"Women in the Wild" Series Teaches Outdoor Skills

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Jan 14
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Visit diverse parks, explore interesting trail systems and learn tips and tricks to improve your hiking experience in this three-part educational series. Each hike will focus on a different part of San Diego County and will include habitat highlights and trail safety and etiquette.

What is Women in the Wild?

Women in the Wild is a program that is designed to teach outdoor skills in a fun, nurturing and non-competitive environment. Experiences are educational and interactive – building confidence and a sense of community while fostering new appreciation for our region’s parks, preserves and diverse recreational opportunities.

Our mission is to encourage women to spend more time in nature through education, training and experiences that empower them to make outdoor recreation a way of life.

Our vision is to bring women closer to nature, and to each other, through recreation, collaboration and accomplishment.

Research shows women are interested, and see value, in outdoor experiences, but sometimes barriers stand in their way of spending as much time in nature as they'd like. The County of San Diego Department of Parks and Recreation is reversing that trend.

Women in the Wild experiences are planned for women, by female staff members. With events ranging from backpacking to bouldering and hiking to camping, we're opening new avenues for conversation, connection and collaboration.

Take a risk, tackle a trail, show society what it looks like to play like a girl… Join us as we embark on this adventure together!

Women in the Wild is proudly sponsored by the San Diego County Parks Society . Your support helps make programs like this possible, connecting our community to the joys of nature and the outdoors. Make a donation and Support San Diego County Parks!

*Research:

Outdoor Participation Report, 2018: Outdoor Foundation
“Are Experiences for Women Making the Outdoors More Inclusive?”, Jan. 9, 2019: REI
“We Hear You, Ladies”, April 11, 2017: Outside Online