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Colorado is a cold weather climate most of the year and with our survival school at 9400 feet, it can get frigid at night, even during the summer. Dress accordingly! Also, the sun at our elevation is intense making it easy to get sunburned. Bring sunscreen and UV protective sun glasses.
We believe in a philosophy of get the survival training before you get the survival gear. Because we know from experience that once you get some training, you will probably change your mind about what survival gear you need. For this reason we require very little survival equipment to attend our courses. But you definitely will need some basic items to attend our courses. This page is to list recommended items you might want for our wilderness survival courses. Each course has different requirements but this list will give you the most common items you should bring to our wilderness survival courses. Almost none of the items are absolutely necessary if you don’t have them and we want to make sure you can attend whether you only have a few items or you could outfit an expedition! So check out our recommended survival gear list and email us if you have any questions on survival gear!
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STANDARD GEAR | OUTDOOR CLOTHING |
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• Folding Handsaw - (Silky f180, Silky Pocket Boy, Silky Gomboy, Silky Ultra Accel, Bahco Laplander, Corona Saw) |
(wool or synthetic materials. No cotton! We recommend these clothing selections even during the summer.) |
You have to provide your own food for every course we offer! But there is a WalMart 30 Minutes away and a small town within 10 minutes with all the amenities for whatever you might need.
Bring overnight camping gear (tent, sleeping bag, sleeping pad, travel pillow, cooking utensils, etc).
Earth tone colors are recommended but wear what you like. You are going to get dirty.
We are at 9400 feet elevation and it can get cold at night even during the summer. Bring cold-weather clothing at all times of the year.
Snow boots and boot gators if in winter.
There are no modern toilets or shower facilities near the primitive camp, bring baby wipes, etc. Porta-potties are onsite and cleaned frequently.
Ice chest, Lantern, or whatever you want for comfort, except on advanced courses.
Below are recommendations or links to all the items you may need for our training classes! Please help support us by purchasing necessary items for courses through our online store.
We build custom survival kits to suit your needs. For classes we recommend the CMMS Standard Survival Kit.
*You will have to provide your own food for every course we offer unless you purchase the food option available with some of our classes. Water will be provided!
WISE Food Storage- Easy to prepare freeze-dried food!
Survival Cave Food - Easy to prepare freeze-dried food!
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