Courses of outdoor life
We provide courses of basic skills, nescessary for a safe, variated and enjoyable outdoor life in the Nordic countries. We offer standard three days courses, but also taylor made courses for you`re whishes. Contact us for a non-binding offer, to post@outdoorfinnskogen.com
Basic skills of outdoor life - summer
Improve your competence for a safe and enjoyable outdoor life!
A course of three days, presenting the nescessary skills for an independent and varied outdoor life in summer time. The course includes topics like chosing proper equipment and clothings, preparing the backpack, navigate with map, compass and GPS, establishing a proper camp, spending the night outdoors, cooking outdoors and more. You will be introduced to central aspects of the law of outdoor life in the Nordic countries, learn to plan for a trip, and how to maintain safety during a trip
Durtion: Three days, including sleeping two nights outdoors
2-8 participants
Price: NOK 4500,-
Taylor made courses of Outdoor life, 1-3 days
Basic course in outdoor life, with an extra focus on the topics you like to practice. You learn the essential competence of outdoor life where it actually belongs; in the context of a real trip, spending one or two nights outdoors. The trip is conducted by either hiking, canoeing, skiing, snow shoe walking or ice skating, depending of the season, the conditions and your wishes. You choose how you spend the night – in tent, tipi, under a shelter, in open air, or inside a cabin.
2-8 participants
Duration: 1-3 days
Price: NOK 1500,- pr. day pr. person.
Cross country/ Backcountry/ Telemark skiing courses
Outdoor life in winter could be a source to intense experiences of both nature and yourself; exploring the silence – the light conditions, the differences in temperature, and not to forget; the white snow covering the landscape, giving even more freedom to travel where we want, in many cases with a greater range than in summer time. Just as long as you master your skiis…
These courses introduce the basic technique of skiing, either in cross country skiing by trails, backcountry skiing (outside trails) with sled or backpack, and/or traditional Telemark skiing, making your down hill skiing on a trip even more joyful. These courses are an introduction, but we can offer longer technique courses in skiing. Just ask for a special offer.
Duration: 1-3 days
Price: NOK 1500,- pr day
2-8 participants
Creating a playground in nature
You learn to create different elements in forest, for enjoyable play and a variety of training exercises. The elements are mainly made by use of ropes, logs, axe and saw.
Duration: 8 hours.
4-16 participants
Price: NOK 1200,-
Outdoor cooking, course
Prepare you`re skills as an outdoor chef!
Course in cooking outdoors, using different kind of kitchens. You learn proper and safe way of cooking on “ovens” like camp fire, primus, selv made (provisoric) stone oven and in a heating pot. You`ll also learn different techniques to prepare food for a longer trip, both concidering weight, duration and the content of energy.
We share a outdoor dinner in the end of the course.
Duration: 6-8 hours.
3-8 participants.
Price: NOK 800,-
