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New Course: Emotional Safety in the Outdoors
We are excited to share our new Emotional Safety in the Outdoors eLearning course. One of the unwritten core values at The Mountaineers is safety, and this new course highlights the connections between emotional safety and physically safe outcomes. It's designed to help leaders and instructors foster environments where all people feel belonging.
2022-2023 Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour
We’re bringing the spirit of outdoor adventure and mountain culture to The Mountaineers again. The Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour features the best mountain films of the year, showcasing amazing filmmaking talent to an audience that spans the globe.
Action Alert! Anti-Public Lands Measures Return to Congress in House Rules Changes
Last week, the new Congress doubled down on a familiar attack on our public lands through the new House rules package. Just like in 2017, it’s now easier to transfer or sell federal public lands. Learn more about this threat to our lands and waters and urge lawmakers to stand against anti-public lands attacks over the next two years.
Conservation 101: What We Advocate For and How We Choose Our Issues
In this final installment of our Conservation 101 blog series, we explore what conservation and recreation issues The Mountaineers advocates for and our decision-making framework that helps us decide.
Learning Mosses: The History of Mountaineer Moss and Lichen Workshops
Learn about the history and evolution of the Moss and Lichen Workshops as well as the hard work Naturalist leaders have done to improve the learning experience for Naturalist students.
Relative Merits of Different Sledding Apparatus
We tested the limits so you wouldn't have to. Learn what sledding apparatus you should use next time you hit the slopes.