NOLS - Yukon Backpacking

  Canada

• All Other Areas in Canada: 
Whitehorse

Term: Summer 
Dates: June 30-July 26, 2009

Description: Roam free and fully experience the Yukon's magnificent and trail-less wilderness of forest, tundra, permafrost and stunning open mountain travel. You'll explore and learn in the Yukon's wild and remote un-named mountain ranges, where you'll climb far above tree line for awe-inspiring views and hike on open tundra, sharing the view with grazing caribou.

This landscape is the perfect training ground for mastering camping and traveling skills, especially in bear country, as well as developing leadership skills and teamwork.

You'll also enjoy fantastic, untapped fly and spin fishing, in wild rivers flowing with the cleanest water you can find and land few have ever experienced. Hiking here can be hard work, but the rewards are worth the effort.

After just 27 days, you'll come home with the skills and know-how to lead your own backpacking trips, although you'll always long for the freedom of the Yukon.

Highlights: This landscape is the perfect training ground for mastering camping and traveling skills, especially in bear country, as well as developing leadership skills and teamwork.

College Credit:
(Optional)         

4 Semester Credit Hours:
2 Hours Environmental Ethics
2 Hours Leadership Techniques

Degree Level: Bachelors Degree (Undergraduate)

Cost in US$: $3,250

Experience Required: no

This Program is open to Worldwide Participants.

Participants Travel to Canada Independently

Typically Participants Work in Groups

Scholarships are Available. Each year NOLS offers over $800,000 dollars in scholarship assistance. Scholarship aid is available to applicants who show great potential to excel as NOLS students and who would be unable to attend without financial aid. These scholarship dollars are made available through the generosity of alumni and friends to the NOLS Fund. Our graduates realize the great impact a NOLS education has and volunteer both time and money to further the school's mission.

Application Process Involves:

• Phone Interview
• Physical Exam/Health Records
• Written Application

Post Services Include:

• Alumni Network
• Exit Debriefing Abroad
• Job and Internship Network

NOLS The National Outdoor Leadership School's Mission Statement: The mission of the National Outdoor Leadership School is to be the leading source and teacher of wilderness skills and leadership that serve people and the environment.

Year Founded: 1965