Summer Leadership Adventure

What are you doing this summer?

We're going Outward Bound!
How about you?

Every summer, Voyageur Outward Bound School invites young leaders to embark on life-changing adventure.

We've been welcoming high schoolers to go Outward Bound for 60 years.

Our summer wilderness expeditions are designed to grow skills and success for high school, college and beyond.

We prepare college-bound students to thrive in the greatest outdoor classroom on earth-- The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.

Never paddled a canoe?

Can't picture yourself in a tent?

No problem!

We teach you how to survive and thrive in the great outdoors – no experience necessary. Learn technical skills AND practice life skills for the challenges and opportunities ahead.

Outward Bound is more camp – it's leadership for life.

Join a crew of peers, make new friends, and learn by doing.
Belonging, strength, and purpose come from trying new things and stretching your comfort zone in a supportive environment.

When you go Outward Bound, nature, compassion, and expertise create the best conditions for learning, adventure... and fun!

"When a student goes Outward Bound, I know they've had a real, hands-on leadership experience, and a great opportunity to develop themselves.

Outward Bound isn't easy. You learn to do hard things, and you learn to help yourself and others. Trying and failing and learning from it? That's resilience. Pursuing shared goals and meeting them? That's leadership. Showing up for your crew? That's compassion.

If a student has done Outward Bound, I can bet they're had a chance to grow their character, and colleges are very interested in character. "

Tom Bear, VP Enrollment, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology