TSX Student Treks

First Class for Your Class

Discover our multi-night youth treks for students age 13 – 17.

We make it easy to inspire the next generation.

Since 2019 we’ve been leading student treks to remote destinations across the west, including the Grand Canyon, John Muir Wilderness, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park, Mt. Whitney, the Lost Coast and Gila Wilderness. We work with educators to facilitate the integration of world class outdoor experiences with custom themes, labs, and curriculum. We believe better outcomes for stewardship and communication can be achieved through our experiential programs and we’re proud to enable these programs for a range of high schools, clubs and community organizations.

We have the only NPS approved Educational Trek that takes students to the top of Mt. Whitney.

Our founders have lead hundreds of students across the Sierra to Mt. Whitney. Discover our Environmental Science program in Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks, and how you can bring an week-long educational trek across the Sierra to Mt. Whitney to your club or organization.

Availability is limited.

Educators and student organizations we’ve supported.

Unifying Themes

Multi-night immersive backpacking and environmental science education for students age 13 – 17.

Ecosystem Change

Engaging with ecosystems in flux, participants come to understand that climate change, both anthropogenic and natural, is real and is happening.

Ecological Methodology

Collecting environmental data through participation in longitudinal lab investigations related to biodiversity, soil chemistry, water quality, microcrustaceans, UV and glacial history.

Experimental Design

Developing an understanding of scientific processes while tapping into the curiosity and wonder of the experience to inspire new questions and explore future pursuits in the sciences.

Energy, Matter and Organization

Recognizing the role that the natural world, and anthropogenic processes play in nutrient cycling and imbalances in these cycles.

Stewardship and Communication

Empowering participants with knowledge and confidence to lead us into the next generation of wilderness stewardship.

Interactions and Interdependencies

Building a framework for understanding interconnectedness in the biological world by engaging with community dynamics, abundance and distribution, competition, and symbiosis.

Contact Us

Let us help you bring the perfect outdoor education experience to your school, club or community organization. We can develop a tailored program to meet your duration, location, budget and educational objectives.

MEET ANDY

Part educator, part mentor, part superhero, meet Andy Giordano, our Academic Director, and the rest of our team.