NOLS Three Peaks Ranch

05/18/2026

🎉 Celebrating 61 years of leadership in the wild.🎉

On June 8, we celebrate our 61st Founders Day, honoring the moment in 1965 when Paul Petzoldt and a team of instructors led the first students into Wyoming’s Wind River Range with a bold idea: leadership is learned through experience. Today, more students are ready for that experience, but not all have access.

To kick off our Founders Day Campaign, a generous partner will match all Founders Day contributions dollar-for-dollar through June 8, doubling the impact of your gift and the opportunities you make possible.

Help us hit the ground running with your Founders Day gift today. Together, we can ensure more students have the chance to step forward.

🔗 Donate now: https://www.givecampus.com/s/obcqga

05/11/2026

“So much of it was about learning new skills. The value in NOLS for me is being in an environment so rich in new experiences.”

Shari Kearney didn’t just find a place at NOLS—as our longest serving female instructor, she has worked over 424 weeks in the field teaching courses ranging from mountaineering to horsepacking.

“I remember thinking this is a place I can stay for a while,” Shari says.

As the years became decades, Shari’s influence on students and instructors continued to grow. To read more about Shari’s journey from transformative expeditions to the practice of horse wrangling, follow the link below.

https://www.nols.edu/blog/staying-power/

11/27/2023

11/29/2022

Wise words from Steve!

https://www.nols.edu/en/portal/alumni/giving/

11/29/2022

It's !

It takes a world-class cadre of instructors to provide the NOLS experience--ongoing faculty development is critical to the quality of our programs.

Generous donors have combined for a $100k match opportunity–GIVE TODAY to double your impact!

https://www.nols.edu/en/portal/alumni/giving/

05/19/2022

We made it into the County 10 News for adopting our newest member of the Three Peaks Ranch team. We've renamed her to Phlox (after the cute little flower that grows this time of year in the sagebrush country). We are so excited about her and where she'll go in our program.

https://county10.com/blm-honor-farm-wild-horse-burro-adoption-breaks-records-%ef%bf%bc/

04/27/2022

Hello dear Three Peaks Ranch Community,
It is with great sadness that admit that our dear friend Sq**rt is ready for a new life of retirement. For those of you that have gone camping with him, you know that he is just about the kindest, funniest soul there is. He is super safe and would make a good backyard kid's horse. He has sidebone in his two front pasterns, arthritis in his front right knee and seasonal allergies that, in the past have cause lesions on his eyelids, but now, with treatment, seem to be kept at bay. He is intermittently lame at the trot. I bet he will take some management, but boy is this horse worth it for all the love and joy he gives. If you, or someone you know, is interested in retiring our dear friend, Sq**rt, please reach out to me and we can talk details.

06/04/2021

NOLS is returning to full operations, and we are hiring positions at all levels of the organization. We need your help to get the word out about our first-ever virtual job fair! Zoom with us on June 8 from 4:00-5:30pm MDT. All are welcome—come yourself and tell your friends! Attendees will have a chance to meet and talk with key staff members from Advancement, Custom Education, Expeditions, Wilderness Medicine, and more. Whether you’re interested in working in-town, in the classroom, or in the field for NOLS, the NOLS Virtual Job Fair is the place to learn more.

To learn more and register, please visit https://info.nols.edu/jobfair2021.

We hope to see you (and your friends) there!

Sign up for NOLS Virtual Job Fair - June 8, 2021

03/05/2021

Check out this article about the experiences of two women of color on a horsepacking trip led by a NOLS horsepacking Alumna!

Two women, Black and Indigenous, reflect on the myth of the American West after horse-packing through the Sierra. In the midst of the uprisings that took

02/10/2021

12/23/2020

Check out this great podcast!

‎Society & Culture · 2020