Outdoor Adventure Training and Retreats For Women

Vermont Outdoor professionals and organizations offer outdoor challenges, skill development and educational programs for women throughout the year, including VOGA's original Doe Camp Retreat. This page includes our Women's Adventure Event Calendar and businesses that offer women specific programming. Choose from a variety of fun and educational opportunities and activities.

Firearms Safety for Women

Retreats and Outdoor Adventures

Women's Outdoor Programs

There are few new programs on our radar at this time but as we recover from COVID and events become available, they will be posted here.

COVID-19 in Vermont. There is new information for people traveling to Vermont.

Check back with us as we plan on sponsoring another
Women's Survival Doe Camp. We are working on a date so check in now and then.

Adventure Based Programs for Women

Appalachian Trail Adventures
Hiking, Caving, Kayaking
An award winning hiking spa, based in Killington, Vermont. With more than 25 years of experience, Appalachian Trail Adventures (ATA) is a one-stop adventure destination for outdoor enthusiasts, couples, girl getaways, families, friends and single travelers. We provide both personalized, All-Inclusive Hiking Vacations and Guided Day Adventures throughout the Green Mountains of Vermont.

Bold Paths Adventure Tours
Women-Focused Excursions
Join us on one of our women’s excursions in northern New England. These beautiful locations provide a sense of solace, solitude, and connection with our incredible natural world. Allow yourself to enhance your energies and focus, recharging your self for the work ahead.  * challenge you to learn new skills and improve your technique, * offer you the opportunity to renew existing friendships and make new friends, * provide a natural and peaceful setting that encourages you to relax and recharge, * Kayaking excursions, * Cross-Country Ski weekends or single days.

Magical Earth Retreats
Southern Vermont
Summer Day Camps, Women's, Family and Adult Retreats
Readsboro, VT
Magical Earth Retreats provides the space, place and opportunity for women to re- connect with mother nature with the goal of changing the destructive route of the human race one child/person at a time with love, light, peace and creativity.

Petra Cliffs Climbing Center and Mountaineering School
Alpine Mountaineering, Ice and Rock Climbing
Burlington VT
Petra Cliffs offers a complete outdoor instruction curriculum, catering to groups of all sizes and to individuals of all ages and abilities. From one-on-one technical skill instruction to group teambuilding, we consistently meet the needs of our diverse clientele.

Quimby Country
Northeast Kingdom
Biking, Birding, Moose & Nature Watching, Canoeing & Kayaking, Hiking, Mountain Biking, Fishing, Hunting,
Averill, VT
Quimby’s 3-night women’s retreat offers flexibility, allowing participants to design their own experience and embrace all the amenities Quimby’s has to offer, while taking advantage of professional instructors and staff. We have designed a perfect getaway retreat for you and your friends, and we look forward to sharing Quimby’s with you!

SERE Training School
Based in Colorado, SERE Training School provides world-wide outdoor survival training and consulting services to Civilians, Outdoor Professionals, Media Organizations, and Active-Duty Military Personnel using our signature brand of highly-specialized wilderness and hostile environment survival training techniques and experiences. Our Survival Training Instructors are top-notch and the real-deal. When you train with SERE Training School, you train with the best. Colorado and Beyond!

Vermont Adventure Tours
Southern, Central - Vermont
Hiking, Canoeing, Kayaking, Orienteering, Mountain Biking, Mountaineering, Winter Camping,  Women's Challenges, Youth Programs, Winter Activities
Rutland, VT
Imagine doing an adventure tour through Vermont and New England that is perfectly blended to match your needs for adrenaline and serenity. Mix and match elements to create a special custom tour package suited to your unique tastes. Experience spectacular mountains, crisp fresh air, lush forests, wildlife and an abundance of adventure on an adventure holiday designed to fit your specific time frame, budget and interests.

Women's Outdoor Event Calendar

February 13, SOLO First Aid and CPR for Active Women with Train NEK
St. Johnsbury. Cost is $80 First Aid only; $120 with optional CPR. https://trainnek.com/solo-first-aid-for-women/

February 28, 2021, Women's Ice Climbing Clinic
AT 9 AM EST – 4 PM EST. Petra Cliffs Climbing Center & Mountaineering School at Smugglers Notch. Our for-women-by-women ice climbing clinic is a great way to learn about the exhilarating sport of climbing ice in a no-pressure environment. Women's Ice I is open to women of all ages and abilities (ages 16+), whether it's your first time climbing anything, or you've climbed ice before and you're looking for a fun day out with other women. Join us and learn how to move over easy to moderate terrain using crampons and ice axes, and learn some ridiculous jokes. Andrea won't let you get through the day without a smile on your face! https://www.facebook.com/events/3103446916645677/

May 8, 2021, SOLO First Aid and CPR for Active Women with Train NEK
9a-6p, Peacham. Cost is $80 First Aid only; $120 with optional CPR. https://trainnek.com/solo-first-aid-for-women/

October 1-3, 2021, Quimby Country Women’s Weekend
Quimby’s 2-night Women’s Weekend offers flexibility, allowing participants to design their own experience and embrace all the amenities Quimby’s has to offer, while taking advantage of professional instructors and staff. We have designed a perfect getaway weekend for you and your friends, and we look forward to sharing Quimby’s with you! Situated on over 1,000 acres, Quimby’s allows for ample exploration and quiet moments allowing you to fully feel connected to the natural environment and one ’s needs.  Our Women’s Weekend will replenish and inspire you to try new things and make new connections. https://quimbycountry.com/2020-womens-retreat/

Who Sponsors Our Women's Programs

Jackson’s Lodge and Log Cabin Village is a destination of going-back-in-time to a Vermont lakeside resort built in the 1920s.

Based in Colorado and Beyond, SERE Training School provides world-wide outdoor survival training and consulting services to Civilians, Outdoor Professionals, Media Organizations, and Active-Duty Military Personnel.

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