Teen Wilderness Skills Camp

Teen Wilderness Skills Camp
Course Details:
Dates: Mon-Fri, Aug 11-15, 2025
Times: 9:30am-3:30pm each day
Location: Monroe, WA
Instructors: Jason Knight, Georgie Lilgreen, & Jeremy Cobb
Cost: $397
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Teens (ages 13 to 18) can spend five days immersed in studying outdoor survival skills! Wilderness skills not only provide valuable tools that can be life-saving in the outdoors, but also teach concepts needed in the event of a natural disaster. Survival skills enhance our relationship with the natural world and connect us with our ancestral roots.

This course includes detailed instruction and hands-on experience with:

Class days are full of activities and instruction. Students construct a variety of survival tools to take home. Through this course, students also gain a deeper appreciation for nature while growing their teamwork and naturalist skills.

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Testimonial:

"Alderleaf's instructors are a wonderful resource. We're so fortunate to have them. I was able to create the tools for making fire, purifying water, even making a survival shelter. I came here thinking I would see experts demonstrate advanced skills in wild crafting. I never thought I personally would experience the kind of success I did; making fire for the first time is awe inspiring. Thank you!"
- Course Participant

Instructor Bios:

Jason Knight is dedicated to helping people learn wilderness survival skills. He is a co-founder of Alderleaf and is the author of "The Essential Skills of Wilderness Survival". Since 1997 Jason has taught thousands of people of all ages. He has also consulted as a local wilderness skills expert for the Discovery Channel and has been featured on NPR. Jason is certified as a Senior Wildlife Tracker through CyberTracker Conservation International and holds a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Education from The Evergreen State College. Jason has managed mountain lion studies for the Washington State Department of Fish & Wildlife and assisted with gray wolf research in central Idaho. He contributed photos to the field guide "Wildlife of the Pacific Northwest" and conducted fieldwork for the book "Tracks & Sign of Reptiles & Amphibians". Jason also enjoys spending time with his family and playing guitar.

Georgie Lilgreen has taught youth and adult courses at Alderleaf for over a decade. She also teaches at Bastyr University. Georgie is certified in permaculture design and holds a Level II Track & Sign Certificate through CyberTracker Conservation. Georgie’s passion is in ethnobotany, survival skills, and teaching others how to be good stewards of the land. She is a Tlingit Indian, born in Ketchikan, Alaska, and belongs to the Saxman Tribe. She was raised in the Haida village of Kasaan on Prince of Wales Island. There were no stores, hospitals, roads, or even electricity. Living off the land was the way of life. She was taught how to use what was available to her and watched her elders use plants for food and medicine. Georgie still prefers to live off the land as much as possible today. She is a graduate of both the Alderleaf Wilderness Certification Program and the Wilderness Instructor Apprenticeship, and loves the outdoors.

Jeremy Cobb has been teaching youth and adult classes at Alderleaf for over a decade. He also runs Quiet Heart Wilderness School in Edmonds. Jeremy grew up playing, hunting, and fishing in the woods around his parents’ farm in Northeast Ohio. He continued his passion for wilderness skills throughout his travels as a professional chef in Kentucky, Arizona, and California. After almost twenty years as a chef, Jeremy moved to Washington to study at Alderleaf Wilderness College. During that time, he received certifications in Wilderness Education and Ecology, Instructor Apprenticeship, Permaculture Design, the McConnell Trailing Apprenticeship, and Flaked Stone Tool Technologies at A.I.N.W. He is currently knapping, practicing skills, teaching, and received a BS in Anthropology with a minor in American Indian Studies and a Forensics Certificate from Central Washington University in 2023.

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