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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

LANDER - Donning the knit wool cap worn by National Outdoor Leadership School founder Paul Petzoldt, NOLS board Chairman Fred Kleisner said the school has survived and thrived for 40 years. Speaking ...

The first wilderness classes by the National Outdoor Leadership School required each student to spend four days on a walk-out in the woods without any extra food or instructors. They used the skills ...

Question: I am considering doing a course with either NOLS or Outward Bound. I’m 29 and in reasonably good shape, with some outdoor experience. I am trying to understand the differences between the ...

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 ...