International Mountain Climbing School, located in nearby North Conway, NH, provides training in climbing and guiding. American Avalanche Insitute, out of Wilson, Wy, provides training in all aspects of snow analysis and backcountry avalanche forecasting. Outdoor Leadership Training Seminars, headed by Dr. Rick Medrick, provides semester long courses focusing on hard and soft skills in outdoor pursuits. Northern Vermont - areas surrounding the campus provide the forests, hills, mountains, lakes and streams in our own back yard with ample opportunities for honing leave no trace, hiking, climbing, skiing, and water activities. New Hampshire's White Mountains provide hiking and climbing just a little over an hour away.
Additional waterways abound.
New York has the Adirondak Mountains and surrounding waterways which provide another place for hiking, climbing, and water activities just two hours west of campus. Beyond New England are the many places which students go for internships and independent study. These have included NOLS, Outward Bound, SCA, USFS, NPS, BLM and all the geographical locations associated with them. Students have also gone to New Zealand, Australia, and South America. The limitations are only in ones' imagination.