Daniel Brooks, 17, of Waynesboro, Va., recently completed a wilderness expedition traveling in the Rocky Mountains with the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS). NOLS believes people thrive when ...

The idea that wilderness trips can save the world may sound over-the-top. But given how effective backcountry adventures can be at creating leaders, it’s not as far-fetched as it sounds. Take ski ...

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--To help prepare hikers, campers and others for outdoor adventures, REI (Recreational Equipment, Inc.), today announced new Wilderness First Aid courses, available in REI ...

LANDER - Donning the knit wool cap worn by National Outdoor Leadership School founder Paul Petzoldt, NOLS board Chairman Fred Kleisner said the school has survived and thrived for 40 years. Speaking ...

The Tahoe Rim Trail Association (TRTA) is now accepting registrations for its Hybrid Wilderness First Responder (WFR) course ...

The first wilderness classes by the National Outdoor Leadership School required each student to spend four days on a walk-out in the woods without any extra food or instructors. They used the skills ...

Question: I am considering doing a course with either NOLS or Outward Bound. I’m 29 and in reasonably good shape, with some outdoor experience. I am trying to understand the differences between the ...

LANDER — The National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) has postponed the groundbreaking for its Wyss Wilderness Medicine Campus in Red Canyon scheduled Tuesda,y after NOLS course participants were ...

In Ranikhet, if you follow a tall man on a unicycle you would reach the India office of the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS). Director of the school, N. Ravi Kumar, is a rock climber and ...