This trip is by far the most prestigious trip we offer at Wilderness Adventure at Eagle Landing.
The ultimate adventure for those seeking to reach a new level in outdoor leadership!
While traveling through some of Virginia and West Virginia’s premier adventure and recreation areas, you will enjoy our most popular adventure activities while completing instructional sessions in outdoor leadership.
Among the leadership classes included are: First Aid and CPR certification, Leave No Trace certificate, belay training, and basic trail-work techniques. As you assume a greater level of responsibility within the group, your leadership skills will improve and your group will continue to grow as a team. Group leaders use both formal and informal discussions to help you discover the qualities and traits needed to develop successful leadership skills.
Along the way you’ll participate in challenging and exciting adventure activities including mountain biking, white-water kayaking, and sea kayaking along the New River, backpacking through the Blue Ridge Mountains, and rock climbing and white-water rafting in the New River Gorge of West Virginia. While in the New River Gorge area we do a Service Project in association with the New River Alliance of Climbers & the National Park Service.
Becoming a leader: The second two weeks of the Wilderness Leadership Course the participants take control of their trip and become the leaders. While trading off being leaders of the day the will get to put their new found skills to the test. They will also design and create their entire second two week menu allowing them to perfect their back country cooking skills. As the leaders of the trip they will be responsible for motivating the other members of the group, organizing the daily activities, overseeing safety procedures, making menu decisions, and all other small daily decisions. Many of our staff members and apprentices have gone through this course and it inspired their love of the outdoors and molded them into the leaders they are today.
Join us for this amazing 28-day adventure!
Included Activities: tent camping, backpacking, white-water rafting, mountain biking, sea and white water kayaking, community service projects, rock climbing and rappelling, belay training, 900′ zip line, swift water canoeing, teambuilding & group dynamics workshops, CPR first aid, & more.
Click here for our full list of Summer 2010 dates and tuition.
WLC TRIP 2010 SET TO GO: June 20th-July 17th
NEW 2010 DATE ADDED (Will only run with a minimum of 6 participants): July 4th-31st
This is the first year that we have ever had enough interest to add an additional WLC date!
FULL PRICE TUITION: $3, 895
“I led Wilderness Adventure at Eagle Landing’s first Wilderness Leadership Course. The trip was designed for participants with outdoor experience wanting to learn more backcountry leadership skills. During those four weeks I saw the participants discover their potential through team-teaching classes on outdoor ethics, acting as leaders for a day, and taking on added responsibilities within the group. It was exciting to see each group member gain more confidence in their leadership skills individually and learn how to be a strong member of a team. One of our participants later told me that not a day goes by that he doesn’t think about his experience on this course. That’s the kind of impact that the Wilderness Leadership Course has on its participants each summer.”
Meg Modisett
Director of Programs (2003)
