Wilderness and camping training. Every skill, one system.
Fifteen live field guides take you from your first overnight to leading a self-reliant expedition. A sixteenth guide, the U.S. Hunting Starter Guide, is available as an upcoming preview before its October 1 launch. Every live guide has a real free lesson. The full library is inside THE CAMPFIRE.
Every field guide becomes part of the complete manual.
This first-trip lesson shows the format: a practical planning map followed by the judgment behind it. The full 582-page Field Manual brings all 15 courses and 160+ modules together in one book.
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Land & Survival
Navigation Masterclass
Topo maps, compass, GPS, and no-tech navigation so you never get lost.
Read the guide ›Stay Rugged Survival
Fire, shelter, water, and food when the gear fails.
Read the guide ›All-Weather Expedition
Thrive in cold rain, brutal heat, and flood-stage rivers.
Read the guide ›Traditional Woodsman
Axe, knife, knots, and old-school bushcraft done right.
Read the guide ›River & Paddling
Canoe Camping Playbook
Pack, plan, and run a multi-day blackwater canoe trip.
Read the guide ›River Master
Advanced canoe handling, from the J-stroke to reading current.
Read the guide ›Fisherman's Playbook
Read blackwater and catch food with a simple one-rod setup.
Read the guide ›Expedition Kitchen
The no-cooler camp kitchen that feeds a crew for days.
Read the guide ›Hunt & Harvest
Hunter's Masterclass
Ethical scouting, reading sign, the shot, and the work after.
Read the guide ›Field to Freezer
Field dressing, aging, and clean cuts into the freezer.
Read the guide ›U.S. Hunting Starter Guide
Start hunting the right way, region by region: licenses, public land, and tactics. Coming October 1.
Preview the guide ›Lead, Respond & Equip
The Family Expedition
Lead family into the wild so they ask to go again.
Read the guide ›Wilderness First Responder
Backcountry medicine when help is hours away.
Read the guide ›The Armory
Buy once, cry once. The gear that lasts and how to keep it.
Read the guide ›The Capstone
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- Join THE CAMPFIRE.Enter Skool and start with the community and free lessons.
- Explore the system.Open the Classroom, choose Hiker, Paddler, or Hunter, and try the free lessons.
- See the full library inside Skool.When you want the full library, Field Manual, app, and weekly call, pricing and billing are handled there.
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Join THE CAMPFIRE, then upgrade for the full library, the app, and the Field Manual.
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