The length of your stay is entirely up to you – come for the day or stay 1, 2, 3 or more nights!
Grades 4-12
Year round
Hike across stunning ridges, along the mysterious Beaver Swamp and relax on Pebble Beach in a 10km backpacking journey through Galiano’s Mid-Island Protected Areas network. This active hike is a friendly challenge for those looking to introduce their students to backpacking and mountaineering.
How do you put “Red Fred in the Shed”? Learn tips and tricks for compass navigation. Put your new navigation skills to the test in an orienteering challenge where you must find native medicinal and edible plants that will help you survive Galiano’s wilderness.
Under the hole and through the loop – learn simple survival knots to build an A-frame or lean-to tarp shelter that will keep you warm and dry on the “wet” coast.
What first aid materials should you carry with you at all times in the backcountry? When and how should you extract a hurt hiker? How do you help someone with hypothermia? Learn the ABC’s of wilderness first aid by play-acting backcountry emergency scenarios. Maximize the safety of your backcountry campsite by identifying common forest hazards, like “Danger Trees”. Master slinging a food cache in a tree and compete to see who can do it the fastest.
Learn the dynamics of team-based food preparation in the outdoors and how to cook with compact, fuel-based cookstoves.
