Outdoor Leadership Training Workshops
Do you dream about taking your youth group or students on an outing?
Make it happen! WTA will help you plan it, lend your group outdoor gear and provide trip funding. Get started by signing up for one of the Outdoor Leadership Training workshops below.
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Outdoor Leadership Training Workshops focus on:
- Thoughtful trip planning, area selection and preparedness
- Appropriate gear
- Critical group and risk management practices
- Memorable outdoor games and activities
- Leave No Trace™ outdoor ethics
- Simple food and nutrition planning
- Engaging information on natural and cultural history
- Promoting leadership, stewardship and conservation
August 2026
Gear Orientation
A 1-hour Zoom webinar focused on core gear library policies and procedures. (Free).
Wednesday, August 26
2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Online Webinar
September 2026
BIPOC-Centered Wilderness first aid training
This course will prioritize registration for Black, Indigenous and Latinx folks.
Wilderness First Aid is an introductory wilderness medicine course appropriate for people of any experience level who spend time recreating in the outdoors. Taught over a period of three days, the course combines lectures, skill demonstrations, hands-on practices and multiple team-based wilderness medicine scenarios in an outdoor setting.
Friday, September 18 to Sunday, September 20
9:30 am to 5:30 pm, daily
Gear Orientation
A 1-hour Zoom webinar focused on core gear library policies and procedures. (Free).
Wednesday, September 23
2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Online Webinar
October 2026
Hiking workshop
A 6-hour entry-level course focused on leading a successful outing with a group of youth or families (workshop fee $50, scholarships available)
Saturday, October 3
9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Northern State Recreation Area
Hiking workshop
A 6-hour entry-level course focused on leading a successful outing with a group of youth or families (workshop fee $50, scholarships available)
Saturday, October 17
9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Tolt- MacDonald Park
Gear Orientation
A 1-hour Zoom webinar focused on core gear library policies and procedures. (Free).
Wednesday, October 28
2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Online Webinar