Women’s Wilderness Survival Skills Courses for Hikers
Estes Park, Colorado
Femme Trek helps female hikers feel confident, capable, and prepared to handle the unexpected in the outdoors.
Ready to feel more confident no matter where you hike? Learn practical wilderness survival skills that help you stay calm, make smart decisions, and handle unexpected situations on the trail.
Learn Essential Hiking Safety Skills and Build Confidence
No experience needed. All skill levels welcome.
Why Should Women Learn Wilderness Survival Skills?
Even short hikes come with real risks. Cell service can drop, weather can shift, and injuries happen. Rescue can take hours or longer. Learning these skills empowers women to be self-sufficient, because in critical moments, knowing what to do can save your life and the life of others.
Don't wait until an emergency to wish you knew what to do. Learn the skills that help hikers stay safe, self-sufficient, and confident outdoors.
What Makes Femme Trek Different?
Femme Trek offers a safe, women-centered environment free from ego, intimidation, or survivalist culture. We focus on empowerment, not fear, teaching real-world skills so you can handle challenges on the trail and get yourself out safely.
You don't have to rely on luck, cell service, or someone else to rescue you. When you understand how to assess risks, respond to challenges, and make smart decisions outdoors, every hike becomes more enjoyable.
Whether you're new to hiking or have years of experience, these courses give you practical skills you can use immediately.
You don’t need to be an expert to be prepared. You just need to know what matters.
Train with Femme Trek, where women aren’t just an afterthought.
Femme Trek was built specifically for women because outdoor education should reflect the people it's designed to serve.
Why Learn with Femme Trek?
Femme Trek founder Sharon Saternus completed extensive wilderness survival training with a specific question in mind: How do these skills apply to women on real hikes?
Throughout her training, Sharon focused on adapting traditional survival concepts into practical strategies that women can realistically use while hiking. Most women aren't carrying a large survival knife, a machete, or a backpack full of specialized gear on a day hike. They need skills that work with what they actually carry and the situations they're most likely to encounter.
That perspective shapes every Femme Trek survival course. Rather than focusing on extreme wilderness scenarios, you'll learn practical skills for handling challenges such as getting turned around on the trail, an unexpected overnight, signaling, decision-making under stress and so much more.
The goal isn't to turn you into a wilderness survival expert. It's to help you become a more confident, capable, and prepared hiker who knows how to respond when things don't go according to plan.