The courses serve as the catalyst to bring out personal strengths and develop new ones. Trails' curriculum emphasizes backcountry safety, minimum impact camping skills, natural history, wilderness leadership, and basic outdoor skills proficiency. Program Offerings Trails offers a variety of programs, from which students can choose the one that best meets their sense of fun and adventure. Activities include rock climbing, whitewater rafting and kayaking, canoeing, backpacking, skiing, snowboarding, glacier travel, ice climbing, mountaineering, surfing, and sea kayaking. Whether the student is a beginner or an experienced backpacker, the expeditions allow everyone the opportunity to experience the outdoors at his or her own pace.
Professional guides teach and lead climbing, rafting, kayaking, and mountaineering sections.
Trails is known for its in-depth, individualized instruction. Wyoming Wyoming courses begin in Jackson Hole at The Trails Wilderness School facility in Grand Teton National Park. Towering mountain peaks, high alpine meadows, and rushing white water rivers are just the beginning of the natural wonders students experience. The Snowboarding and Skiing Course offers expert instruction from experienced staff members on Wyoming slopes. The Wilderness Course offers four weeks of challenging fun.