Course Descriptions
Where to Begin with Wilderness Skills Classes
Earth Connection offers a wide variety of One Day - Two Day - Three Day and Five Day courses throughout the year in Virginia.
Whether you have been camping your whole life, or you're just getting started in the outdoors, we've got the classes you need to stay safe in the great outdoors. We've also got the classes to take your enjoyment of nature to a much deeper level. Our one day classes are subject specific, and delve deep into the skills common to our forebears like wild foods, making fire, navigation, tracking and primitive cooking. Consider our full two day Wilderness Survival class to give you the best modern skills to come back from the woods safely. Immerse yourself in a three day or five day class and gain the knowledge to feel like you are at home in the wild. Our class descriptions are all detailed below.
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Blacksmithing - Knife Intensive Focus on making your favorite tools - knives! |
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Winter Wilderness Survival Learn to survive in nature's harshest season - winter! |
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Land Navigation Learn to read map and compass like a pro! |
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Backcountry Crash Course Spend 24-hours hiking, camping and learning |
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Mountain Herbs Learn the edible and medicinal plants of the Blue Ridge |
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The Ultimate Survival Hacks Class Learn to turn what you have, into what you NEED! |
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Primitive Containers Discover ways to make containers with your bare hands! |
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Blacksmithing - Tomahawks and Trail Gear Craft your own tomahawk and knife! |
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Gift Certificate Give the gift of a Survival Class! |
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Bushcraft - Forage and Feast Learn to forage and cook with bushcraft skills |
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Seasonal Wild Edible Plants Learn to forage in just one day |
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Primitive Traps and Weapons Gain the knowledge of primitive traps and weapons |
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Blacksmithing - Bushcraft Gear Make your own knife, flint striker and more - with blacksmithing! |
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Blacksmithing - Camp Cookware Learn to blacksmith - and make your own camp cookware |
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Bushcraft 2-Day Immerse yourself in the skills of Bushcraft! |
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Wilderness First Aid Learn life-saving skills in emergency medicine |
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Blacksmithing - Heritage Hand Tools Learn to make tools - by learning to blacksmith |
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Bushcraft Crash Course Get the basics of Bushcraft in just one day |
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Medicinal Plants Learn about the medicinal plants all around us |
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Wild Brew Become a brewer using wild ingredients |
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Friction Fire Making Study bow drill and hand drill friction fire |
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Winter Tree & Plant Identification Find out which tree is which - without leaves! |
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Primitive Survival Crash Course Gain the skills to survive with just the clothes on your back |
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Modern Survival Crash Course Discover the art of survival in just one day |
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Tracking See the landscape through the eyes of a tracker |
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Total Trapping Gain the trapping know-how of your ancestors |
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Primitive Cooking Cook your own feast in the forest |
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Wilderness Survival Learn the skills to survive in the wild |
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Primitive Skills Three day class on core primitive survival |
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Ultimate Survival Week Immerse yourself in modern & primitive survival skills |
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