Welcome to Backcountry Runaway

Rewild. Reconnect. Run Free.

At Backcountry Runaway, we help you embrace self-sufficiency, primitive survival skills, and adventure. Join us to learn how to survive off the land, explore the wild, and live a life of freedom.

  • Students proudly display brain-tanned buckskin hides during a primitive skills class with Backcountry Runaway in montana, showcasing hands-on hide tanning techniques.

    Primitive Skills & Survival Classes

    Learn earth-based living through immersive, hands-on survival and primitive skills classes. From fire by friction to hide tanning and wild hunting tools, reconnect with nature the ancient way.

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  • Brain tanned buckskin vest.

    BUCKSKIN VESTS ARE ON SALE

    Get a custom made, custom tailored vest made just for you. Plain Vests are currently on sale. Made from authentic brained tanned buckskin that is ethically sourced, made with love, using traditional methods. Current lead time is 1 year.

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  • Hand-sewn buckskin medicine bag with antler and bone accents—available for purchase or as a project in Backcountry Runaway’s leatherworking and primitive craft classes

    Authentic Buckskin Crafts & Other Gear | Backcountry Runaway Shop

    Shop handmade buckskin pouches, primitive tools, and gear rooted in ancestral skills—plus original T-shirts, mugs, and stickers inspired by the Backcountry Runaway lifestyle.

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  • Children sitting in front of a brush shelter they helped build during a wilderness survival class for kids, hosted by Backcountry Runaway

    Private Wilderness & Primitive Skills Classes/Expeditions

    Book custom earthskills training for youth, families, or adults. Private instruction in fire-making, shelters, hide tanning, primitive tools, and nature connection—on your land or ours.

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  • Handmade primitive tools and gear including a gourd bowl, stone-tipped pump drill, buckskin clothing, and cordage—featured in a Backcountry Runaway survival skills course.

    Primitive Skills Articles & Resources | Backcountry Runaway Blog

    Explore in-depth articles on earthskills, whole animal processing, fire by friction, hide tanning, and more. Learn the philosophy, techniques, and history behind ancestral living.

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  • Primitive Expeditions/Immersions

    Join EarthWalker Primitive Expeditions for a backcountry journey blending primitive skills with immersive wilderness travel. Trek through remote landscapes using minimal modern gear, learning to move with the land while incorporating ancestral skills into real-world adventure.

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