Our Programs
While all Freeflow courses are university-accredited, they don’t feel overly academic in nature. And you need not be a student, a confident writer, or experienced in the outdoors to join us in the field. The only requisite is that you’re stoked on learning, connecting, and co-creating a shared adventure.
Scholarship opportunities will be announced at the start of the new year. Sign up for our very infrequent newsletter for updates on courses, scholarships, and other good things.
ONLINE OFFERINGS
IMMERSION
IMAGINATION, MEMORY & MESSAGING
A three-week online writing workshop for everyone
TUESDAY EVENINGS | 11 – 25 MARCH, 2025 | 6 – 8 PM MST | ZOOM
WITH CHANDRA BROWN, founder of Freeflow Institute
FIELD COURSES
WRITE YOURSELF INTO THE STORY
NARRATIVE, IDENTITY, AND PLACE
A four-day bike tour on the White Rim in Canyonlands National Park with award-winning writer + editor, Heather Hansman | FOR WOMEN ONLY
30 MARCH – 2 APRIL, 2025 | WHITE RIM, MOAB, UTAH
WITH HEATHER HANSMAN
THE LAW OF PEOPLE AND PLACE
SALMON RIVER
A unique field course in natural resource and Indian law, offered in collaboration with the University of Montana’s Summer Indian Law Program | OPEN TO STUDENTS + PRACTITIONERS
1 – 7 AUGUST 2025 | MAIN SALMON RIVER, IDAHO
WITH PROFESSORS MONTE MILLS + MICHELLE BRYAN
FIRE WRITING
An immersive and intersectional walk into the heart of the heat, an opportunity to feel the ways science and story intersect with flame poetics and personal and political agency to forge new relationships with a West on fire
A collaboration between Freeflow Institute + Wild Rockies Field Institute | OPEN TO EVERYONE
17 – 23 AUGUST, 2025 | BOB MARSHALL WILDERNESS, MONTANA
WITH NICK TRIOLO + OTHERS
WRITING THE NONHUMAN
A rich, multidimensional journey across genres and species, and a dreamy midsummer exploration of the Salish Sea by kayak | OPEN TO EVERYONE
11 – 16 AUGUST, 2025 | SAN JUAN ISLANDS, WASHINGTON
WITH ANA MARIA SPAGNA
co-creating with mother earth
An early autumn paddle through the San Juan Islands with Pam Houston, mining our own experience and imagination for story – and for hope | OPEN TO EVERYONE
8 – 13 SEPTEMBER, 2025 | SAN JUAN ISLANDS, WASHINGTON
WITH PAM HOUSTON
FREEFLOW GRAND CANYON
FREEFLOW GRAND CANYON 2025
REGISTRATION IS CLOSED AND THIS COURSE IS FULL.
8 – 25 APRIL, 2025 | COLORADO RIVER THROUGH THE GRAND CANYON
UPPER CANYON WITH AMY IRVINE + CRAIG CHILDS
LOWER CANYON WITH DR. LEN NECEFER + BRENDAN LEONARD
Past Programs
Take a look at what we’ve done and where we’ve been.