Nolichucky Outdoor Learning Institute

Whitewater Kayak Race Clinic - $175 Get your mind and body right for race season with twenty plus year Green Race veteran Adam Herzog. We will start with the fundamentals of kayaking and stroke work with video feedback and then progress to down river race techniques, interval training and the psychology of racing. Primary venue

Whitewater Kayak Race Clinic - $175 Get your mind and body right for race season with twenty plus year Green Race veteran Adam Herzog. We will start with the fundamentals of kayaking and stroke work with video feedback and then progress to down river race techniques, interval training and the psychology of racing. Primary venue

Whitewater Kayak: Fundamentals of Creeking - $175 If you're interested in expanding into the world or creek boating but would like to learn and apply creeking techniques on a regular river first, our Fundamentals of Creeking class is the answer. This class, led by Adam Herzog, is by design held on a class 3/4 river but

Wilderness Navigation: 1 Day Class - $100 Join former Army Infantry officer Scott Fisher in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Northeast Tennessee learning the increasingly rare art of how to read a topo map and use a compass to successfully navigate in the wild. After completing the classroom and hands-on exercises we will move to a trail

Wilderness Navigation: 2 Day Class - $190 Our fun and comprehensive two-day map reading and compass class goes into greater detail on navigational terms and techniques and provides participants with greater opportunity to develop the skills and proficiency that only come with time in the saddle. Wilderness navigation takes practice and with this class you will not

NEW! Wilderness First Responder (WFR) & CPR Certification Wilderness environments create special situations not usually encountered in an urban or suburban environment and SOLO Wilderness First Responder (WFR) is the perfect course to help prepare those who work and play in the outdoors. Offered in partnership with SOLO, WFR is nine days long (72+ hours)

This is for you if: You want to be an asset to yourself and others by being prepared to treat injury and illness when help is not close-at-hand. Wilderness environments create special situations not usually encountered in an urban or suburban environment.  With ASHI Wilderness First Aid training, first aid providers in a wilderness setting

This is for you if: You want the most comprehensive level of wilderness medical training short of becoming a Wilderness EMT. This certification course is the gold standard for outdoor professionals and serious outdoor enthusiasts. Wilderness environments create special situations not usually encountered in an urban or suburban environment.  Sierra Rescue Wilderness First Responder (WFR)

Join us on the beautiful Balds of Roan for this co-sponsored hike between NOLI and the Meet-the-Mountains Festival. Our route will take us from Carver's Gap to Grassy Ridge Bald. It is an out-and back- hike approximately 5 miles round trip and is rated as moderate difficulty. It has an elevation gain of ~1250 feet;