course!
Summiting Aconcagua, the tallest peak outside of Asia, is an impressive accomplishment. Learn how you can achieve this with our NOLS Alumni course!
A snap, hasty decision in college led me to attend NOLS. Usually a calculated person, l changed my life course in about 60 seconds.
Stretching myself right to the limit, day after day, and finding camaraderie in that challenge gave me a new sense of capacity and bravery as we ...
Come to NOLS India to explore the landscape and culture of the Himalaya. Engage with local communities while backpacking and mountaineering.
Written by Annalise Grueter and Manohar D'silva.
A line of solemn, snow-capped giants stretches across the three northernmost states in India.
These soaring peaks belong to the world’s highest mountain chain: the Himalaya.
Learn about the personal expeditions NOLS instructors undertook in the mountains, rivers, and frontcountry for professional development in 2018.
Kenyan mountain guide and medic Carol Wanjiru shares her journey on a NOLS course for East African outdoor professionals.
NOLS Instructor Willy Oppenheim describes the difficulties and exhilaration of a stunning first ascent of two peaks in Chilean Patagonia.
Your favorite photos of wilderness, friendship, and leadership from the NOLS Instagram account in 2018.
A NOLS alumni reflects on the lessons of watching a sunrise in the Himalaya Mountains.
Chilean NOLS grad Ignacio Martínez shares stories and advice from his Semester in Patagonia.
Check out a collection of stories from some of the expeditions and trainings instructors pursued in 2017 to continue growing as leaders and educators.
NOLS grad Maddy Eschholz reflects on the transferrable lessons she brought home from her outdoor semester in the Rockies.
NOLS Wilderness Medicine grad Carina Ahlqvist will be the first Scandinavian woman to summit Makalu— but that's not why she joined the 2018 Climate ...
Covered with white glaciers, Denali towers incredibly high above all the other Alaska Range peaks and the surrounding green tundra.
NOLS mountaineering grad Will Harrison shares tips on adjusting to city life and incorporating lessons learned outdoors to life at home.
3 Tips to Improve Your Outdoor Photography Game
Educator Expedition: A Day in the Waddington Range
Educator Expedition: La Patagonia Desconocida - The Unknown Patagonia
Expedition Denali: Where Are They Now?
Educator Expedition: Mountaineering in Ecuador
A NOLS course in India inspired this adventurer to pursue a lifetime of adventure
Just a few things many women already do that make them leaders in the outdoor activities they love.
In celebration of NOLS' 50th anniversary, read how the school's founder, Paul Petzoldt, trained the 10th Mountain Division before establishing NOLS.
Carolyn remembers her choice between comfort and wilderness, a life of what's easy and a life of healthy challenges.
Who Moved My Wag Bag?!
Remote and Unyielding
Terrifying and Beautiful
Interview with Expedition Denali members Rosemary Saal and Tyrhee Moore on being invited to the White House.
Educator Expedition: Entry Point to Mountaineering
Peter Metcalf: Living Big
Peter Metcalf: The Dawn
Announcing 50 Years Since First NOLS Course
Stories from an epic ski traverse of Rogers Pass
NOLS Icon: Andy Carson on Instructing in the Early Days
Educator Expedition: South Avellano Tower
NOLS Grad Nominated for 2015 Adventurer of the Year Award