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Students and community members at Luther College took a Wilderness First Aid (WFA) course, led by the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS).

Expedition Denali Completes Climb Safely, with Good Style

National Park Service and Denali National Park Support Expedition Denali

NOLS Partners with Sierra Club in Support of Veterans

NOLS Rocky Mountain Offers Local Scholarships

NOLS received a $4,000 grant from the Rocky Mountain Power Foundation to give scholarships for the Lander Valley Leadership Expedition.

The National Outdoor Leadership School offers trips, of all lengths and focuses, so you can ditch the suit and get in touch with mother nature.

Sierra Club’s Military Family & Veterans Initiative Supports Expedition Denali

After spending several days marooned in a whiteout atop a distant Alaskan mountain, 21-year-old Katiya Gombar ventured outside her tent and was immediately stunned by what she saw.

The seventh edition of the iconic NOLS Cookery won the classic category of the 2018 National Outdoor Book Awards.

In honor of 2018 Indigenous People’s Day, SNEWS recognized five indigenous leaders in the outdoor industry, including NOLS Instructor and Senior Marketing Representative Erica Nelson.

High school senior Eleanor Asma of Lake Bluff, Illinois, reflects on the importance of teamwork to her group’s success on a NOLS Wind River Wilderness course. Recognized for her leadership skills, Eleanor plans further her outdoor education with a Wilderness First Responder course this summer.

Wilderness Risk Management Conference (WRMC) presented the eighth annual Charles (Reb) Gregg Wilderness Risk Management Award in Salt Lake City, Utah.

‘Wilderness Navigation,’ Second Ed. Hits Shelves

In May 2018, Idaho Rescue Training hosted a two-day NOLS Wilderness First Aid course for Magic Valley residents.

10,000 Steps to Denali Grows Across U.S.

NOLS and Saybrook University have partnered to launch a new Master’s in Leadership program that combines online study and outdoor education. A 32-credit, three-semester program beginning in January 2019, the NOLS Saybrook MA in Leadership includes three wilderness expeditions led by NOLS.

The Wilderness Education Association gave James Mills the Paul K. Petzoldt Leadership Award at the 2016 International Conference on Outdoor Leadership.

See gift ideas for the adventurer in your life, including a NOLS expedition.

Students from the University of Texas’ Canfield Business Honors Program (BHP) reflect on an eight-day backpacking expedition with NOLS in January 2019.

Sponsors for Educational Opportunity Scholars. Taste for adventure sent him to the Talkeetna Mountains in Alaska for a 30-day backpacking trip with the National Outdoor Leadership School and helped guide him into an internship with the Nature Conservancy.