WILDERNESS YOUTH CHALLENGE PROGRAM - WYCP

Our Mission

Relapse Prevention skills are taught during the ten day Wilderness Youth Challenge Program. To achieve this the youth are hiked deep into a back country wilderness location and establish a Base camp where they spend four days as a group training to spend four days solo camping on their own. Day one the youth complete a Wilderness First Aid course. The second day is used to present a Predator Awareness by Habitat course and the third day focuses on LNT - Leave No Trace principles. On the fourth day Basic Survival skills are taught to the youth. On the fifth day the youth are placed in solo sites located approximately one kilometer apart. During their solo experience they are allowed to hang a 'Fail Safe' flag we observe regularly. During the four day solo the youth produce a cooking spoon, build an emergency stretcher, carve a hiking staff, construct hydro mills or present something of artistic value. The last day the youth are brought back to Base camp for a graduation exercise.