TH E LEADER IN WILDERNESS EDUCATION | 2008 - NOLS
TH E LEADER IN WILDERNESS EDUCATION | 2008 - NOLS
TH E LEADER IN WILDERNESS EDUCATION | 2008 - NOLS
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ROCKY MOUNTA<strong>IN</strong><br />
<strong>NOLS</strong> Rocky Mountain is the crystal clear lakes and stunning<br />
glacier-carved granite cirques of the famous Wind River<br />
Mountains, the sprawling meadows and deep rivers of the Absarokas,<br />
and the hidden red canyons of Utah’s slickrock country. The desert<br />
rivers and the sweeping sagebrush vistas are where the first <strong>NOLS</strong><br />
courses ventured into the wilderness over 40 years ago. Being here,<br />
backpacking and climbing in the mountains, scrambling through<br />
the canyons and rafting the rivers, is what a <strong>NOLS</strong> course is all about.<br />
The heart of our operation is Lander, Wyoming, the small<br />
town that <strong>NOLS</strong> founder Paul Petzoldt hand-picked in 1965 as<br />
the base of operations for his innovative outdoor school. With a<br />
population of seven thousand, Lander is a remote mountain<br />
town but is easily accessed via air or road. After your course, your<br />
photo album will be filled with pictures of the backcountry, but<br />
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