We are excited to announce our newest winter recreation option at Experience Learning! We are opening our Woodlands Hostel (the Earth Shelter) for overnight rentals and grooming out almost 5 miles of ski trails around our campus. Of course, from campus you can also ski all the way up to the summit of Spruce Knob […]

by Katie Wolpert An ancient Chinese proverb states that “The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The second best time is today.” Or for North Fork Elementary, last Friday, November 2nd. And why stop with just one tree, when you can plant 16 of them? As part of our on-going project […]

by Katie Wolpert Little North Fork Elementary had a problem: they lost their state funding for the Fresh Fruits and Vegetables program. The school, located in our backyard in Pendleton County, WV, reached out to us when they got the news to see if we could donate money to buy fresh produce for their students […]

by Jane Seegar Alice J W Eastman (on right in photo) loved the outdoors from early childhood. She earned her lifelong nickname “Ajax the Mighty” as the smallest but most engaged little girl at summer camp in Maine. She and her husband Tom “Easty” Eastman, a Baltimore attorney, were friends of Dan Taylor’s parents at […]

Happy Holidays from all of us at Experience Learning!  In 2017 we truly reinvented ourselves, starting a new chapter for the Spruce Knob campus, and incorporating all sorts of new opportunities on Sweetwater Farm. We were inspired by your school group, your camp group and your participation in all the wonderfully varied events that happen […]

by Katie Wolpert It might look like a mess now, but a crew from Trout Unlimited is spending the month of June nursing the stream at Sweetwater Farm back to health. Aaron and Wyatt, along with a handful of other occasional helpers are rebuilding the streambank, and re-creating fish habitat within our property boundaries. Next […]

Experience Learning received an Environmental Award for Education and Community Involvement from the WVDEP. We were one of two dozen businesses, groups, and individuals from across West Virginia who were presented awards earlier this month. In order to receive an Environmental Award, the recipient had to be nominated by a WVDEP employee for exemplary actions […]

The sounds of spring birds and frogs mingle with the shouts and laughter of students at Camp Pioneer. On this sunny Thursday afternoon, forty-seven rambunctious fifth graders from Randolph County, West Virginia, are preparing to depart after a two day educational adventure in the surrounding forests and streams. They just completed their experience in the […]

On a rainy Monday morning, eleven Experience Learning staff set out on a tree planting project. Their mission was to plant 2,000 hardwoods on a scenic slope overlooking Cherry Grove, WV. The project, a partnership with The Nature Conservancy, was to help generate habitat and plant native species in former pastureland. After two days, and […]

Spring on the mountain officially began as our new instructors rolled in from all across the country. These enthusiastic educators have been busy since their arrival last week. As they trekked across the area we call our home, they experienced our field based offerings much the same as our students will in a couple short […]