Wilderness Survival Winter Field Session

Take the best Wilderness Winter Survival Training in Canada

Expertly Taught Winter Survival Training in Fire Lighting & Shelter Building

"The chance to build my own Supershelter was great…" — WSWFS Participant

Winter survival in the Canadian Wilderness is a challenge that can be overcome with the right training, techniques, and practice. The Wilderness Survival Winter Field Session (WSWFS) has a relaxed hands-on learning atmosphere, giving you a chance to develop and practice the wilderness survival skills discussed in the Wilderness Survival Core Seminar. The WSWFS takes you beyond the classroom allowing you to gain confidence in proper modern wilderness survival techniques that can be quickly applied in the Canadian Wilderness.

"I enjoyed sitting in a Survival Shelter in temperatures below -30° and not even needing a sleeping bag to keep warm." — WSWFS Participant
Survival Fire Building a 15-minute Saw Raised Bed Supershelter Signal Fire
"I would recommend anyone that spends their time in the outdoors to take this weekend." — WSWFS Participant

This Winter its time to learn relevant Modern Wilderness Survival Skills

This expertly taught modern wilderness survival course gives you the chance to develop and practice winter survival skills, in a relaxed hands-on learning atmosphere. The WSWFS also allow you an excellent look at the challenges of the winter forest and the survival techniques need to survive in it. In the Wilderness Survival Winter Field Session the emphasis will be on living comfortably in winter, boreal forest resources, shelter building, fire lighting, and knifecraft. Fire Lighting practice will be extensive and emphasize will be on lighting fire with natural tinder and a striker.

"…talks about the task, then does the task, then gives you the time to complete the task…" — WSWFS Participant
Survival Lean-to Two Person Supershelter Using a Striker to Light a Fire Sawing Wood
"Highly trained guides and a great opportunity to practice survival skills in a wilderness environment." — WSWFS Participant

Wilderness Survival Winter Field Session Skills


Knifecraft

  • Selecting a good Survival Knife
  • Basic Knife Handling
  • Construct a Sharpening Board
  • Knife Sharpening

Survival Tools

  • Build a Baton
  • Build a 15 Minute Saw
  • Basic Notches
  • Useful Knots

Fire Lighting

  • Artificial and Natural Tinder's
  • Fire Lighting Aids
  • Lighting a Fire with a Striker
  • Twig Bundles
  • Survival Twig Bundles
  • Building a Survival Fire
  • Getting a Fire started
  • Keeping a Fire burning
  • Selection of Proper Wood
  • Cooking Cranes
  • Cooking with a Survival fire

The Boreal Forest

  • Trees of the Boreal Forest
  • Useful plants of the Winter Forest
  • Identification of Aspect / Slope
  • Best Survival Camp Locations

Shelter Building

  • Selection of Winter Survival Shelters
  • Improvised Shelters
  • Supershelter
  • Survival Lean-to
  • Build a Bough Bed
  • Build a 2 Person Survival Shelter
  • Winter Camping Techniques

Signal Fire (Group Project)

  • Signal Fire Twig Bundle
  • Build a Signal Fire
  • Lighting a Signal Fire
"I enjoyed all aspects of the course." — WSWFS Participant

Course Registration Information

Next WSWFS Starts Friday March 2nd

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