Winter Survival Skills
February 8-9, 2025 inclement weather date: February 22-23
Taught by Taylor Moorefield
Join Taylor Moorefield for a 2 day in-depth course on winter wilderness survival. Topics will include cold weather fire building, shelters, managing body heat with appropriate clothing and energy management, cold weather first aid, knots, and so much more.
Taylor Moorefield is a Park Ranger with Tennessee State Parks and has studied personally with Eustace Conway for several years. Additionally, he is an Eagle Scout and earned the yonah nugali (bear claw) from Spencer “Two Dogs” Bolejack of Land of the Sky Wilderness School. Taylor has a passion for teaching, nature and the potential of the human spirit. Taylor lives in East Tennessee with his wife and two children.
Details: February 8-9
Inclement weather date is February 22-23, and applies only if folks can’t make it down our drive due to snow and ice.
Date/Time: Arrival time is 9:00 am on Saturday and Departure is 3:00 pm on Sunday.
Available Spaces: limited to 10 adults. Mature teens with an adult chaperone are welcome. This is a great class for Scouts.
Cost: $375 includes delicious, nutritious meals in our outdoor kitchen.
Accommodation options include: Our Adirondack shelters (non heated), you may secure a warm room nearby in the town of Boone, NC, or for the truly adventurous, you may elect to stay in the primitive shelter we will build on the first day.
Upon registration: You will receive additional information and details.
Cancellations: Payment in full due at registration. Non refundable.
Road Conditions: 1.5 miles off-road gravel - watch the video (link is external)
Location: 8 miles east of Boone, NC - Base Camp at Turtle Island Preserve is just 2 miles off the Blue Ridge Parkway - Bamboo Gap Exit
We have our own special beauty in the winter months!
My husband and I took the Winter Survival Skills Workshop with Taylor and it was amazing!
Taylor is a great instructor! His teacher style is just right for this type of workshop. He taught us skills that we practiced right away, welcomed all of our questions, and went through the lessons at a comfortable pace. He is extremely knowledgeable and I appreciate that he doesn't just teach these skills, he is actually experienced in using them. The real test of whether or not we learned from Taylor came when we built our shelter. We constructed a waterproof shelter that successfully kept out the wind and rain we got that night! And yes, we slept in the shelter, cut firewood from downed trees, and built our own fire to keep warm through the night!
But the thing that was truly special about the whole experience were all of the people who helped out behind the scenes. We received a warm welcome from everyone we met, and wow, they can cook! The food that they prepared without any modern conveniences was so good! I highly recommend signing up for this workshop - they get 5 stars from me!
Holly Stuart, 2025