Summer Field Session

Training in Fire Lighting & Shelter Building

"I liked the practical shelter building and twig bundle collecting…" — SFS Participant

"I can't believe what I learned in one weekend." — SFS Participant

This 1-day course takes you beyond the Survival Core Seminar,emphasizing useful summer forest resources, fire lighting, shelter building, knifecraft, dealing with insects, using proper survival tools and water purification. You gain confidence in solid modern survival techniques that can be quickly applied anywhere in the Canadian wilderness. This training gives you the chance to develop and practice summer survival skills, it has a relaxed hands-on learning atmosphere. It will allow you an excellent look at the challenges of the Canadian wilderness in summer..

"The sense of accomplishment in building a shelter…was so very good…" — SFS Participant

Practical Summer Survival Skills

Participants will have the opportunity to build a summer survival shelters and learn to properly use various survival tools. Firecraft practice will be extensive and emphasize on lighting fire with natural tinder and a flint striker. Participants will build a survival shelter. The Winter Field Session and the Summer Field Session are complementary courses, each with new skills and an emphasis on fire lighting. The following points will be discussed or practiced on this course.

"Very Practical, Lots of Training, & Kept Busy." — SFS Participant

"…this is an Excellent Course to begin Wilderness Studies" — SFS Participant

Wilderness Field Session Skills

"Fire Lighting & Shelter Building was Great, Thanks" — SFS Participant