The National Outdoor Leadership School, better known as NOLS, is hosting two classes this Wintermester at the University of Nevada, Reno at Lake Tahoe geared at outdoor enthusiasts or anyone ...

A few years ago, I was leading a hiking trip in a national park when one client and a team leader sled down from the park’s tallest sand dune (a common, typically enjoyable activity in the park). But ...

I took my first WFA course about 15 years ago, recertified five years ago, and this month, I took the course again. Offered by National Outdoor Leadership School (a nonprofit global wilderness school) ...

Sara Goulden was freezing to death, literally. Her vital signs were weak, she was drifting into unconsciousness and she had stopped shivering — all symptoms of severe hypothermia. Snow blanketed the ...

Longleaf Wilderness Medicine based in Sandpoint, Idaho, also offers wilderness first aid and first responder trainings. Longleaf will offer a two-day Wilderness first aid course in Spokane Oct. 1 ...

MOILNE -- Sign up for the American Red Cross Wilderness First Aid class! Participants will learn to prevent injuries in wilderness areas, respond to emergencies in delayed help situations, proper ...