Course Schedule

Student Courses: 13 - 18 years old

Get out of the house this summer for an unforgettable adventure with the Cottonwood Institute. During our 7-day courses, you will practice cool survival skills, meet new people, and tackle local environmental issues to help change the world! Click Here to download a copy of our 2009 Summer Course Schedule.

To register for this course, please click the Register For A Course Today! link or call us at 303.447.1076. Scholarships are available.

Wildland Firefighter Project: 7-day summer course for 10th, 11th, and 12th graders to practice wildland firefighter training, wilderness survival skills, and fire mitigation Action Projects. Date: June 13 - 19, 2009. Location: Near Buena Vista, Colorado. Ages: 15 - 18. Price: $895.

Horse Caretaker Project: 7-day summer course for 8th, 9th, and 10th graders to go horseback riding, practice wilderness survival skills, and complete horse caretaker Action Projects. Date: June 24 - 30, 2009. Location: Nederland, Colorado. Ages: 13 - 16. Price: $995.

Stone Age Survival Project: 7-day summer course for 10th, 11th, and 12th graders to practice stone age survival skills, wilderness survival skills, and complete organic gardening and sustainable building Action Projects. Date: July 8 - 14, 2009. Location: Crestone, Colorado. Ages: 15 - 18. Price: $995.

Endangered Wolves and Animal Tracking Project: 7-day summer course for 8th, 9th, and 10th graders to learn about endangered wolves, practice wilderness survival skills and animal tracking, and complete wolf caretaker Action Projects. Date: July 18 - 24, 2009. Location: Near Gardner, Colorado. Ages: 13 - 16. Price: $895.

Mountain Biking Survival Project: 7-day summer course for 10th, 11th, and 12th graders to mountain bike, practice wilderness survival skills, and complete mountain biking trail building and maintenance Action Projects. Date: August 1 - 7, 2009. Location: Near Nederland, Colorado. Ages 15 - 18. Price: $995.

To register for this course, please click the Register For A Course Today! link or call us at 303.447.1076. Scholarships are available.

Adult Courses: Average Age 33 years old

The Cottonwood Institute is excited to offer 1-2 day survival workshops for adults to practice winter survival, survival shelters, survival fires, and an opportunity to apply those skills during an overnight trip. Below, you will find more information about several courses we are offering in Colorado this year. Click Here to download a copy of our 2009 Survival Workshop Schedule for Adults.

To register for a course, please click the Register For A Course Today! link or call us at 303.447.1076.

Winter Survival Skills Workshop: 1-day workshop where we will practice winter survival skills, winter survival priorities, quinzhee snow shelters, snow trench, winter fires, and winter survival scenarios.Dates: January 24, 2009 and March 14, 2009. Price: $100.

Survival Shelter Workshop: One day workshop where we will practice survival scenarios, survival priorities, survival kits, pine needle shelters, lean-to shelters, and debris shelters.Date: May 9, 2009. Price: $100.

Survival Fire Workshop: One day workshop where we will practice survival scenarios, survival priorities, survival kits, survival fires, 1-match fires, striker and cotton ball fires, and friction fire.Date: May 23, 2009. Price: $100.

Essential Survival Skills Overnight: Two day overnight course where we will participate in a 24-hour survival scenario and actually apply the survival skills we have learned. SO-1 Dates: June 6-7, 2009. SO-2 Dates: June 20 - 21, 2009. Price: $295.

Mt. Evans Volunteer Project:This weekend project is a free volunteer opportunity hosted by the Cottonwood Institute to walk our talk and give back to the mountains each summer.Date: August 21 - 23, 2009. Price: Free!

To register for a course, please click the Register For A Course Today! link or call us at 303.447.1076.