Important Dates
2026 FWE Participant Dates
- Friday, July 31st: FWE Registration Closes
- Thursday, August 13th at 1pm : Check in and program start
- Friday, August 14th - Monday, August 17th : FWE in the field
- Tuesday, August 18th - Friday, August 21st : Attend Big Sky Experience
- Monday, August 24th : Fall Semester Begins
Tentative Schedule
Thursday, August 13th
All FWE Students and Leaders must arrive with all gear ready Thursday afternoon because they are required to stay with their small groups Thursday night.
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1:00 PM - Freshman check in and are assigned to their small groups while leaders are welcoming students. Small group introductions and ice breakers.
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2:00 pm - Formal welcome to FWE. Large group icebreaker. Break into small groups – thorough gear checks with leaders, picking up rentals, route briefings,
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4:00 – 6:00 pm – Skill rotations in small groups
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6:00 - 8:00 pm – Dinner - field dinner (cooking on camp stoves as you would in the field)
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8:00 pm – Driving to the Golf Course
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11:00 pm - Lights out
**—All FWE Students and Leaders must stay with their small groups Thursday night, no exceptions - Place TBD.
Friday, August 14th
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7:00 am - Wake up and pack everything before breakfast
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7-8:00 am – Road breakfast
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8/8:30 am - Load vehicles and clean up
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8:30-9:00 am - Depart
Monday, August 17th
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4:00 pm - Return from field (please do not return earlier unless there is a medical emergency). With all students and leaders together, head to Outdoor Program (ODP) field across from ODP and check in with Outdoor Program staff for how to go about ‘de-issuing’ all personal and group gear as one big group. Have group stick together until pizza party at 6pm (in the field across from the ODP).
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6:00 pm - Pizza party and skits for group.
Tuesday, August 18th
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8:30am - 10:30am - Big Sky Experience check in, Main Hall