Wilderness First Responder, Wilderness EMT, and Wilderness Medicine Programs

Wilderness First Responder and Wilderness Rescue Medicine Specialists

Crested Butte Outdoors offers the highly successful and well respected Wilderness Medicine programs developed by Wilderness Medical Associates. Courses include Wilderness First Responder, Wilderness Rescue Medicine (Wilderness EMT), Open Recertification, and private courses. Course locations include Glacier Park, Sun Valley, Snowbird Ski Resort, Lake Tahoe, Seattle, and Mt Everest.

Would you know what to do? Managing a medical emergency in a remote or dangerous place is serious business. Our business is to help you do it with skill, confidence, and pride	Courses Include: 5 and 7 Day Wilderness First Responder Wilderness Advanced First Aid Recertification/Challenge Course Wilderness EMT Upgrade
Who comes to these classes?

Would you know what to do?

Find Your Path with Crested Butte Outdoors: Wilderness First Responder and Wilderness Medicine Instruction

Managing a medical emergency in a remote or dangerous place is serious business. Our business is to help you do it with skill, confidence, and pride

Courses Include:

5 and 7 Day Wilderness First Responder

Wilderness Advanced First Aid

Recertification/Challenge Course

Wilderness EMT Upgrade

Wilderness Medicine as a Second Language, Mt. Everest Region

Who comes to these classes?

Crested Butte Outdoors offers, by far, the best medical training for the backcountry traveler. The principles-oriented approach, combined with a curriculum refined by years of practical experience and expertise, has proven exceptionally effective at all levels of training. Once you’ve taken one of our courses, you will never forget what to do because you will understand what needs to be done. Courses are certified by Wilderness Medical Associates.

Crested Butte Outdoors headquarters is located in Whitefish, Montana. Nestled against Whitefish Mountain Resort, Whitefish Lake and Glacier National Park, Whitefish is a winter and summer paradise. Whitefish is minutes away from Glacier International Airport which makes access to and from Montana simple. The Amtrak train also stops in Whitefish.

Crested Butte Outdoors offers wilderness medicine courses, avalanche, and K-9 search and rescue courses year-round throughout the west. Custom courses are available to met your organizations needs.

Our teaching staff headed by Susan Purvis offers a depth of experience in medicine, outdoor education, and wilderness travel that is hard to match. Read about Susan Purvis and Crested Butte Outdoors in the news.

Course Schedule Please check our course schedule and select the best course to develop your emergency outdoor skills.