Course Descriptions

Where to Begin with Wilderness Skills Classes

Earth Connection offers a wide variety of One Day - Two Day - Three Day and Five Day courses throughout the year in Virginia.

Whether you have been camping your whole life, or you're just getting started in the outdoors, we've got the classes you need to stay safe in the great outdoors. We've also got the classes to take your enjoyment of nature to a much deeper level. Our one day classes are subject specific, and delve deep into the skills common to our forebears like wild foods, making fire, navigation, tracking and primitive cooking. Consider our full two day Wilderness Survival class to give you the best modern skills to come back from the woods safely. Immerse yourself in a three day or five day class and gain the knowledge to feel like you are at home in the wild. Our class descriptions are all detailed below.

Blacksmithing - Knife Intensive
Focus on making your favorite tools - knives!

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Winter Wilderness Survival
Learn to survive in nature's harshest season - winter! 

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Land Navigation
Learn to read map and compass like a pro!

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Backcountry Crash Course
Spend 24-hours hiking, camping and learning

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Mountain Herbs
Learn the edible and medicinal plants of the Blue Ridge

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The Ultimate Survival Hacks Class
Learn to turn what you have, into what you NEED!

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Primitive Containers
Discover ways to make containers with your bare hands!

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Blacksmithing - Tomahawks and Trail Gear
Craft your own tomahawk and knife!

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Gift Certificate
Give the gift of a Survival Class!

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Bushcraft - Forage and Feast
Learn to forage and cook with bushcraft skills

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Seasonal Wild Edible Plants

Learn to forage in just one day

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Primitive Traps and Weapons
Gain the knowledge of primitive traps and weapons

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Blacksmithing - Bushcraft Gear
Make your own knife, flint striker and more - with blacksmithing!

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Blacksmithing - Camp Cookware
Learn to blacksmith - and make your own camp cookware

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Bushcraft 2-Day
Immerse yourself in the skills of Bushcraft!

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Wilderness First Aid
Learn life-saving skills in emergency medicine

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Blacksmithing - Heritage Hand Tools
Learn to make tools - by learning to blacksmith

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Bushcraft Crash Course
Get the basics of Bushcraft in just one day

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Medicinal Plants

Learn about the medicinal plants all around us

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Wild Brew

Become a brewer using wild ingredients

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Friction Fire Making

Study bow drill and hand drill friction fire

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Winter Tree & Plant Identification

Find out which tree is which - without leaves!

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Primitive Survival Crash Course

Gain the skills to survive with just the clothes on your back

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Modern Survival Crash Course

Discover the art of survival in just one day

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Tracking
See the landscape through the eyes of a tracker

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Total Trapping

Gain the trapping know-how of your ancestors

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Primitive Cooking

Cook your own feast in the forest 

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Wilderness Survival
Learn the skills to survive in the wild

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Primitive Skills

Three day class on core primitive survival

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Ultimate Survival Week

Immerse yourself in modern & primitive survival skills

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