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 ...

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 ...

Over the last five decades the term “NOLS” has become synonymous with outdoor adventure. The National Outdoors Leadership School, started in 1965 by Paul Petzoldt near Lander, Wyo., now boasts 14 ...

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 ...

LANDER n- On July 7, 40 years ago, 23 students and six instructors emerged from the Wind River Mountains. Tired, sunburned and a little footsore, they were the very first of a long list of wilderness ...

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 ...

It’s a phenomenon that’s happened countless times in innumerable locales since Terri Watson took her first course with Wyoming’s National Outdoor Leadership School in 1990. She’ll be at a cocktail ...

SEATTLE, Aug. 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- REI Co-op and National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) are launching a first-of-its-kind wilderness preparedness course offering Wilderness Safety Training to ...

NOLS has about 3,000 students a year in its field-based programs, said Bruce Palmer, the school's director of admissions and marketing. He said about 230,000 students have graduated from the program ...