Prepare for Your Course
Resources for Enrolled Students
All the necessary information and resources you need before embarking on your adventure with Boulder Outdoor Survival School.
Important Deadlines
Fee Payment Deadline
All BOSS courses require a $500 deposit and tuition is due in full 90 days prior to your course. Your student enrollment portal lists the courses you’ve enrolled in and the status of your tuition payments, including options for payment.
Health & Physical Exam Packet
Complete and submit your Registration Paperwork, including the Health and Physical Exam Packet 60 days before your course. You’ll need a doctor to perform your exam, so be sure to schedule that with enough time to submit it
Travel Itinerary Confirmation
You can take the BOSS shuttle from the Holiday Inn & Suites, Salt Lake City airport or drive directly to Boulder, UT. Either way, we’d like to know how you plan on getting here and reserve a spot on the shuttle if you need it. Let us know how you plan to get here.
Course Descriptions & Gear Packing Lists
7-Day Field Expedition
14-Day Field Expedition
28-Day Field Expedition
7-Day Skills Course
14-Day Primitive Living Intensive
14-Day Wilderness Navigator
Hunter Gatherer
Travel Itineraries
Saturday Pre-Course
Flying & Shuttle
Plan on getting to Salt Lake City on the Saturday before your course and staying Saturday night. BOSS provides Shuttle service to and from Holiday Inn & Suites Salt Lake City Airport West. There’s more than one Holiday Inn in Salt Lake – make sure you plan on staying/meeting at the correct one. It’s not necessary to stay at the Holiday Inn, but it will make your morning on Sunday easier.
Driving
If you’re driving to BOSS, plan on staying in or close to Boulder, UT Saturday night. There are lodging options in town as well as plenty of opportunities to camp near or a relatively short drive from Boulder. Don’t plan on driving a long distance the morning of your course.
Sunday Course Start
Flying & Shuttle
Plan on meeting the BOSS shuttle driver at 6:15 am in the Holiday Inn & Suites Salt Lake City Airport West hotel lobby. If staying there, you’ll be able to get their complimentary breakfast starting at 6:00 am. The BOSS shuttle will load and leave promptly at 6:15 am and will arrive at BOSS by noon.
Driving
The BOSS property opens for students to arrive at 10:30 am for courses to start at noon. Plan to arrive at BOSS between 10:30 am and 11:30 am.
Boulder Town has a local coffee shop and a museum that you can visit on Sunday morning before your course begins.
Saturday Post-Course
Flying & Shuttle
Courses are scheduled to end on Saturday morning by 11:00 am*, which is when the shuttle back to the Salt Lake City Holiday Inn & Suites SLC Airport West leaves. The shuttle should arrive at the Holiday Inn at about 5:00 pm. If you’re flying home, we recommend staying Saturday night in Salt Lake City and flying out the following day.
Driving
Courses are scheduled to end all courses on Saturday morning by 11:00 am*, which is a good time to plan your departure or getting picked up. You’ll be tired at the end of your course so we don’t recommend driving yourself a long distance on Saturday. If driving yourself, we recommend you stay in Boulder, UT or nearby.
* We cannot guarantee that courses will end by 11:00 am on the last day, nor can we ensure that you will make it to the airport for a same-day flight.
Training for BOSS
A lot of our students want to know what they should do pre-course to prepare. If you’re in relatively good shape, training for your course isn’t strictly necessary. If you do want to train, consider that you’ll be walking with a pack at altitude and in heat. Our operating area isn’t flat so your training shouldn’t be either. If you run or bike, train on hills. If you train in a gym, use the stair machine in a gym instead of only a treadmill. Also – be careful when you train to avoid injuries. The last thing you want to do is to have your preparations sideline you for your course. We recommend stoping intensive training two weeks before our course. For more information, you can download our Training FAQ with tips from Alumni.
We strongly recommend against trying to acclimatize to any potential for water stress. Trying to get your body used to being in a dehydrated state or over-hydrating before the course can lead to extremely dire situations both out of and in the field.
Travel Insurance
BOSS strongly recommends getting travel insurance for your course. There are many things out of your control that could cause you to miss your course (sickness, travel issues, family emergencies, etc.), and BOSS cannot not make exceptions for cancellations made due to personal and medical emergencies. Travel insurance will help ensure you don’t wind up paying for a course you can’t take. Divers Alert Network (DAN) or World Nomads are both good options.
Contact Us
We’re here for you to answer any questions you have. You can call, text, email, even schedule a video call. Just reach out and we’ll get back to you:
| info@boss-inc.com | |
| Text | +1 435-310-4227 |
| Voice (9am – 3pm Mountain) | +1 800-335-7404 (US) +1 435-335-7404 (International) |
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