Adults

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:

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: 1-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: 1-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: 2-day overnight course where we will participate in a 24-hour survival scenario and actually apply the survival skills we have learned. Date: June 6-7, 2009. Price: $295.

Mt. Evans Volunteer Project:This 2-day 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.