Hiking is a terrific way to keep your body and mind in top shape, both now and for a lifetime. Exploring the outdoors challenges you with discoveries and new ideas.
5-15 Mile Hikes
You will be taking these hikes each on a different day, and each of continuous miles.
Hiking Safety
You will learn what to bring with you to keep you safe during your hike.
First Aid For Injuries
Learn how to treat yourself and others in case an injury occurs
Improve Your Senses
Your senses will improve as you use your eyes and ears to gather information along your hikes.
5-15 Mile Hikes
You will be taking these hikes each on a different day, and each of continuous miles.
Hiking Safety
You will learn what to bring with you to keep you safe during your hike.
First Aid For Injuries
Learn how to treat yourself and others in case an injury occurs
Improve Your Senses
Your senses will improve as you use your eyes and ears to gather information along your hikes.
What You'll Learn
- Learn about hazards you may encounter while hiking, and what you should do to anticipate, help prevent, mitigate, and respond to these hazards.
- Understand good hiking practices including proper outdoor ethics, hiking safety in the daytime and at night, courtesy to others, choice of footwear, and proper care of feet and footwear.
- Take 5, 10,15 and 20-mile hikes
- Learn about first aid for injuries or illnesses that could occur while hiking, including hypothermia, frostbite, dehydration, heat exhaustion, heatstroke, sunburn, hyperventilation, altitude sickness, sprained ankle, blisters, insect stings, tick bites, and snakebite.
Quick facts
- 4 hours
- Intermediate
- 13-18
- No extra cost
- 100% Online
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