BUSHCRAFT AND SURVIVAL COURSE

Join us for a three-days outdoor/survival course to learn from nature and our experienced Guide and Instructor. Learn basic wilderness skills that are priceless when a tricky situation occurs out in the wild.

You have just picked the last mushroom in a fantastic area in the woods. You feel excited about your full basket. But then you realize that you don’t recognize the surroundings; you are lost! With only 5% batteries left and no signal on your phone, the panic is starting to rise inside your head. What should I do? Will someone find me, and when? Can I keep warm if I need to spend the night?

With the help of Bushcraft skills, you can read nature and live off the land when you find yourself in an outdoor survival situation.
During this 3-day course, you’ll learn the basics of Bushcraft and Survival in a northern boreal environment. You’ll be experiencing the magic woods of Bergslagen Sweden together with our skilled instructor and guide.
In today’s modern society, we mostly rely on services and ready-produced products. But to handle a potential survival situation you might need to rely only on your skills and mindset. Together we’ll be covering subjects like; firemaking, handling edge tools like knives, axes, and saws, gear, navigation by nature’s signs, survival psychology & physique, building shelters, managing water, usable plants, fields like sloyd, and wilderness safety.

The learning starts on arrival at Kolarbyn on Day 1. Fire and gear are to be prepared for spending the first night inside one of Kolarbyn’s forest huts. Day 2 at 10.00, just after breakfast, the Instructor will join you. The course ends on Day 3 after our breakfast. Leave your stress back home to be able to take in the magic of Swedish nature.

Price for 2 nights in charcoal hut
Adult 4.350 SEK
Child 3.450 SEK
Traveling solo 250 SEK/night

Arrange for fixed dates 2024
26-28 June
3-5 July
13-15 August
28-30 August
10-12 September

Check-in at the Kolarbyn reception between 16.00 and 16.30. The guided tour starts at about 16.30. Bee in good time and you have your hut before the guided tour.
A hostess will meet you at Kolarbyn and give you a guided tour of the facilities, so you can see how things work and where to find everything.
The first night is spent in Kolarbyn. The Instructor will join you after breakfast at 10.00 on Day 2. Lectures and exercises are held both at Kolarbyn and its surrounding woods. The course will end on Day 3 after breakfast, around 10.

Check out at 11.00.

What to expect
A Bushcraft/Survival course led by an instructor, borrowing tools,
Staying in traditional charcoal huts, equipped with inflatable mattresses and sheepskins to sleep on.
All meals in your stay.
Day 1, arrival day
Dinner that you cook over the fire.
Availability in the sauna
2 nights in charcoal hut, you can decide later if you want to stay in a bivouac the second night.
Day 2, course day
10.00 you meet the instructor (Jonas)
Sleeping outside in forest or charcoal hut. The instructor is with you in the forest.
Day 3, check out day
8-9.00 You meet up with all participants, eat breakfast that you make over the fire, and talk about your experience.
This year we offer you a long morning in Kolarbyn at the end of your adventure. You check out from your hut before 11.00 but have availability in the sauna and also can cook lunch before 13.00 before you leave. You need to leave sauna and make the washing up before 13.00.

This is included in your stay
During the overnight in the charcoal hut following are included; firewood to chop and to make fire with, candles, matches, fresh water from the spring, access to fireplaces, kitchen equipment for outdoor cooking over the fire, washing facilities by the stream, recycling room, access to seats inside the community hut.

Lodging: Singel bed in a 2-beds forest hut, an additional fee of 500 SEK per person if a single room is wanted. the second night you can choose to sleep inside your self-made shelter out in the woods, or the forest hut.

Other, staying at Kolarbyn first night: We recommend you bring robust and weatherproof clothes and shoes for all kinds of weather. warm clothes for cold nights, sleeping bag, inflatable air mattress, headlamp/flashlight, power bank, swimming suit, towel, water bottle.

Other, due course and second day and night: We recommend you bring robust and weatherproof clothes and shoes for all kind of weather, warm clothes for a cold night, sleeping bag (if you rent a sleeping bag at Kolarbyn, you can not use it night 2 in the forest/bivouac) camping mattress, headlamp/flashlight with additional batteries, binoculars, bathing suit, towel, water bottle (mosquito hat, mosquito balsam and covering clothing during) notebook. All equipment from Kolarbyn is forbidden to be brought out in the forest.

We want you to have as pleasant and safe a stay as possible in Kolarbyn, therefore it is important that you as a guest know that

• you must arrive on time, in the right clothes for today’s weather. We recommend that you arrive in time to get your hut before the guided tour, otherwise, it sometimes takes until after 16.30.
• it is mandatory to participate in the tour to gain access to the facility (all ages and all guests checking into Kolarbyn)
• if you are traveling in a group or as a family, we will check you all in together when everyone in the party has arrived. No check-in of your family/group will take place until your entire party has arrived (on time)
• we are not able to check in guests later than 16.00

Another good thing to know before your stay is that

• You get to know how everything works during the tour, we go through how you (don’t) chop wood and light a fire and talk about how cooking over the fire and a good night’s sleep can be achieved in the best way.
• Feel free to ask questions by email or text message and very often we can answer your call directly if you call us, or we will call you back later. (The address and mobile number can be found at the bottom of the page)
• Please note that we do not have a computer in the forest, so if you send us an email on the day you arrive, we will not see it.
• We have canoes, rowing boats, towels, a lakeside wood-fired bath and you can book a sauna all to yourself, but we recommend you book this before arrival. The easiest way is to add it at the time of booking, but you can also email us afterward. We will send you a payment link and everything will be ready and organized for when you check in.
• We have several partners who offer moose, wolf, and beaver safaris in the local area. Riding on Icelandic horses and nice hiking trails. You can read more about the Buschcraft Center in Riddarhyttan.
• Sometimes we have mosquitoes but usually small amounts and for short periods of a week or two. Get in the habit of bringing mosquito repellent in your pack. Mosquito coils are not allowed in Kolarbyn due to our environmental label.
• All the food we offer can be fixed gluten-free and lactose-free as also vegetarian and vegan options. Actually, our forest pantry and breakfast buffet are more or less vegan except that we have eggs and milk. Always note in your booking, we want to know as much as possible about you as a guest!
• A longer email with your booking confirmation and a lot of useful information will come immediately after you have booked.
• An email about your stay will be sent to you about 1 week before arrival.
• You must convey the information about Kolarbyn to your fellow travelers.

We wish you a warm welcome and hope to see you soon in Kolarbyn!

Greetings Malin and the entire Kolarbyn team!