Wilderness survival skills for women—led by women, built for confidence, connection, and real-world capability.
✓ No Experience Needed
✓ Meals & Camping Provided
✓ Safe & Supportive Environment
Learn survival skills, self-competence & lasting sisterhood!
Wilderness Confidence for women who want more
Survival Sisterhood is an immersive women’s survival retreat designed to transform fear into confidence through hands-on wilderness skills, sisterhood, and real-world preparedness.
Many women have never been taught:
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How to protect themselves from predators
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What to do if they become lost or injured
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How to stay calm under pressure
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How to trust their instincts
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How to build true self-reliance
We change that.
Inside a supportive, heart-centered, women-led environment, you’ll gain practical survival training while building courage, resilience, confidence, and lifelong friendships with women walking the same path.
No judgment.
No ego.
No competition.
Just capable women learning to become even stronger together.
We Empower Badass Women Daily!
Ready to step into confidence, connection, and sisterhood in the outdoors?
Join us and start your wilderness journey today!
our Mission
Survival Sisterhood is a circle of women teaching women survival skills in a safe, supportive, non-judgmental, non-competitive, heart-centered, fun, and community-oriented environment. We empower women with tools to build self-confidence, self-reliance, courage, and strength to endure whatever challenges life brings forth.
Led by Top-Notch InstRuctorS
Who It's FoR
This Retreat Is For Women Who…
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Feel nervous or unsafe being alone in the woods
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Want to learn survival skills in a women-centered environment
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Feel disconnected from nature, community, or themselves
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Lack confidence outdoors
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Worry they wouldn’t know what to do in an emergency
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Feel intimidated by traditional survival culture
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Desire authentic sisterhood and support
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Want to feel stronger, more capable, and more self-reliant
You do not need experience.
You do not need to be athletic.
You do not need to “prove yourself”.
You simply need the willingness to step outside your comfort zone and discover what you’re truly capable of.
Perfect for beginners and returning participants alike. Come with someone you love—or come solo and leave with new sisters.
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BRInG YOUr DaUGHTEr tOO!
In this world of uncertainty, it is vital that we empower our young women to be capable of protecting themselves, and prepare them to walk in the outside world feeling confident and ready to take on adult life.
I feel so strongly about this, that I'm offering a 50% discount for our teenagers!
SurVivAl SisTerhood RetreaT
July 18-24th 2027 | Prater Mountain Ranch, Priest River, ID
Cost: $2,250 (includes meals, camping and classes)
What's Included
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July 18st (arrival & opening circle) - July 24th (closing circle)
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5 full days of immersive classes and community
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5-10 top-notch, expert instructors
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Daily nature sits, yoga, classes, and evening activites
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Special Saturday night feast and celebration
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Meals (simple, healthy), camping space
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T-Shirt and swag
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Shuttle available to/from Spokane International Airport
The LAnd
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Prater Mountain Ranch offers:
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160 acres of land to play on!
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Tent and some RV sports available (no hookups)
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Swimming pond, creeks with trout, beaver pond
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Natural spring feed drinking water
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Stage, cabana, and large fire pit
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Off grid, rustic and drinking water available
Week OutlooK
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Sunday evening - Opening Circle
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4pm - Arrive and set up camp and light dinner
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7:30pm - Opening Circle
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Camp Overview
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Start opening fire ceremony
Saturday morning - Closing Circle
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8:00 - Breakfast
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9:00 - Closing Circle
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10:00 - Pack up and Airport Shuttle
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afterwards - chill & break down camp
Daily FloW
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6:00 AM – Optional Nature Sit
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7:00 AM – Optional Yoga
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8:30 AM – Breakfast
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9:30 AM – Morning Session
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12:30 PM – Lunch
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1:30 PM – Afternoon Session
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4:30 PM – Free Time
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6:30 PM – Dinner
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8:00 PM – Evening Activities/ Campfire
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Shelter Building
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Fire Making
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Foraging
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Primitive Fishing
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Traps and Snares
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Traditional Archery
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Self Defense & Predator Awareness
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Gun Safety
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Women’s Herbal Medicine
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Knots
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Map and Compass
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Signaling and Rescue Techniques
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Water Procurement and Disinfecting
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Cordage
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Plant Identification
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Animal Tracking
Learn from world-class women survival and wilderness experts.
meeT your SuRvival SisTerhood INstructors
Your experience is guided by some of the most respected women in outdoor and survival education. From wilderness living and tactical preparedness to herbal wisdom and confidence-building skillwork, our instructors bring real-world expertise and a shared mission to help you feel capable, grounded, and connected in nature.
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Primitive Wilderness Living Expert
Karie Lee Knoke
As a finalist on Alone Season 9, Karie Lee’s presence is both powerful and grounding. She teaches survival with a blend of ancestral skills and spiritual connection to nature that transforms your relationship with the wild and yourself.
Clinical Herbalist & Plant Wisdom Keeper
Laura Clemmons
Founder of Tendril Apothecary, clinical herbalist & functional medicine practitoner, Laura brings decades of deep plant knowledge rooted in bioregional herbalism and traditional healing, specializing in women’s health care. She’ll guide you in making your own remedies from the land around you.
Huntress, Athlete & Tactical Educator
Lindsay Persico
Lindsay is a force of nature—literally. Winner of Alone the Beast. She trains women in self-reliance, physical toughness, and mental resilience, blending wilderness know-how with real-world grit and unapologetic strength.
Wilderness Skills Educator
Jacks Genega
Jacks Genega leads Wildcard Wilderness as a global wilderness skills instructor with experience trekking deserts, woodlands, mountains, and alpine terrain. Living full-time in her van, Jacks teaches across the Southeast and West and collaborates with Mountain Readiness, Georgia Bushcraft, Primitive Wilderness Survival and the Survival University.
Former Air Force SERE Specialist & Wilderness Survival Expert
Jessie Krebs
Jessie is a nationally recognized survival and self-reliance expert, known for her appearance on Alone Season 9. As a former U.S. Air Force SERE specialist, she brings decades of experience training others in wilderness preparedness, resilience, and practical survival skills, with a focus on helping women build confidence and self-trust in nature.
Curious About the Retreat? Want to Learn More?
Discover how the Survival Sisterhood Retreat can help you build confidence, connection, and wild skills. Book a short, friendly call with Karie Lee to ask your questions and see if this experience is the right fit for you.
No pressure — just a friendly chat to explore if this retreat is right for you.
Can'T Make the Retreat, but want to LearN Wilderness SKilLS?
Join us year-round, for the
Survival Sisterhood Online Community!
When you become a member, you’ll gain access to:
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Monthly Online Courses: Live, interactive sessions with Karie Lee or guest instructors (recorded for later viewing).
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Monthly Check-In Calls: A space to ask questions, share progress, and connect with other members.
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Exclusive Content: Weekly survival tips, mini-challenges, Q&A sessions, and downloadable resources.
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Retreat Discounts: Receive $20 off the Survival Sisterhood Retreat for every month you’re a member (up to $240).
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UPCOMinG COURSEs
Online Community Courses
August 8 - Cordage from Natural Fibers
September 12th - Water Procurement & Purification
October 17th - Know your KNOTS!
November 14th - Fire making in wet conditions
December 12th- Knife cutting techniques
In-Person:
TBA - Winter Survival Sisterhood Adventure
March 17 - May 19, 2027 - Youth Wilderness Program
May 2-8th, 2027 - Canoe Excursion on Utah's Green River
Spring 2027- 3-Day Wilderness Survival Campout (again!)
July 18 - 24th - Survival Sisterhood Retreat
Survival Sisterhood is dedicated to my dear friend, Colette Chavez-Walker, an eclectic miracle healer in her own right. She took control of her own recovery program and healed herself from Breast Cancer and then again with Bone Cancer. With strength, courage and unwavering belief in her body's ability to heal, and constant visualization of wellness, she survived long enough to watch me on TV. I dedicated my ALONE journey to her and in turn, she became my inspiration to endure 75 days in Labrador. She wanted to help me start Sacred Cedars Wilderness School, and she would be proud to see Survival Sisterhood blossom into a network of women supporting women.