April 21, 2014— We know teachers work hard all winter to educate, inspire, and guide their students. We value education for life. This is the premise for our Teacher Practicum Course, an inspiring 8-day backpacking course designed to help teachers... READ MORE

April 14, 2014– When you look at the Rocky Mountain Program basecamp (the Leadville Mountain Center), the deep roots of the school are evident: the iconic wood dormitories built lovingly in the 1970s, the beaver pond circumnavigated by well-worn footpaths,... READ MORE

April 7, 2014– We recently caught up with Zion Klos, Visiting Professor, Colorado College to hear more about the upcoming Colorado College Outdoor Leadership Institute, a 3-part semester course that starts May 28. Here’s what Professor Klos had to say:... READ MORE

April 1, 2014– The Outward Bound movement in the United States started with us: in Marble Colorado, a little speck on the map. We won’t be shy about it. COBS had 4 visionary founders, whose names you might recognize, who... READ MORE

March 15, 2014– For 47 years, Outward Bound has been changing lives through challenge and discovery in the iconic Utah backcountry. The Colorado Outward Bound School’s Southwest Program, headquartered in Moab, serves nearly 400 students per year through rugged wilderness... READ MORE

March 1, 2014– We love integrating Outward Bound curriculum with an organization’s mission, vision, and values to develop teamwork, cohesion and leadership among participants. We can tell you all about how we do it but in this post, our clients... READ MORE

February 1, 2014– The mission of the Colorado Outward Bound School is to change lives through challenge and discovery, and much of this task is carried out on the shoulders of our instructors. COBS staff are student-focused on course, and... READ MORE

January 15, 2014– Once World War II began, the British army moved the Gordonstoun School to Wales where Hahn met Lawrence Holt, the head of a large merchant-shipping firm. Holt’s company was affected greatly by the war’s battles in the... READ MORE

December 15, 2013– Hahn’s innovations at Salem took place not in the classroom, but in the establishment of principles and practices that fostered character development and preparation for life. Hahn’s progressive educational ideas were controversial, even threatening, to traditionalists and... READ MORE

November 15, 2013– The inspiration behind Outward Bound as an educational movement came from the German-born educator, Kurt Hahn. Born in 1886 in Germany, Hahn was raised in the Jewish tradition and attended a traditional German school until graduation in... READ MORE