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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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