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5 Day Outdoor Survival Skills Intermediate 201 course at The Survival University with hands-on training in fire, shelter, tools, and wilderness skills.
Group of students working together to lash poles and secure a log during a wilderness survival course at The Survival University, surrounded by forest shelters and tents
Participant sitting on the ground in a forest camp, smiling while carving fuzz sticks with a fixed-blade knife during a wilderness survival course at The Survival University.
Hutch using the hand drill method to start a primitive fire near a riverbank during a wilderness survival course, pressing the spindle between his palms to create friction on a fire board.
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5-DAY OUTDOOR SURVIVAL SKILLS 201: BEYOND THE BASICS

$595.00

Once a student finishes Outdoor Survival Basics 101, they have a strong foundation in the skills needed to handle most short-term wilderness survival situations. Survival Skills 201 is the next step.

This course is about taking those basic skills out of the beginner stage and learning how to use them with more confidence, more efficiency, and better judgment in the field. Students will review and sharpen the core skills from Basics 101, then move into more advanced fire, shelter, water, tool use, campcraft, and problem-solving skills in a more challenging outdoor environment.

If Basics 101 teaches you what to do, Survival Skills 201 teaches you how to do it better, cleaner, longer, and with more confidence when conditions are not perfect.

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Description

Once a student finishes Outdoor Survival Basics 101, they have a strong foundation in the skills needed to handle most short-term wilderness survival situations. Survival Skills 201 is the next step.

This course is designed for students who have already taken our 5-Day Outdoor Survival Basics 101 class, or who already have solid experience with basic fire, shelter, water, knife safety, knots, and campcraft skills. In Basics 101, students learn what to do. In Survival Skills 201, students begin learning how to do those things better, cleaner, longer, and with more confidence when conditions are not ideal.

This class moves beyond basic survival priorities and begins looking at longer-term situations, harder environments, and real-world problem solving. Students will review and sharpen the core skills from Basics 101, then move into more advanced work with fire, shelter, water, natural materials, camp comfort, primitive and improvised tools, cooking methods, and field living skills.

Students can expect to work on skills such as advanced knife use, camp projects, self-mapping, natural navigation methods, improved fire-making in difficult conditions, fire lays, carrying fire, shelter location, primitive bedding, emergency shelter systems, knots, field cooking, survival breads, ash cooking, small cook kits, water collection, water treatment, seasonal water concerns, and improvised water solutions.

This course is also where students begin to see how the individual skills connect. A fire is not just a fire. It can become warmth, a cooking system, a tool-making method, a signal, a morale boost, and part of your shelter system. A shelter is not just something you crawl into. It is a combination of location, materials, bedding, weather protection, body heat, fire placement, and good decisions. Water is not just something you filter. It is something you find, collect, protect, treat, and plan around.

As with all of our field-based classes, the exact flow of the course may change based on weather, conditions, available materials, student ability, and what the land gives us. That is part of the value of training outdoors. Every class is a little different because nature does not follow a classroom schedule.

Students should leave this course with a deeper understanding of how to take basic wilderness skills and turn them into practical field systems. This is not just about knowing a few techniques. It is about becoming more capable, more adaptable, and more comfortable solving problems outdoors with the tools, materials, and conditions available.

LENGTH

5 Days / 4 nights

START TIME

Start Time: 9:00AM (Check-in begins at 8:00am)

End Time: 5:00pm

ACCOMMODATIONS

If students do not wish to camp with us, the town of Cripple Creek is a short 15 minute drive from our location and Woodland Park is 30 minutes away. Students will be responsible for making their own reservations with nearby hotels. We do have a central community campfire location with a few designated campsites but mostly offer dispersed camping. Students will be able to drive their car within 100 feet of the main camp and will not have to hike gear for long distances.

  • Shelter Lodging: Dispersed camping is available.  Students may also bring campers/trailers and set up in our parking area.
  • Sanitation/Hygiene: A portable restroom and potable water will be provided at the main camp.

FOOD AND WATER REQUIRED

Water will be provided but students will need to bring their own food. We recommend quick field expedient meals such as freeze dried hiking meals or MRE’s. They can quickly be made at our primitive camps and won’t slow down the learning process. However, students may bring any food that they wish to cook over the campfire or on their own personal camp stove.

Food can be purchased locally at nearby facilities. Walmart and several local eateries are within a reasonable driving distance.

SUGGESTED GEAR LIST

We do not provide students with gear unless they have purchased it from us ahead of time. Not much gear is needed for our courses, though good equipment does speed the learning process up greatly! Gear does not have to be purchased from our store to attend the course, but we recommend survival gear of equivalent quality.

  • Fixed blade knife (Preferably a full tang bushcraft style knife WITHOUT a serrated edge)
  • Ferrocerium rod
  • Poncho or Rain Gear
  • Outdoor Clothing and appropriate footwear
  • Folding hand saw
  • Overnight Camping Gear (sleeping bag, tent, etc.)
  • Sleeping pad or yoga mat
  • Tarp or SOL emergency blanket
  • Base plate compass
  • 100’ of 550 Paracord
  • Shemagh or large cotton scarf or bandana
  • Headlamp or flashlight and extra batteries
  • Cooking pot and eating utensils
  • Single walled metal canteen
  • Nalgene or other plastic water bottle
  • Metal nesting cup
  • Sawyer mini water purifier
  • Signal mirror (credit card sized)
  • Emergency whistle (non-metal)
  • Bic lighter (new)
  • Glow sticks
  • 5 contractor sized trash bags
  • Sunscreen and sunglasses
  • Insect repellent
  • Leather work gloves
  • Notebook and pencil
  • Small Backpack

CLOTHING REQUIRED

Warm outdoor clothing, warm gloves and hat, outdoor boots and wool socks. Cotton clothing is highly discouraged in the mountains! Wool will keep you warm even when wet and synthetics will dry faster. Layers are important in Colorado. You will want a water wicking base layer, an insulating mid layer, and a waterproof breathable outer shell. Check out our Clothes Layering Basics if you are unsure of what to wear.

Check Recommended Items List for more details!

If it is still not clear what gear is needed for our survival courses, then we have assembled a complete kit that is still high quality but for a budget friendly price. All the items in this kit were hand selected by our instructors to be the best bushcraft tools on a budget. This survival kit is a useful starter kit that can be used in all of our courses. These tools are a must-have at a good price. It’s a great survival kit, bug out kit, go bag, or use it as a solid foundation to build a kit that perfectly fits your needs. With this kit and our training anybody can survive like a king in almost any environment!

NOTE

Due to the different levels of prior experience and knowledge among students in each class, individual outcomes may vary. Weather conditions can also be a factor in changing class content slightly. Nonetheless, our instructors will always endeavor to be as accommodating and consistent as circumstances will allow to ensure students get the best training experience and value for money.

 

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