Outdoor classrooms: Bozeman-based wilderness school teaches backcountry hunting skills

<p>It’s like school for elk hunting and the classroom is the Snowcrest Mountains. The bonus is it all happens on a backpacking expedition. </p> <p>I am referring to a new course offered by Montana Wilderness school called backpacking skills for aspiring hunters.</p> <p>The Bozeman-based school has been taking students on expeditions for ten years with a mission of providing “empowering expeditionary wilderness courses to youth that foster personal growth and cultivate a conservation ethic through connecting with remote landscapes and wild places”</p> <p>In the last couple of years they have offered this course that takes a fundamental approach to backpacking skills but adds the technical skills pursuing large game in the backcountry.</p> <p>On this episode, Ryan Peters, wilderness program manager for Montana Wilderness School talks about the course.</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>