Cancellations & transfers A full refund will be issued to students who cancel prior to the first day of the course. If they’ve already been added to Classroom and/or sent a Gear Guide, a $25 administrative fee will be deducted from the refunded amount. During the first 21 days of the course, students are permitted…

Since 2014 I’ve asked our guided trip clients to complete a post-trip survey to gather feedback about our guides, locations, meals, and curriculum, plus their overall satisfaction. Reviewing the results is a multi-day project but entirely worthwhile: they confirm what we’re doing right, and they give me a checklist of improvements for the following year. Naturally, we…

Meet our stellar instructor team, who guide students through our online backpacking course and pre-guided trip curriculum. Our instructors are fastidious planners, have great attention to detail and impressive backpacking resumes. Our Team: Ella Nuttelman I began working with Andrew in the summer of 2022 as the Operations Assistant.  My guiding history began in my…

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So you’ve registered and paid for the online course. Now what? Instructors To help me run this course we have Program Manager Hunter Hall, who should be your primary contact and who will be posting most of the materials; and a team of instructors — Ella Nuttelman, Mikaela Osler, Tina Currin, Jose Mendez, and Witt…