Alaska NOLS courses for 2026

Based on the information gathered from the NOLS website as of December 11, 2025, these are the courses being offered in Alaska during the summer of 2026.

Course TitleStart DateEnd DateDuration
Alaska Backpacking and Sea Kayaking – 18 to 22 onlyMay 12, 2026Jun 10, 202630 Days
Alaska Backpacking and Sea Kayaking – 18 to 22 onlyMay 13, 2026Jun 11, 202630 Days
Summer Semester in AlaskaMay 17, 2026Jul 30, 202675 Days
Alaska Mountaineering – 18 to 22 onlyMay 22, 2026Jun 20, 202630 Days
Alaska Mountaineering – AdultMay 22, 2026Jun 4, 202614 Days
Alaska Backpacking – 18 to 22 OnlyMay 30, 2026Jun 28, 202630 Days
Alaska MountaineeringJun 1, 2026Jun 30, 202630 Days
Alaska Backpacking – 18 to 22 OnlyJun 2, 2026Jul 1, 202630 Days
Alaska Backpacking and Sea Kayaking – 16 and 17 onlyJun 3, 2026Jul 2, 202630 Days
Alaska Backpacking and Sea KayakingJun 6, 2026Jul 5, 202630 Days
Alaska Backpacking – AdultJun 7, 2026Jun 20, 202614 Days
Alaska Backpacking and Sea Kayaking – 16 and 17 onlyJun 8, 2026Jul 7, 202630 Days
Alaska Backpacking and Sea KayakingJun 8, 2026Jul 7, 202630 Days
Alaska Backpacking – 16 and 17 OnlyJun 11, 2026Jul 10, 202630 Days
Alaska MountaineeringJun 13, 2026Jul 12, 202630 Days
Prince William Sound Sea Kayaking – 16 and 17 onlyJun 17, 2026Jul 8, 202621 Days
Women’s Alaska Backpacking – AdultJun 20, 2026Jun 27, 20268 Days
Alaska Backpacking – AdultJun 21, 2026Jul 4, 202614 Days
Alaska Backpacking and Sea Kayaking – 16 and 17 onlyJun 22, 2026Jul 21, 202630 Days
Alaska Backpacking and Sea KayakingJun 22, 2026Jul 21, 202630 Days
Prince William Sound Sea Kayaking – 16 and 17 onlyJul 3, 2026Jul 24, 202621 Days
Alaska Backpacking and Sea Kayaking – 16 and 17 onlyJul 9, 2026Aug 7, 202630 Days
Women’s Alaska Backpacking – AdultJul 11, 2026Jul 18, 20268 Days
Alaska Backpacking and Sea Kayaking – 16 and 17 onlyJul 12, 2026Aug 10, 202630 Days
Alaska Backpacking – AdultJul 18, 2026Jul 25, 20268 Days
Women’s Alaska Backpacking – AdultJul 25, 2026Aug 1, 20268 Days
Backpacking in Alaska – AlumniJul 26, 2026Aug 1, 20267 Days
Prince William Sound Sea Kayaking – 16 and 17 onlyJul 27, 2026Aug 17, 202621 Days
Sea Kayaking Alaska’s Prince William Sound – AlumniJul 29, 2026Aug 4, 20267 Days
Prince William Sound Sea Kayaking – AdultAug 2, 2026Aug 15, 202614 Days
Women’s Alaska Backpacking – AdultAug 8, 2026Aug 15, 20268 Days
Alaska Packrafting-Fly-In/Float-Out – AdultAug 9, 2026Aug 18, 202610 Days