For Adults

Expedition Adventures for the Outdoor Enthusiast

An expedition is an experience like no other, challenging you in every possible way, comfort in the outdoors, working together in a team, exploring your own limits. You don’t need to have prior experience to get the most out of a Trail Blazers expedition – the expeditions are offered an appropriate pace for all participants.

The expedition is what Trail Blazers does best – using the natural environment to bring together a group of people to get the best out of themselves and their fellow group members. Participating in an expedition will teach you to lead, to communicate, to closely connect to nature, to excel and have a life changing experience, lead by our qualified and talented staff.

We offer three types of expedition this summer, each with several standard elements that have been at the core of the Trail Blazers experience since 1887, whether at our summer camps, environmental education programs or the expeditions:

Outdoor Skills Development

You learn to read a map, develop teamwork and new personal skills, and learn how to survive in the outdoors.

Challenges

To have the ultimate experience, teams are exposed to various and progressive challenges leading into the actual expedition For that reason, all expeditions start on our 100 acre estate, before venturing into the surrounding natural parks.

Solo – Individual Reflection

Time spent alone is an essential part of our program. Participants spend solo-time to reflect on the experience every day, allowing for unstructured and structured opportunities to explore and deepen the individual experience.

Community

To be a Trail Blazer is to give back and each expedition includes elements to do so, through projects like trail maintenance, campsite cleanup and many other opportunities.

Completing an expedition requires mastery of outdoor skills, leadership, trust of your team mates and an open mind to new ideas and people. No experience is necessary and each course will leave its participants with a new found appreciation for the natural world and one’s personal abilities – it truly is the experience of a lifetime.

We offer three Expedition Adventure packages during the summer. Each expedition will take place with a group of 6-8 outdoor enthusiasts, led by experienced and qualified outdoor staff (Wilderness First Aid certified or equivalent). An expedition adventure lasts for 7 days and will challenge the group as well as each individual participant to explore their outdoor boundaries and capabilities, their sense of comfort in the outdoors and most of all their ability to have a blast in the wild!

To get a taste of what an expedition is like, take a look at this video from our recent winter expedition:

Requirements

All expeditions are offered for two age categories: 16-19 years of age; and 20 years and up. You may sign up as an individual participant or as a group. The expedition can be an impacting personal experience as well as a great team building or social group experience.

All expeditions are co-ed.

We offer the following three expeditions:

Trail Blazers Survival Expedition

This action packed week will teach you how to survive on your own in the woods and takes place largely on our 1100 acre untouched property. You will learn shelter and fire building techniques, how to navigate the woods, camp craft, how to catch and prepare animals and fish, and how to make sure that you Leave No Trace.

Your week will be shelters that you have created, eating food you have caught and/or prepared on fires you have built (with out matches or lighters). You will blaze new trails to undiscovered camp sites and learn to how to survive in different disaster scenarios. Participants will complete a wilderness based first aid course and receive a certificate.

The week will culminate in an escape and evasion exercise that will test all of your knowledge gained during the course followed by a celebratory bush tucker feast!!

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Appalachian Trail Expedition

In the first two days of your adventure you will undertake a series of exciting and informative workshops including: shelter construction, trail cooking, how to deal with bears, navigation and Leave No Trace principals.

Now you are ready to start your expedition on one of the most incredible routes in the world. You will be hiking in a team with opportunities to lead. In the evening, you will be sleeping in a tent and cooking delicious and nutritious dinners on trail stoves.

The Appalachian Trail is a formidable challenge that you will be proud to complete. Exhilarating climbs beside waterfalls, spectacular views. The sense of achievement you will feel is unsurpassed.

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Delaware River Expedition

The first two days of this fantastic week will be spent learning how to paddle and steer your canoe in our beautiful 50-acre lake. After these basic lessons you will quickly progress into more advanced tutorials such as rafting up, capsize drills and T-rescues.

Along side the canoeing lessons you will also be taught the skills necessary to erect tents, cook on both open fires and stoves, hang bear bags. You will learn how to follow Leave No Trace principals.

Now you are ready to spend five action packed days on the Delaware River. You will explore miles of this beautiful stretch whilst navigating rapids and rides. In the evenings you will set camp by the river and cookout under the stars. This exhilarating expedition will give you memories for life.

Ready to Reserve your Spot?

You can download the program detail and dates, including pricing by clicking right here.

Click here to send us your information – we will then send you all the necessary enrollment materials.