Excursion Trips
Several of NWC courses offer travel opportunities to Northwest students. Backpacking trips to Yellowstone National Park and surrounding National Forest areas are scheduled each fall. In the spring, backpacking and river trips go to the Desert Southwest. World class natural resources in our area provide access to wild caves, white water rivers, rock and ice climbing and wilderness. In addition, many Adventure Education events are conducted on Challenge Course facilities located on campus and at the A.L. Mickelson Field Station, a remote laboratory located in the Absaroka Mountains west of campus.
Be sure to check the new Outdoor Education Blog for more current and recent events happening within the Outdoor Education and Recreation Leadership Program. www.northwestoutdoored.blogspot.com
The Recreation Equipment Co-op provides an in-house outfitting service that enables our students to take full advantage of their Physical Education classes.
Past trips include:
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Backpacking around Beartooth Lake and Mt. Helen, WY
The Fall 04' Outdoor Living Skills: Mountain classes headed up into the wilderness near Beartooth Lake and the Big Horn Mountains to Lake Helen. |
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Canyon hiking in Road Canyon, UT
During the 2004 spring break, a group of students took a trip to the canyons of Utah to explore remote locations and look back on the ancient times and peoples of the area. |
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Sea kayaking in the Puget Sound, WA
"YEAH, Spring Break 2005" could be heard in Victoria, Canada this March as 9 students took the voyage to Puget Sound to try their hands at sea kayaking. |
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Whitewater Rafting, Desolation/Grays Canyon, Green River, UT
The summer of 2006, the River Guide Skills class spent six days rafting the Green River in UT through Desolation/Grays Canyon. |
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Rock Climbing and Hiking in Moab, Utah
This winter, Northwest College had it first "Intersession". A two week short semester before the start of the spring semester. During this time, several students took the oppertunity to head down to Moab, Utah for the OEAC 1100 Outdoor Living Skills: Desert class. |
Please send me information regarding the Outdoor Education & Recreation Leadership Program.
More information is available by calling Keith McCallister at 307.754-6115 on the campus of Northwest College in Powell, Wyoming, or inquire by e-mail at keith.mccallister@northwestcollege.edu.
