Backpacking

Adventure Travel

Sometimes you just want to hoist a pack on your back and set off into the wild. On Adventure Collection backpacking trips, you can explore Nepal, Bhutan, Africa, the American Southwest or a host of other destinations, in the company of expert guides and support staff who will make sure you get the most out of your experience. You’ll learn the fine art of treading softly and leaving no trace in the treasure-places you visit, and you’ll return with a stronger, surer sense of your world and of your place and possibilities in that world. Where can you go? Alaska, New Zealand, India, Wyoming, Patagonia – what’s calling you?

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  • This course is designed for 14- and 15-year-olds who want to climb a peak and guide a paddle raft all... [more]

    Duration: 28 days

    Months offered:

    • July
    • June

    Activity types:

    • Leadership Training
    • Outdoor Skills
    • Hiking
    • Backpacking
    • White Water Rafting & Kayaking
    14 & 15 year old Salmon Backpacking & Rafting
  • You'll backcountry travel through the Talkeetna Mountains or just east of Denali Natl Park while learning how to eat, sleep... [more]

    Duration: 30 days

    Months offered:

    • July
    • June

    Activity types:

    • Outdoor Skills
    • Leadership Training
    • Hiking
    • Backpacking
    16 and over Alaska Backpacking
  • You'll backcountry travel through the Talkeetna Mountains or just east of Denali Natl Park while learning how to eat, sleep... [more]

    Duration: 30 days

    Months offered:

    • July
    • June

    Activity types:

    • Outdoor Skills
    • Leadership Training
    • Hiking
    • Backpacking
    16 and over Alaska Backpacking
  • Explore some of Alaska's most rugged landscapes. You'll learn mountaineering and how to travel in harsh conditions while moving though... [more]

    Duration: 30 days

    Months offered:

    • July
    • June
    • May

    Activity types:

    • Outdoor Skills
    • Leadership Training
    • Hiking
    • Backpacking
    • Mountaineering
    17 and Over Alaska Mountaineering Course
  • The pace is gradual in the beginning, as you travel through lush, old-growth forests and tangled alder thickets, and it... [more]

    Duration: 31 days

    Months offered:

    Activity types:

    • Outdoor Skills
    • Leadership Training
    • Hiking
    • Backpacking
    • Mountaineering
    17 and over North Cascades Mountaineering
  • Travel over the rock, snow and ice of beautiful British Columbia. You'll explore glacial plateaus, long fjords & peaks encountering... [more]

    Duration: 31 days

    Months offered:

    • July
    • June

    Activity types:

    • Outdoor Skills
    • Leadership Training
    • Hiking
    • Backpacking
    • Mountaineering
    17 and Over Waddington Range Mountaineering
  • Explore some of Alaska's most rugged landscapes. You'll learn mountaineering and how to travel in harsh conditions while moving though... [more]

    Duration: 14 days

    Months offered:

    Activity types:

    • Outdoor Skills
    • Leadership Training
    • Hiking
    • Backpacking
    • Mountaineering
    23 and over Alaska Mountaineering
  • Explore some of Alaska's most rugged landscapes. You'll learn mountaineering and how to travel in harsh conditions while moving though... [more]

    Duration: 14 days

    Months offered:

    • July
    • June

    Activity types:

    • Outdoor Skills
    • Leadership Training
    • Hiking
    • Backpacking
    • Mountaineering
    23 and over Alaska Mountaineering
  • You'll learn how to live comfortably and responsibly in Alaska's Brooks Range while hiking vast arctic tundra. [more]

    Duration: 14 days

    Months offered:

    • August

    Activity types:

    • Outdoor Skills
    • Leadership Training
    • Hiking
    • Backpacking
    23 and over Brooks Range Backpacking
  • You'll learn how to live comfortably and responsibly in the backcountry while hiking over vast arctic tundra, trekking through towering... [more]

    Duration: 14 days

    Months offered:

    • August

    Activity types:

    • Outdoor Skills
    • Leadership Training
    • Hiking
    • Backpacking
    23 and over Brooks Range Backpacking
  • Where better to learn mountaineering than the N. Cascades. Travel rock, snow and ice, and develop leadership and risk management... [more]

    Duration: 17 days

    Months offered:

    • August

    Activity types:

    • Outdoor Skills
    • Leadership Training
    • Hiking
    • Backpacking
    • Mountaineering
    23 and Over North Cascades Mountaineering
  • Explore beautiful Yukon wilderness on land & water. Hike through forests and tundra, canoe down whitewater rivers and discover elusive... [more]

    Duration: 30 days

    Months offered:

    • July
    • June

    Activity types:

    • Outdoor Skills
    • Leadership Training
    • Canoeing & Sea Kayaking
    • Hiking
    • Backpacking
    30-Day Yukon Backpacking and Wilderness Canoeing
  • NOLS Absaroka Backpacking $3,575
    Hiking for 30 days through Wyoming's Absaroka Range, renown for wildlife, you'll learn to navigate with a map, cook in... [more]

    Duration: 30 days

    Months offered:

    • July
    • June
    • May

    Activity types:

    • Outdoor Skills
    • Leadership Training
    • Hiking
    • Backpacking
    Absaroka Backpacking
  • 2 disciplines in one backcountry course! Hike through Alaska's Wrangell-St. Ilias Natl Park, the Talkeetnas or the Chugach Range and... [more]

    Duration: 30 days

    Months offered:

    • July
    • June
    • May

    Activity types:

    • Outdoor Skills
    • Leadership Training
    • Canoeing & Sea Kayaking
    • Hiking
    • Backpacking
    Alaska Backpacking and Sea Kayaking
  • Develop skills to lead an expedition. Backpacking Wrangell-St. Elias Natl Park or the Taalkeetna Mtns and living in the backcountry... [more]

    Duration: 24 days

    Months offered:

    • June

    Activity types:

    • Outdoor Skills
    • Leadership Training
    • Hiking
    • Backpacking
    Alaska Outdoor Educator - Backpacking
  • Develop outdoor education skills by backpacking through Wrangell-St. Elias National Park or Taalkeetna mtns, paddling Prince William Sound and living... [more]

    Duration: 30 days

    Months offered:

    • July

    Activity types:

    • Outdoor Skills
    • Canoeing & Sea Kayaking
    • Hiking
    • Backpacking
    Alaska Outdoor Educator - Backpacking & Seakayaking
  • You'll learn how to live comfortably and responsibly in Alaska's Brooks Range while hiking vast arctic tundra and paddling the... [more]

    Duration: 40 days

    Months offered:

    • July

    Activity types:

    • Outdoor Skills
    • Leadership Training
    • White Water Rafting & Kayaking
    • Hiking
    • Backpacking
    Brooks Range Backpacking & River
  • Micato Safaris Conquering Mt. Kilimanjaro $5,340
    Breathtaking. Humbling. Unforgettable. These are just a few of the words that could be used to describe climbing one of... [more]

    Duration: 8 days

    Months offered:

    • Year Round

    Activity types:

    • Walking
    • Photography
    • Outdoor Skills
    • Mountaineering
    • Hiking
    • Climbing
    • Backpacking
    • Animals & Safari
    Conquering Mt. Kilimanjaro
  • NOLS Denali Mountaineering $7,150
    If you're a NOLS grad, consider ascending the continent's highest peak. You'll travel responsibly in the harshest of conditions while... [more]

    Duration: 34 days

    Months offered:

    • June

    Activity types:

    • Outdoor Skills
    • Leadership Training
    • Hiking
    • Backpacking
    • Mountaineering
    Denali Mountaineering
  • NOLS Fall Semester in Baja $10,925
    The most comprehensive exploration of Baja. For 78 days you'll hike mountain ranges of the peninsula, sail & kayak its... [more]

    Duration: 78 days

    Months offered:

    • September

    Activity types:

    • Outdoor Skills
    • Leadership Training
    • Canoeing & Sea Kayaking
    • Sailing & Small Boats
    • Backpacking
    Fall Semester in Baja
  • Enjoy the most comprehensive backcountry exploration of New Zealand. You may hike, canoe, kayak and sail through the Southern Alps,... [more]

    Duration: 75 days

    Months offered:

    • October
    • September

    Activity types:

    • Outdoor Skills
    • Leadership Training
    • Sailing & Small Boats
    • Canoeing & Sea Kayaking
    • Backpacking
    Fall Semester in New Zealand
  • Discover breathtaking landscapes and elusive wildlife of Patagonia by hiking & sea kayaking through rarely-traveled terrain and fjords, interacting with... [more]

    Duration: 75 days

    Months offered:

    • September

    Activity types:

    • Backpacking
    • Wilderness Medicine
    • Canoeing & Sea Kayaking
    • Climbing
    • Mountaineering
    Fall Semester in Patagonia
  • Depending on the season, you might hike, ski, paddle & climb through Wyoming, Utah, Idaho, Nevada & S. Dakota while... [more]

    Duration: 87 days

    Months offered:

    • September
    • August

    Activity types:

    • White Water Rafting & Kayaking
    • Wilderness Medicine
    • Mountaineering
    • Climbing
    • Backpacking
    Fall Semester in the Rockies
  • Backpack New Mexico's historic Gila Range, with canyons previously inhabited by Mimbres & Apache cultures, snow-covered peaks and elusive wildlife,... [more]

    Duration: 30 days

    Months offered:

    • April

    Activity types:

    • Outdoor Skills
    • Leadership Training
    • Hiking
    • Backpacking
    Gila Range Backpacking
  • NOLS Himalaya Backpacking $5,860
    Discover India. Hike through the valleys, mountain passes and peaks of the Kumaon region, learn backcountry basics, practice Leave No... [more]

    Duration: 35 days

    Months offered:

    • September
    • May
    • April

    Activity types:

    • Outdoor Skills
    • Hiking
    • Backpacking
    Himalaya Backpacking
  • Explore N. India's rugged, beautiful backcountry. You'll interact with local communities, practice responsible travel and learn to plan & lead... [more]

    Duration: 40 days

    Months offered:

    • September
    • April

    Activity types:

    • Outdoor Skills
    • Leadership Training
    • Hiking
    • Backpacking
    • Mountaineering
    Himalaya Mountaineering
  • You and fellow 14 & 15-year-olds cook, camp, sleep, navigate & work as a team while backpacking through the Wyoming... [more]

    Duration: 14 days

    Months offered:

    • July
    • June

    Activity types:

    • Leadership Training
    • Outdoor Skills
    • Hiking
    • Backpacking
    Idaho Backpacking Adventure for 14 and 15 year olds only
  • Cook, sleep, lead, foster teamwork and practice Leave No Trace principles while hiking through Idaho's Beaverheads and/or Lemhi ranges and... [more]

    Duration: 28 days

    Months offered:

    • July
    • June

    Activity types:

    • Leadership Training
    • Outdoor Skills
    • Hiking
    • Backpacking
    • White Water Rafting & Kayaking
    Idaho Backpacking and Rafting
  • Explore Wyoming's wilderness with minimal gear. After stuffing your pack with the lightest, barest essentials, you'll travel quickly through beautiful... [more]

    Duration: 14 days

    Months offered:

    • August
    • July

    Activity types:

    • Outdoor Skills
    • Leadership Training
    • Hiking
    • Backpacking
    Light and Fast Backpacking
  • Learn to fly fish in backcountry Wyoming. After developing fishing skills in a two-day seminar, you'll put them to use... [more]

    Duration: 30 days

    Months offered:

    • July
    • June

    Activity types:

    • Leadership Training
    • Outdoor Skills
    • Hiking
    • Backpacking
    • Fishing
    NOLS/Orvis Fly Fishing Course
  • Discover backcountry Washington! Youll travel through Olympic Nat'l Park or the Pasayten Wilderness while learning to eat, sleep and lead... [more]

    Duration: 31 days

    Months offered:

    • July
    • June
    • May

    Activity types:

    • Outdoor Skills
    • Leadership Training
    • Hiking
    • Backpacking
    Pacific Northwest Backpacking
  • On this outdoor educator course you’ll get a variety of skills - backpacking, mountaineering and rock climbing - and experience... [more]

    Duration: 24 days

    Months offered:

    • July
    • June

    Activity types:

    • Leadership Training
    • Outdoor Skills
    • Hiking
    • Backpacking
    • Mountaineering
    Pacific Northwest Outdoor Educator Mountaineering
  • Develop the skills to lead your own expedition. You'll observe the beautiful landscapes and elusive wildlife of Washington while learning... [more]

    Duration: 9 days

    Months offered:

    • August
    • June

    Activity types:

    • Outdoor Skills
    • Leadership Training
    • Hiking
    • Backpacking
    Pacific Northwest Trip Leader
  • Hike and fly fish in rugged, beautiful, untouched Chile. You'll travel through Patagonia's Aisen region and learn to fly fish... [more]

    Duration: 14 days

    Months offered:

    • February

    Activity types:

    • Leadership Training
    • Outdoor Skills
    • Hiking
    • Backpacking
    • Fishing
    Patagonia Backpacking and Flyfishing
  • Explore Chile's rugged, beautiful icefields. You'll learn the techniques of glacier mountaineering and heavy-weather camping and discover ecosystems while living... [more]

    Duration: 34 days

    Months offered:

    • January

    Activity types:

    • Leadership Training
    • Outdoor Skills
    • Hiking
    • Backpacking
    • Mountaineering
    Patagonia Mountaineering
  • NOLS Rock Climbing $3,765
    With climbing techniques, rope systems, anchors, rappelling, belaying, risk management, protective placement and the skills to travel safely in the... [more]

    Duration: 21 days

    Months offered:

    • July

    Activity types:

    • Outdoor Skills
    • Leadership Training
    • Backpacking
    • Hiking
    • Climbing
    Rock Climbing
  • Season depending, you might hike, ski, paddle and climb in Wyoming, Utah, Idaho, Nevada & S. Dakota while learning to... [more]

    Duration: 86 days

    Months offered:

    • September

    Activity types:

    • White Water Rafting & Kayaking
    • Wilderness Medicine
    • Mountaineering
    • Climbing
    • Backpacking
    Rocky Mountain Gap Year Semester
  • Pursue a career in outdoor ed! Learning to eat, sleep, guide, manage risks, foster teamwork and teach everything from natural... [more]

    Duration: 23 days

    Months offered:

    • September
    • July
    • June

    Activity types:

    • Outdoor Skills
    • Leadership Training
    • Climbing
    • Hiking
    • Backpacking
    Rocky Mountain Outdoor Educator Course-Backpack & Rock Climb
  • Learning to live, guide, manage risks, foster teamwork & teach while trekking through backcountry Wyoming is the best way to... [more]

    Duration: 30 days

    Months offered:

    • September
    • July
    • June

    Activity types:

    • Outdoor Skills
    • Leadership Training
    • Wilderness Medicine
    • Hiking
    • Backpacking
    Rocky Mountain Outdoor Educator Course - WFR
  • Become an expert outdoor educator. After traveling through varied terrain, learning myriad skills, earning backcountry certifications and developing teaching tools,... [more]

    Duration: 94 days

    Months offered:

    • September
    • February

    Activity types:

    • Leadership Training
    • White Water Rafting & Kayaking
    • Wilderness Medicine
    • Climbing
    • Backpacking
    Rocky Mountain Outdoor Educator Semester
  • In some of the secluded corners of this wild continent, there are places where humans rarely tread—isolated, hypnotic havens where... [more]

    Duration: 14 days

    Months offered:

    • Year Round

    Activity types:

    • Walking
    • Sight-Seeing
    • Outdoor Skills
    • Hiking
    • Culture, History & Ruins
    • Climbing
    • Backpacking
    • Animals & Safari
    Seldom Seen Africa - On foot, camel or horseback
  • NOLS Semester in Alaska $9,975
    After honing skills and leadership for 75 days at NOLS Alaska - sea kayaking, backpacking and glacial mountaineering - you... [more]

    Duration: 75 days

    Months offered:

    • June
    • May

    Activity types:

    • Canoeing & Sea Kayaking
    • Backpacking
    • Mountaineering
    Semester in Alaska
  • NOLS Semester in India $12,900
    You'll hike the Pindari and Milam (Johar) valleys, raft down the Ganges, become Wilderness First Aid certified, and discover the... [more]

    Duration: 80 days

    Months offered:

    • August
    • March

    Activity types:

    • Leadership Training
    • Outdoor Skills
    • White Water Rafting & Kayaking
    • Backpacking
    Semester in India
  • NOLS Semester in the Amazon $13,250
    Enjoy the most comprehensive exploration of the Amazon. You'll hike and canoe through one of the world's most diverse ecosystems... [more]

    Duration: 80 days

    Months offered:

    • September

    Activity types:

    • Canoeing & Sea Kayaking
    • Outdoor Skills
    • Leadership Training
    • Wilderness Medicine
    • Backpacking
    Semester in the Amazon
  • Enjoy the most comprehensive exploration of the Pacific NW. For 77 days you'll hike, climb and sail your way through... [more]

    Duration: 77 days

    Months offered:

    • September
    • August

    Activity types:

    • Wilderness Medicine
    • Leadership Training
    • Outdoor Skills
    • Sailing & Small Boats
    • Climbing
    • Backpacking
    Semester in the Pacific Northwest
  • NOLS Semester in the Yukon $9,450
    Enjoy the most comprehensive exploration of the Yukon. For 76 days you'll learn to live safely and comfortably in the... [more]

    Duration: 76 days

    Months offered:

    • June

    Activity types:

    • Outdoor Skills
    • Leadership Training
    • White Water Rafting & Kayaking
    • Backpacking
    • Mountaineering
    Semester in the Yukon
  • Explore the Southwest and Pacific Northwest: you'll hike, kayak, climb & sail the beautiful boundary territory while earning backcountry certifications... [more]

    Duration: 86 days

    Months offered:

    • February

    Activity types:

    • Wilderness Medicine
    • Canoeing & Sea Kayaking
    • Sailing & Small Boats
    • Climbing
    • Backpacking
    Semester on the Borders
  • Enjoy the most comprehensive backcountry exploration of Australia. You may canoe, sea kayak and hike through the Drysdale River, Dampier... [more]

    Duration: 75 days

    Months offered:

    • March

    Activity types:

    • Outdoor Skills
    • Leadership Training
    • Backpacking
    • White Water Rafting & Kayaking
    • Canoeing & Sea Kayaking
    Spring Semester in Australia
  • The most comprehensive exploration of Baja. For 78 days you'll hike mountain ranges of the peninsula, sail & kayak its... [more]

    Duration: 78 days

    Months offered:

    • January

    Activity types:

    • Outdoor Skills
    • Leadership Training
    • Canoeing & Sea Kayaking
    • Sailing & Small Boats
    • Backpacking
    Spring Semester in Baja
  • Enjoy the most comprehensive backcountry exploration of New Zealand. You may hike, canoe, kayak and sail through the Southern Alps,... [more]

    Duration: 75 days

    Months offered:

    • February
    • January

    Activity types:

    • Outdoor Skills
    • Leadership Training
    • Sailing & Small Boats
    • Canoeing & Sea Kayaking
    • Backpacking
    Spring Semester in New Zealand
  • Discover Patagonia's breathtaking landscapes and wildlife: hike and sea kayak through rarely-traveled terrain & fjords, interacting with locals, earning wilderness... [more]

    Duration: 75 days

    Months offered:

    • February
    • January

    Activity types:

    • Backpacking
    • Wilderness Medicine
    • Canoeing & Sea Kayaking
    • Climbing
    • Mountaineering
    Spring Semester in Patagonia
  • Enjoy the most comprehensive exploration of the Rockies.You can hike, ski, paddle and climb your way through Wyoming, Utah, Idaho,... [more]

    Duration: 87 days

    Months offered:

    • March
    • February

    Activity types:

    • Wilderness Medicine
    • White Water Rafting & Kayaking
    • Climbing
    • Mountaineering
    • Backpacking
    Spring Semester in the Rockies
  • Enjoy the most comprehensive exploration of the Rockies. Depending on the season, you might hike, ski, paddle & climb your... [more]

    Duration: 68 days

    Months offered:

    • June

    Activity types:

    • White Water Rafting & Kayaking
    • Wilderness Medicine
    • Mountaineering
    • Climbing
    • Backpacking
    Summer Semester in the Rockies
  • Explore the glaciers, snowfields & rocks of Wyoming. While safely traversing difficult terrain, like 13,804-foot Gannett Peak, you'll learn climbing... [more]

    Duration: 30 days

    Months offered:

    • July
    • June

    Activity types:

    • Outdoor Skills
    • Leadership Training
    • Hiking
    • Backpacking
    • Mountaineering
    Wind River Mountaineering
  • Hiking for 30 days through Wyoming, you'll learn to navigate with a map, cook in the backcountry, rock climb, fly... [more]

    Duration: 30 days

    Months offered:

    • July
    • June

    Activity types:

    • Outdoor Skills
    • Leadership Training
    • Fishing
    • Climbing
    • Backpacking
    Wind River Wilderness, 16 and 17 only
  • Hiking through Wyoming, you'll learn to navigate with a map, cook in the backcountry, rock climb, fly fish and lead... [more]

    Duration: 30 days

    Months offered:

    • July
    • June
    • May

    Activity types:

    • Outdoor Skills
    • Leadership Training
    • Fishing
    • Climbing
    • Backpacking
    Wind River Wilderness, 16 and Over
  • Hiking through Wyoming's Wind River Mountains, you'll learn to navigate with a map, cook in the backcountry, rock climb, fly... [more]

    Duration: 14 days

    Months offered:

    • September
    • August
    • July

    Activity types:

    • Outdoor Skills
    • Leadership Training
    • Fishing
    • Climbing
    • Backpacking
    Wind River Wilderness, 23 and over
  • Don't wait to pursue an interest in the outdoors! Explore beautiful Wyoming while honing backcountry map, cooking, hiking, fishing, climbing,... [more]

    Duration: 30 days

    Months offered:

    • July
    • June

    Activity types:

    • Outdoor Skills
    • Leadership Training
    • Hiking
    • Backpacking
    Wyoming Backpacking Adventure for 14-15 yr. olds
  • NOLS Year in Patagonia $23,000
    In the most comprehensive course NOLS offers, you'll spend 135 days hiking, climbing, sea kayaking, learning Spanish, leading a student... [more]

    Duration: 135 days

    Months offered:

    • October

    Activity types:

    • Outdoor Skills
    • Leadership Training
    • Canoeing & Sea Kayaking
    • Backpacking
    • Mountaineering
    Year in Patagonia
  • NOLS Year in the Sonoran $19,500
    In this comprehensive immersion of the Sonoran Desert, you'll hike, kayak & climb through the Cochise Mtns, Galiuro and Gila... [more]

    Duration: 135 days

    Months offered:

    • October

    Activity types:

    • Outdoor Skills
    • Leadership Training
    • Canoeing & Sea Kayaking
    • Climbing
    • Backpacking
    Year in the Sonoran
  • NOLS Yukon Backpacking $3,250
    Explore rugged Yukon wilderness: learn to travel responsibly in the backcountry and discover the tundra, permafrost, rivers, midnight sun, bear... [more]

    Duration: 27 days

    Months offered:

    • July
    • June

    Activity types:

    • Outdoor Skills
    • Leadership Training
    • Hiking
    • Backpacking
    Yukon Backpacking
  • After backpacking through mountains of NE Whitehorse, paddling down the Hyland, Wolf or S. MacMillan rivers, and being safe &... [more]

    Duration: 30 days

    Months offered:

    • July
    • June

    Activity types:

    • Outdoor Skills
    • Leadership Training
    • Hiking
    • Backpacking
    • White Water Rafting & Kayaking
    Yukon Outdoor Educator - Backpacking & Whitewater Canoeing
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