Are you an avid day hiker, biker, or weekend warrior?
Do you spend lots of time outdoors or in the backcountry?
Wilderness medicine training should be an essential part of your toolkit.
Join Holiday River Expeditions to recertify your WFR or start fresh with a 5-Day Hybrid WFR course. Keep scrolling to learn more.
From musculoskeletal injuries to medical emergencies… Do you know what to do?
24-hour WMA Wilderness First Responder (WFR) Recertification
This spring, recertify your Wilderness First Responder (WFR) with Holiday River Expeditions. You’ll join Katie Woods, lead instructor for Wilderness Medical Associates (WMA) and owner of First Aid Outdoors, LLC for plenty of group discussion, hands-on time, and real-life case scenarios to practice critical thinking and refresh crucial medical skills. It’s time to dust off the cobwebs on how you should navigate medical problems — especially when help is several hours, miles, or days away!
If you’re ready to …
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refresh your confidence in how you’d respond to injuries and illness that thwart your best-laid plans
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remind yourself how to think about evacuation decisions for you and your group in an emergency — even if you’re nowhere near a hospital
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keep the certification required for your job all courses meet guide and outfitter requirements in Utah
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spend time with Holiday’s famously fun staff … yep, our guides take this exact courses to prepare!
- and SO much more
… register today! Space is limited and our WFR recert courses ALWAYS fill quickly.
2026 WFR Recertification Courses
2-Day Wilderness First Responder Hybrid Recertification | 4/24 & 4/25
You worked hard to earn your certification… work hard to keep it! Prevent your WFR from expiring with our 2-day Hybrid WFR Recertification (minimum mandatory 12-hours online work + 16 hours in-person) course. As long as your current WFR is from a company that offered a 70- hour WFR course (with at least 45 of those hours in person), OR your most recent WFR Recertification course had a minimum of 16-hours of in-person instruction, OR you have a current Outdoor Emergency Care certification, you’re eligible!
- Did You Know? Holiday River Expeditions offers the 2-day Hybrid WFR Recertification to maximize our in-person time together while meeting the needs of busy students. The course requires a minimum of 12 hours of self-paced, online work be completed prior to the in-person portion of the class.
REGISTER HERE!
3-Day Wilderness First Responder Recertification | 4/29 – 5/1
You worked hard to earn your certification… work hard to keep it! Prevent your WFR from expiring with our 3-day WFR Recertification course. As long as your current WFR is from a company that offered a 70- hour WFR course (with at least 45 of those hours in person), OR your most recent WFR Recertification course had a minimum of 16-hours of in-person instruction, OR you have a current Outdoor Emergency Care certification, you’re eligible!
- Did You Know? Not into hours of online course work but have three days and need to recert? We’ve got you covered. There’s a quiz and some case studies that we recommend you review so you’ll be up to speed when you arrive, but that’s it.
REGISTER HERE!
70-hour WMA Wilderness First Responder (WFR) Recertification
Do you spend multiple days in the backcountry or lead groups where you might be alone or primarily responsible for patient care? Do you love veering off the beaten path? If you’re new to the world of wilderness medicine or ready to go all in and earn your Wilderness First Responder—we’ve got you.
Join us as Katie Woods, lead instructor for Wilderness Medical Associates (WMA) and owner of First Aid Outdoors, LLC travels to Holiday River Expeditions to offer WMA’s 5-Day Hybrid Wilderness First Responder (WFR) course on April 27th – May 1st.
First, you’ll get the basics by completing a minimum of 30 hours of online, self-paced course work. Katie will be there with you every step of the way to answer questions and send you weekly check-in emails to help you stay on track. You can do it!
Then, you’ll meet in-person on April 27th at Holiday River Expeditions headquarters in Green River, UT and spend the next five days elbow deep in group discussion, hands-on skills sessions, and real-life case scenarios—all carefully designed to improve your critical thinking and provide a supportive place to practice crucial medical skills. If you are curious how you should navigate medical problems—especially when help is several hours, miles, or days away—this course is for you.
2026 Wilderness First Responder Course
5-Day Hybrid Wilderness First Responder Course | 4/27 – 5/1
Earn your 70-hour WFR certification with our Hybrid Wilderness First Responder (WFR) course. There is a minimum mandatory 30-hours of online work + 5 in-person days. No previous medical experience required!
- Did You Know? Holiday River Expeditions offers the 5-day Hybrid WFR course to maximize our in-person time together while meeting the needs of busy students. The course requires a minimum of 30 hours of self-paced, online work be completed prior to the in-person portion of the class.
REGISTER HERE!
Don’t get caught on the wrong side of being prepared. Join us this spring in Green River, UT to renew your wilderness first aid bag of tricks. Class sizes are limited—and do fill up fast… Reach out to Katie Woods at katie@firstaidoutdoors.com if you have any questions!
If you are looking for a Wilderness First Aid (WFA), Wilderness Advanced First Aid (WAFA), or another course type to offer if your area, please reach out at katie@firstaidoutdoors.com and put Wilderness Medicine Course Help in your subject line.