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Rangers Apprenticeship
Stealth, Archery & Wilderness Survival

Join our Rangers Apprenticeship! 1 weekend a month, Fall to Spring

Grade 2-5 & 6-9 Train in stealth, archery, and wilderness survival in this monthly weekend program! Expert Ranger Guides mentor you in traditional forest craft. Work together in small teams, making new friends and mastering outdoors skills. Blend into the forest, learning animal tracking and camouflage. Take to the range, practicing archery with bow and arrow.

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Join Your Rangers Team!

You join a Rangers Team of fellow apprentices sharing in epic adventures while learning skills. Together your Team…

  • Works with a Rangers Guide mentoring you and your team in stealth, archery & wilderness survival.
  • Trains to be self-directed, empowered to craft your journey together as Trackers.
  • Contributes to the greater community, helping younger Trackers, your families, and our elders.
  • Forges a cohort of friends who are thoughtful and Truly Helpful to each other.

Learn Rangers Skills

Through monthly outdoor weekends you learn the skills of our Rangers Guild:

Wilderness Survival & Forest Craft Learn skills of shelter building, lighting fire with no matches, and foraging for wild plants while immersed in the arts of wilderness survival. Develop focus with archery and practice woodworking for forest craft.

Tracking & Wayfinding Journey into the amazing world of wildlife while training to become a master tracker. Hone your orienteering and navigation skills, as you follow the trails of deer, elk, fox, and more.

Stealth & Invisibility Train in our unique Rangers martial art of stealth and invisibility, the Curriculum of Shadows. Find your grit and resilience. Rise to any challenge, following an ancient path that teaches lessons of awareness, strategy, and leadership.

Our Apprenticeship Mentors are experienced educators teaching authentic skills. They inspire positive growth through connection to community, nature, and outdoor lore.


Explore the Program Schedule

Fall to Spring, 1 weekend a month

This transported program is made up of Weekend Adventure Days where your team explores and trains in the outdoors and Seasonal Gatherings where families can connect with each other. Schedule options below.

Weekend Adventure Days 8 total - Typically 1 Saturday or Sunday a month (8:15 AM - 3:30 PM)
During Weekend Adventure Days you journey to the wilderness to train in skills with your Rangers Team and Guide.

Seasonal Gatherings 6 total - Weekday evenings or Weekends during the day
Trackers families can attend Seasonal Gatherings filled with food, fun, and connection. Organized by Trackers Teams, these events are and optional and include:

  • Family Picnic Welcome the autumnal harvest with festivities, food, and music.
  • Track-or-Treat Trick-or-treat on a fun and mysterious tracking trail through the Trackers Lodge.
  • Holiday Party Herald the arrival of winter with food and friends at our Holiday Party.
  • Garden Party Help plant our gardens for summer and fall in Sandy, Oregon.
  • Family Lodge Celebrate in the Trackers Lodge with all our families in one Grand Evening.
  • Graduation Wrap our year together with a community potluck and BBQ.

Get a Rangers Team Membership

Register and receive a Trackers Teams Membership for your full year (Sept - August). This includes:

  • 8 Weekend Adventure Days, 6 Seasonal Family Gatherings
  • A Trackers T-Shirt, Trackers Woodcarving Guide & monthly Trackers Journal.
  • 50% off the Trackers Archery Range for immediate family members (free during Seasonal Gatherings).
  • 10% off other Trackers programs for the registered Trackers Apprentice. Includes all programs occurring from program start to the end of following summer. Cannot be combined with other discounts or scholarships.

Tuition

Tuition includes all Weekend Adventure Days and Seasonal Gatherings. Reserve your place with a $195 non-refundable deposit, then pay the remaining tuition in 9 monthly payments of $128 (total $1,347). Your first payment is due August 31.

Returning Student Discount Apprentices returning from a previous program year (within Fall to Spring) receive a 15% discount. Use your discount code (emailed) or Contact Us athello@trackersearth.com to receive one.

Need Financial Help? We offer Opportunity & Merit Scholarships of 5% - 15% off. Up to a $200 discount off the full tuition. It's quick and easy to apply.

Please note, scholarships and multiple discounts cannot be combined.

Your Schedule

Be sure your Apprentice can make most of the weekends. Seasonal Gatherings are optional. Due to group size limits, we do not allow switching between schedules.

SALMON Weekend

SATURDAY

Grade 2-3, 4-5 & 6-9 Rangers Apprenticeship

Adventure Day
8:15 AM - 3:30 PM
  • September 30, 2023
  • October 21, 2023
  • November 11, 2023
  • January 20, 2024 (rescheduled)
  • February 17, 2024
  • February 24, 2024 (make up)
  • March 16, 2024
  • April 20, 2024
  • May 4, 2024

Family Gatherings

We offer 6 Seasonal Family Gatherings (optional).

Family Picnic Oct 14, 2023
Track-or-Treat Oct 26, 2023
Holiday Party Dec 9, 2023
Garden Party Apr 27, 2024
Family Lodge May 2, 2024
Graduation May 18, 2024

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