Wilderness Safety Certification Courses

It’s plain and simple.

If you can’t stay safe in the wilderness, then you just shouldn’t stay in the wilderness.

At Amnicon you can learn the skills and earn the certifications to keep yourself and your fellow travelers safe.

Create a course for yourself or your group, or join our staff as they earn their certs.

Wilderness Water Safety Course Info:

Course Description:

The wilderness creates unique challenges for lifeguards – low visibility, swift currents, and cold water temperatures can increase the risks for your swimmers. Learn how to establish safe swim areas and rescue swimmers in crisis. A current CPR certification is a pre-requisite for this course.

Schedule:

• 2 days, 9 am – 5 pm both days
• Be ready for classroom time, pool time, and lake time

Cost:

Create a course for yourself, your friends, or your staff team with the dates that work for you. The cost per student varies by how many people you have joining you in your course. Housing may be added separately. 

• 1-2 students: $700/ea
• 3-5 students: $500/ea
• 6-10 students: $300/ea

Wilderness First Aid Course Info:

Course Description:

When emergency medical assistance is multiple hours away, how do you keep a sick or injured person safe? How do you know whether an injured person can stay in the wilderness or if it’s time for them to head out?

Schedule:

• 2 days, 8 am – 7 pm both days
• Be ready for classroom time, and practice scenarios outdoors

Cost:

Create a course for yourself, your friends, or your staff team with the dates that work for you. The cost per student varies by how many people you have joining you in your course. Housing may be added separately.

• 1-2 students: $700/ea
• 3-5 students: $500/ea
• 6-10 students: $300/ea

CPR  / AED Course Info:

Course Description:

CPR & AED are essential skills for any wilderness leader or rescue professional. 

Schedule:

• 2-4 hours depending on number of students
• Can be added as an evening session to either a Wilderness Water Safety course or a Wilderness First Aid course

Cost:

• $50/student when added to an existing course
• $100/student when taught as a stand-alone course

Level IV Canoeing Course Info:

Course Description:

The Whitewater Canoeing course is for canoeists interested in learning the skills required to efficiently paddle on rivers with Class II to III rapids by catching smaller eddies, making sharp peel outs, and effective ferries. Participants at this level aspire to attain a higher level of canoeing skills, improve the quality of their strokes and maneuvers, and increase their river rescue knowledge. This course is appropriate for properly outfitted whitewater tandem and/or solo canoes. 

Schedule:

• 2 day course, 8 hours each day
• Be ready for lots of paddling practice on nearby rivers

Cost:

Create a course for yourself, your friends, or your staff team with the dates that work for you. The cost per student varies by how many people you have joining you in your course. Housing may be added separately.

• • 1-2 students: $700/ea
  • 3-6 students: $500/ea