Sage Outdoor Learning
Summer Address:
Island Park, Idaho, United StatesWelcome to Sage Outdoor Learning, an innovative combination of outdoor recreation and higher education. Sage Outdoors is held at
Why a Sage Outdoor Learning summer is for You?
Students:
- Earn college credit while having the time of your life.
- Enjoy all the outdoor recreation of a great summer adventure camp, but earn college credit while doing it.
- Outdoor adventure in the greater Yellowstone and
Grand Teton - Participate in FranklinCovey’s internationally recognized youth leadership program
- It’s one of your last summers as a young adult - Let us help you make the most of it. Sage Outdoor Learning
Parents:
- Many young adults have great potential, but need direction. Sage Outdoors is dedicated to turning this potential into personal and academic success.
- As a part of Franklin Covey’s “7 Habits” workshops, students study responsibility, priorities, listening, team-work, goal achievement, organization, time-management, etc.
- Sage Outdoors is a drug, alcohol, and tobacco free environment.
- They are going to have a blast!
- Students earn up to six college credits through Utah State Universities’ concurrent enrollment department. The credits are transferable to universities and colleges across the country and are designed to fulfill general education requirements.
- Students choose from the following class options field biology, physical geography, and American Civilizations.
- Class size is limited to 15 students.
· Teachers meet individually with each student once a week to assess his/her progress and set goals with the student.
Our Recreation and Education Activites include:
- 5 day/4 night guided wilderness backpacking trip
- One week at Harriman Ranch, Harriman State Park of Idaho
- Yellowstone/Jackson Hole weekend trip
- Evening trips to West Yellowstone/Jackson Hole, WY
- Field trips associated with their selected courses
- Recreation activities scheduled by Sage Outdoors including, hiking, river rafting, canoe trips, ropes course and outdoor initiative activities, optional biking, etc.
Camp Type:
 Residential
Year Established: 2006 Gender: Coed Age of Campers: 15 to 18 years old Cost/Week: $1001.00-$2000.00/wk Religious Affiliation: Camp Owner(s): Brian Ashton Camp Director(s): Brian Ashton Nearest Large City: Jackson Hole, WY Off Season Rental: No Accreditations ? College Credit through Utah State University
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Camp Focus:
Academic and Pre-College Camps: Academic Credit Academic and Pre-College Camps: General Academics Adventure Camps: Assorted Adventures Adventure Camps: Environmental |
- Fishing
Adventure Activities:
- Assorted Adventures
- Backpacking
- Canoeing
- Environmental
- Hiking
- Mountaineering
- Primitive Skills
- Ropes Course
- Survival Skills
- Whitewater Rafting
- Wilderness
Academic Activities:
- General Academics
- Leadership
- Other Academics
Miscellaneous Activities:
- Team Building
June 13 - 29 (16 Day Session)
Students complete two of the following courses:
Physical Geography 111
Environmental Biology 112
American Heritage
Session A includes the following as a part of the education and recreation activities:
• Workshops and personal counseling based around the concepts of time management, leadership, problem solving, building relationships of trust, goal achievement, ethics, effective study habits, effective communication, etc.
• One week at Harriman Ranch, Harriman State Park of Idaho
• 5 day/4 night guided wilderness backpacking trip
• Yellowstone/Jackson Hole WY, weekend trip
• Day trips to the Yellowstone Park, Grand Teton National Park, Island Park
• All recreation activities scheduled by Sage Outdoors including, hiking, river rafting, canoe trips, ropes course and outdoor initiative activities, optional biking, etc.
Total Cost: $2,820
