Ontario Backcountry Skills Clinic

A versatile outdoor experience that engages and inspires

Join our experienced guides on a hike throughout picturesque locations on the Niagara Escarpment - learning important backcountry skills that you can apply to your own adventures

Fundamental Hard Skills           Fundamental Soft Skills

Tent setup                                    Group leadership           

Food prep/stove use                     In-field risk management

Water purification                          Experience based judgment

Navigation                                     Leave no trace practices

Trip planning


OSM’s Ontario Backcountry Skills Clinic is a taste of all this and much more

No experience neccessary


As the weather changes - so does our Skills Clinic. We fear no weather and will operate in rain, sleet, cold and snow.

What you need

  1. • Dress appropriately for the weather conditions (rain, snow or cold - we operate in all weather conditions)

  2. • Proper hiking footwear (hiking shoes/boots preferred)

  3. • Water bottle (Nalgene preferred)

Optional

  1. • Small daypack (5-20L)

  2. • Snowshoes/trekking poles

  3. • Head lamp

  4. • Trail snacks

We will provide

  1. • All other equipment required for your experience

  2. • Prepared Backcountry style meal

Where to meet us (*subject to change)

  1. • Pretty River Provincial Park, Southeastern Entrance

Address

GPS coordinates // 44.423837, -80.287908

635236 Pretty River Road, Nottawa ON, L0M 1P0

You will see vehicles parked along side of the road in a long straightaway. You will also pass two parking lots on Pretty River Road, pass them to find us further up the road

TOUR DETAILS

Duration:        4 - 6 hours

Adults:           $85/pp

                      (min $250)

Depart:          10:00 AM

Hiking/Snowshoeing

Appox: 10-12 km

Moderate Terrain

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Tour Itinerary

Meet and Greet

  1. • Waiver completion, gear distribution and meet your guides and teamates

  2. • Start hike from trailhead


In-Field Risk Management Obstacle

  1. • Complete first obstacle with your guide instructing different group leadership and risk managment considerations


Set up Base Camp

  1. • Tent location and setup, set camp

  2. • Go over route card and navigation, select route leaders within group and pack new gear for hike

  3. • Continue hike from base camp - guests leading


Water Purification stop

  1. • Overview of use on different water purification techniques


In-field Risk Management Obstacle

  1. • Guests lead and overcome river crossing obstacle


Back to Base Camp

  1. • Overivew of stove use, food prep

  2. • Guests cook/prepare meal using techinical backcounty stoves and hardware


Completion

  1. • Share a meal an overview of experience and reflection