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    • Wilderness-based Programs
      • Program Activities
    • Community-based Programs
    • Virtual Learning Lessons
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  • Camp
    • Summer Camps
    • Registration
    • FAQ
    • Pricing & Scholarship Info
    • Adult Running Camp
  • Bike
    • Trails
    • About the Trail Center
    • Know Before You Go
    • Onsite Amenities
    • Trail Center Camps
    • Area Attractions
  • Events
    • Wilderness First Aid
    • Night Owl Star Party
    • Spruce Knob Kite Festival
      • Spruce Knob Kite Festival Sponsorship
    • Gravel Ride Up Spruce Knob
    • Almost Heaven Star Party
    • WV Trilogy and Run for the Hills
    • Adult Running Camp
  • Visit
    • Visitor Information
      • Spruce Knob Mountain Center Facility Tour
    • Group and Event Rentals
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    • Campus & Facilities History
      • History of Spruce Knob Mountain Center
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  • About
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1972
Woodlands and Whitewater Institute Forms

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1972

Woodlands and Whitewater Institute Forms

1973
Baltimore Friends School summer camp becomes the first course

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1973

Baltimore Friends School summer camp becomes the first course

1973
Shower Shack built

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1973

Shower Shack built

1973
St. Paul’s School for Girls in Baltimore marks the start of the school courses

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1973

St. Paul’s School for Girls in Baltimore marks the start of the school courses

1974
Woodlands & Whitewater Institute renamed Woodlands Institute

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1974

Woodlands & Whitewater Institute renamed Woodlands Institute

1975
Ulan Bator built

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1975

Ulan Bator built

1978
Spruce Knob Property officially purchased

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1978

Spruce Knob Property officially purchased

1982
Start of West Virginia Scholars Academy

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1982

Start of West Virginia Scholars Academy

TMI raised West Virginia’s college attendance rate from 49th to 46th in the nation with its Scholars Academy program. From the early 1980s to the early 2000s, bright and promising high school students from throughout the state came to the Spruce Knob Mountain Center for a summer enrichment program that…Read More

1982
Earth Shelter Office built

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1982

Earth Shelter Office built

1986
Woodlands Institute is renamed Woodlands Mountain Institute

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1986

Woodlands Institute is renamed Woodlands Mountain Institute

1987
Makalu-Barun National Park and Conservation Area initiated

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1987

Makalu-Barun National Park and Conservation Area initiated

Makalu-Barun Conservation Area and Makalu-Barun National Park initiated as parallel but integrated projects – first for people’s engagement and conservation, second for strict conservation preservation

1991
Alma Ata Yurt (Almati) built

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1991

Alma Ata Yurt (Almati) built

1994
The Woodlands Mountain Institute becomes The Mountain Institute

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1994

The Woodlands Mountain Institute becomes The Mountain Institute

1996
Andean Program in Peru begins

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1996

Andean Program in Peru begins

2004
BWET/AWSM Programming Begins

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2004

BWET/AWSM Programming Begins

2012
Beginning of Mountain Stewards summer camp

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2012

Beginning of Mountain Stewards summer camp

Programs renamed and refocused

2017
Sweetwater Farm Acquired

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2017

Sweetwater Farm Acquired

2017
The Mountain Institute’s Appalachian Program becomes Experience Learning

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2017

The Mountain Institute’s Appalachian Program becomes Experience Learning

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