Jeff Sanders followed the path well traveled from High School, garnering a Bachelor of Arts degree, a Masters of Business Administration degree and a Law degree. Soon after entering the “real world” he heard the path less traveled calling. In the midst of changing paths he found his true passion, teaching about nature using basic camping technologies.
Jeff Started working in the outdoor industry in 1993 and started his guiding career in 1998 as a hiking and biking guide in Alaska. In 1999, the path led him to the Boulder Outdoor Survival School (BOSS), one of the premier survival schools in the country. He studied the survival arts as a student and then progressed through the instructor ranks. He soon became the Field Director, which gave him responsibility for the operations of the school. Eventually, his path led him to the position of Program Director through which he created additional programs for staff development and course development. He never lost the passion for teaching and continued to develop lessons and curriculum as well as instruct in the field whenever possible.
Jeff’s trail went full circle in 2010, leaving the duties of the Program Director and returning to the field to once again follow his passion of leading students through transformational experiences in nature. He founded the Desert DAWN Program in 2012 to focus on camping with nature instead of struggling against nature in “survival situations.”
Jeff lives a rural lifestyle with his wife and daughter in south central Utah. It is here that they enjoy learning through nature in the mountains of their backyard – Boulder Mountain – and the desert and canyons of their front yard – the Escalante River drainage.
Thank you for your interest in Desert DAWN.
I am the owner, the person with whom you speak to organize a workshop or consultation and the primary instructor. This means that you will receive the personal attention of the person who is most vested in making certain that your experience is beyond memorable. Of course, it also means that there may be times – when I am instructing – that there will be a delay in responding to emails or phone calls. I will do my best to respond to you within 24 hours. Thank you for your patience.
My current focus is in teaching the traditional backcountry skills through workshops, which gives me plenty of flexibility to travel to your location to teach the skills. I am also working with outdoor education programs to help them develop their program offerings, program curriculum, risk management plans and staff development programs.
Please feel free to contact me using the email form below, I appreciate hearing from you.
Happy trails,
Jeff
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