Mountain School Resources — North Cascades Institute

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We want you to feel prepared and confident as you look forward to your Mountain School adventure! Click the links below to access essential documents.

Welcome to Mountain School! Handout for Families

Bienvenido a la Escuela de la Montaña

Frequently Asked Questions

Preguntas más Frecuentes

Participant Information and Release

Formulario de Liberación e Información del Participante

Medical and Dietary Alert

Teacher's Guide

Lodging Assignments

Trail Groups Form

Pre-Trip Questionnaire

For Parent and Chaperones:

Parent Letter - English

Parent Letter - Español

Chaperone Letter - English

Chaperone Letter - Español

Teacher & Chaperone Survival Guide

Guia De Supervivencia

Teacher & Chaperone Expectations

Packing List

Lista de Ropa

Campus Trails Map

Mountain School makes the magic of the wilderness real for kids

The concept behind Mountain School, run by nonprofit North Cascades Institute, sounds simple: In a three-day mountain camp experience, imbue in school children a visceral connection with this special place — the thumping, mountainous heart of Northwest wilderness. Make its magic real to them at a micro level, in the hope that some of them will feel the pull to return as powerfully as a salmon headed home to spawn. Slip into their consciousness rudimentary skills of a naturalist — the ability to observe and make the same personal connections to other wild lands.

This is how it’s done at Mountain School. Has been, in fact, for 25 years as a program that sprouted in leaky Army surplus tents at Newhalem Campground matures into a national model for wilderness education on public lands."

— The Seattle Times