Join the Glacier Institute for a physically challenging and rewarding adventure into a hidden paradise, Glacier National Park’s Kintla Valley. This wild and remote valley is an ideal place for deer, elk, and moose to spend the winter, often followed by wolves, lions and the occasional grizzly bear taking a stretch break from hibernation.

This course, led by biologist Kyran Kunkel, explores the primeval dance of life and death including hunting behavior and prey escape strategies. Our nights will be spent at The Way Less Traveled Bed and Breakfast three miles from the Canadian border. We will ford the North Fork River in waders and cross country ski to Kintla Lake (approximately two to twelve miles round trip with about 1,000 feet elevation gain) stopping often to look at tracks, scats and kill sites and watch (and listen) for any wildlife that may cross our paths. Each day will involve excursions into predator habitat on skis. Students must provide their own cross-country ski equipment.

Full course details can be downloaded at left.

The Glacier Institute

Streneous

18+

February 19, 2010 - February 21, 2010

Other Lodging

$500 includes lodging, meals, waders and snowshoes