Advanced Wilderness Life Support (AWLS®)
September 13–16, 2026

Join us for a 4-day immersive AWLS® course set deep in the heart of the Adirondack Mountains at the private and scenic Camp Little Notch. This experience blends high-level wilderness medicine education with true backcountry living, creating a learning environment where skills are practiced exactly where they matter most.

You’ll spend your days engaged in hands-on lectures, workshops, and realistic wilderness scenarios, and your nights camping under the stars with fellow students, sharing stories, meals, and hard-earned knowledge. With over 400 acres of private land, a lake, and on-site hiking trails, the camp becomes both your classroom and your community for the week.

This course is designed to deliver the full AWLS® core curriculum through practical, scenario-based learning in austere settings. Whether you’re a medical professional seeking certification and CME, or an outdoor enthusiast looking to deepen your wilderness safety skills, this course offers an intensive, supportive, and unforgettable learning experience grounded in real-world application.

If you’ve been looking for a wilderness medicine course that feels less like a classroom and more like a true backcountry experience, this is exactly what you didn’t know was possible — until now.

This course is designed for individuals who want to learn practical wilderness medicine in real outdoor environments, combining hands-on education with immersive camping and community-based learning in the backcountry.

This is a small-group, highly inclusive learning environment built around shared experience, collaboration, and mutual respect. Participants quickly form strong connections through group problem-solving, hands-on scenarios, and evenings spent together at camp. Whether you arrive solo or with colleagues, you’ll be welcomed into a supportive, engaged community that values curiosity, teamwork, and growth.

This is not a classroom course — it’s a fully immersive wilderness medicine experience.

Over four days in the Adirondack backcountry, you’ll live, learn, and train in the same environment where wilderness medicine is actually practiced. Days are filled with hands-on education, realistic scenarios, and skills workshops, while evenings slow down around campfires, shared meals, and conversations that turn classmates into lifelong friends.

This course is about more than certification. It’s about learning by doing, building confidence in austere environments, and reconnecting with why medicine — and the outdoors — matter so deeply.

Unlike traditional courses, this AWLS® experience takes place entirely in a remote, private wilderness camp. You’ll sleep in large platform tents with individual cots, wake up surrounded by forest and lake views, and step straight from camp into hands-on learning. The setting itself becomes part of the curriculum, reinforcing adaptability, teamwork, and comfort in the outdoors.

Wilderness medicine is best learned outside the walls of a lecture hall. Education is delivered through a blend of short lectures, practical skill sessions, and scenario-based training conducted throughout the camp and surrounding wilderness. You’ll practice patient assessment, stabilization, and evacuation techniques in real terrain, guided by experienced faculty who understand both medicine and expedition environments.

This rhythm creates a balance between focused learning and immersion, allowing skills to build naturally while keeping the experience engaging, social, and sustainable.

Yes, you’ll earn AWLS® certification and CME credits — but you’ll also leave with:

Many participants leave saying the same thing:

“I can’t believe this counted as CME.”

4 Days / 3 Nights
Adirondack Mountains, New York

This immersive AWLS® course takes place entirely at a private wilderness camp, blending structured education with hands-on, scenario-based learning in a true outdoor environment.

Camp Little Notch

Camp Little Notch

Camp Little Notch & surrounding wilderness

Camp Little Notch

Plan to arrive on Day 1 in time for course check-in and remain on-site through the conclusion of the course on Day 4.

Trip preparation resources:

After completing this course, participants will be able to apply practical wilderness medicine principles in austere environments, prioritizing patient assessment, stabilization, and evacuation while managing medical decision-making in resource-limited and remote settings.

    •    ACCME Statement: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint providership of the University of Utah and Wild Med Adventures, LLC. The University of Utah is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

    •    Credit Designation: The University of Utah College of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 16 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Each participant should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

    •    Content Validation: All educational content presented in this activity has been reviewed and validated as appropriate in keeping with sound scientific principles.

The AWLS instructors and Wild Med Adventures team are experienced wilderness medicine educators, mountaineers, and expedition clinicians responsible for delivering the educational content of this course. Instructor bios will be provided prior to the start of the course.

Educational instruction and CME delivery are provided by the Wild Med Adventures faculty, who are responsible solely for the medical education components of this course. Camp operations, lodging, and non-educational logistics are managed independently. Participants are responsible for their own personal decisions, comfort, and engagement throughout the course.

Faculty and instructors may change based on availability.

Full payment is due 90 days prior to the course start date.
A $500 late fee will be added for payments received after this deadline, or your spot may be forfeited.

Participants should carry personal medical insurance that covers treatment in remote environments and are strongly encouraged to carry rescue/evacuation insurance appropriate for wilderness settings.

Trip insurance is also recommended to help cover unexpected delays, illness, or interruptions.

Participation in this course involves travel, camping, and educational activities conducted in outdoor and wilderness environments. Activities may include hiking, uneven terrain, exposure to variable weather conditions, limited access to medical facilities, and extended time in remote settings. These conditions inherently involve risk, including but not limited to personal injury, illness, allergic reactions, environmental exposure, equipment damage, evacuation delays, and disruption of planned activities.

Wild Med Adventures faculty and instructors are responsible solely for the delivery of educational content and wilderness medicine instruction. They are not responsible for general camp operations, participant supervision outside of educational activities, environmental conditions, weather, or personal decision-making. Participants are responsible for their own actions, choices, conduct, and safety throughout the course.

This course involves outdoor activity and participation in hands-on medical scenarios that may require physical exertion. Participants are responsible for evaluating their own physical condition, medical readiness, and ability to participate safely in wilderness-based activities. Individuals with medical conditions, physical limitations, or concerns about their ability to participate should consult a qualified healthcare professional prior to enrollment.

Participants are responsible for carrying appropriate personal medical insurance that covers treatment in outdoor and remote environments. Rescue and evacuation insurance is strongly recommended. Trip insurance is also recommended to cover unforeseen events such as illness, weather-related delays, or interruption of travel. Wild Med Adventures does not provide insurance coverage for participants.

Participants are responsible for arranging their own transportation to and from the course location and for complying with all applicable travel requirements. This course takes place within the United States, and no visa is required for U.S. citizens. Participants are responsible for ensuring they meet any applicable entry or travel requirements based on their individual circumstances.

By enrolling in and participating in this course, participants acknowledge and accept the inherent risks associated with wilderness travel, outdoor education, and remote-area activities. Participants voluntarily assume full responsibility for their participation and agree to release Wild Med Adventures, its staff, faculty, and affiliates from liability to the fullest extent permitted by law.