The greatest thing about our Wilderness Specific Retreats is that you get two full days to focus completely upon one particular skill set. Each Wilderness Specific Retreat is designed to assist you in learning the necessary knowledge and skills of that particular skill set. This is the perfect opportunity and solution to learn specific skills like Fire Creation, Mental Mastery and others.

So look through each of the specific retreats and decide which would be the best for you right now. Even though completion of Wilderness Essentials is highly recommended prior to registration of any Wilderness Specific Retreats, you can register for any retreat you want in any order you want. So go ahead and scroll through the list of Wilderness Specific Retreats below and get and idea of what you would like to learn first.

Prepare & Prevent is designed to help you know how to make the most out of the least. We will teach you how to make your own homemade minimalist survival backpack that you get to take home with you. We strongly promote optimal conditioning Physically, Mentally, Emotionally and Spiritually at this retreat. This helps you prepare yourself to meet life’s daily and unpredictable challenges with certainty. So when you go back home you will not only take home your new pack of possessions you will now possess a solid foundation to powerfully begin the process of conditioning yourself for life; Physically, Mentally, Emotionally, and Spiritually.

Prepare & Prevent (Always in a state of readiness)

Friday – Saturday $444.00


First Things First is a great course for getting yourself back on track in life. The acronym S.T.O.P. means Stop, Think, Observe, and Plan. This is the first thing to do whenever you feel lost or stranded. First Aid will always become the first priority when injury presents itself. We teach you the process of how to deal effectively and powerfully with the “I AM LOST” scenario whether in the real wilderness or the concrete wilderness called civilization in order to ensure your survival is certain and comfortable.

First Things First (Don’t take another step just STOP)

Friday – Saturday $444.00


Mental Mastery is the absolute most important process for controlling the only 4 things you really have any control over; your thoughts, words, feelings and your actions. We call this your “TWFA’S” and learning how to control, govern, and monitor these 4 areas of self is crucial for not just survival but it gives you the edge to learn how to be grateful, happy, and much more no matter what.

Mental Mastery (Remain fact based & solution oriented)

Friday – Saturday $444.00


Navigation & Signaling is a phenomenal course with a primary focus on learning to develop and trust your instincts. Even though we teach you basic orienteering with map and compass this course is designed to teach you what to do when you don’t have a map and compass. Ground to air signals are imperative and must be memorized, so come and have a great time in the wilderness while learning these life-saving skills.

Navigation & Signaling (Get noticed & Get found)

Friday – Saturday $444.00


Shelter & Site Selection is a fun, down and dirty kind of class that is structured to assist you in the process of constructing, locating, an temporarily dwelling in an effective shelter. There are a few different methods of designing shelters, but the most important thing is keeping yourself insulated and protected from the harsh elements. Knowing how and where to find or construct shelter is an all empowering skill to learn because SHELTER is usually the first and foremost wilderness priority.

Shelter & Site Selection (Stay protected from the harsh elements)

Friday – Saturday $444.00


Water Quest is set up to help you the student know how to conserve, filter, locate and purify water. Water is the most sacred on the list, it is the life giving substance and you can’t usually go to long without it. Learning where to find it, how do conserve it, how to filter and purify it are some of the things you will learn about water. The key is to always stay hydrated.

Water Quest (Stay hydrated no matter what)

Friday – Saturday $444.00

Fire Creation has got to be the hottest course we offer. You will learn many ways of creating fire. We teach you flint and steel, bow and drill, battery and steel wool and other effective fire making skills. Fire has a spirit of it’s own and you must learn how to work with fire to get the results you want whether for companionship, warmth, cooking, making tools, or even for signaling. Come join us at the sacred fire circle and learn the temperaments of your inner fire.

Fire Creation (Stay dry, warm and protected)

Friday – Saturday $444.00


Wild Edibles & Medicines is about learning the appropriate wild edibles for food and medicine, especially for the short term. It is about understanding the psychology and physiology of how unessential food is in the short term and how essential it is to prepare for the long term. It is also about learning some basic traps and snares that can help for preparing for the long term.

Edibles & Medicines (Maximum nourishment)

Friday – Saturday $444.00