Learning Center & Field Programs
A home base in the heart of the North Cascades
When you sign up for a program at the North Cascades Environmental Learning Center or one of our field offerings, you are purchasing more than a world-class educational experience. You'll receive hands-on instruction from the Pacific Northwest’s finest artists, scientists, naturalists and writers.
Sign up for a Learning Center program or Field Excursion and find out why "North Cascades Institute...introduces wonder. It reminds us why we should be amazed." -Bill Deitrich
Scholarships, student discounts, clock hours and academic credit are available for most seminars.
Baker Lake Snowshoe Excursion
Winter in the Coastal Northwest brings cool wet weather. Travel to the foothills of the Cascades and enter a winter world .
Thor Hanson and "Feathers: The Evolution of a Natural Miracle"
In Thor Hanson's award-winning "Feathers: The Evolution of a Natural Miracle", the San Juan Island-based conservation biologist offers an engaging narrative of the natural and cultural history of feathers.

