2023 Here we come! Plan to attend the 2023 WRMC in Portland, Oregon. Celebrate 30 years of Facing Challenges Together. Save the Date: October 18-20, 2023; Pre-Conference October 16-18, 2023.
Location: Holiday Inn Portland - Columbia Riverfront, 909 North Hayden Island Drive, Portland, OR 97217
Presentations: Presentation slides that are available will be uploaded to Sched in the next few days. Video Recordings: You might have noticed that some sessions were recorded. WRMC is experimenting with video recordings and has not yet decided how those will be utilized. If the recordings are able to turn into high-quality learning, they will be made available to conference attendees at no additional cost through the conference app Sched. Sign up to receive WRMC updates to be notified if recordings become available. The core objective of the Wilderness Risk Management Conference (WRMC) is to offer an outstanding educational experience to help you mitigate the risks inherent in exploring, working, teaching, and recreating in wild places. The WRMC is a collaboration between NOLS, Outward Bound USA, and the Student Conservation Association, in partnership with the WRMC Steering Committee. See the guiding purpose and tenets.
Want to know for sure your staff’s skills and abilities? Changing student demographics, shrinking budgets, loss of senior staff, and increase in expectations forces us to evaluate how and what we train. This session explores standardized training systems using a competency-based model that benefits staff development and safety practices. Participants will engage and connect with others and develop tangible strategies to take to their training programs.
Director of Program and Safety, Colorado Outward Bound
Amber is the Program and Safety Director at the Colorado Outward Bound School and has been working for national and international OB schools since 2006, including a long stint with Outward Bound Australia as an Instructor, Trainer, and Training Manager. For the last eight years she... Read More →
Julia worked with the Hurricane Island Outward Bound School for over 15 years in the Sea Program and served as the school’s Safety Director and Associate Director of Education and Innovation. She now lives year-round in Colorado where she works as a Training Consultant, Ski Patroller... Read More →
Colleen McHugh is the Director of Programs for City Kids Wilderness Project, serving as an organizational leader in program management, staff training, risk management, and curriculum development. They have been with City Kids since 2009 in a variety of roles. Colleen began their... Read More →
