We have thoughtfully handpicked the best, real, authentic and experienced instructors in the industry to bring the best knowledge, inspiration, & education to you.

Meet the Team

  • TANA GRENDA

    BACKCOUNTRY NUTRITION WORKSHOP - Tana is the founder of Bristol Bay Retreats and running this entire camp with the help of the following team. Join Tana in a women's nutritional health workshop. Discover the power of functional nutrition to enhance your performance and overall well-being. Learn how to fuel your body effectively, ensuring you stay unstoppable in the mountains and overcome any obstacles that come your way.

  • TARA BELL

    SITUATIONAL AWARENESS , PREPARATION, AND GEAR WORKSHOP- FOUNDER OF THE THRIVAL FOUNDATION.

    Tara is running this camp with Tana. And with Tara, you can master the art of situational awareness and equip yourself with the essential gear needed for wilderness and survival with Tara Bell, founder of the Thrival Foundation

  • HANNAH KYCEK

    BEGINNER RIFLE WORKSHOP- Hone in on your rifle shooting abilities by enrolling in a 101 rifle course instructed by Hannah Kyceck, tailored for beginner to intermediate shooters

  • JESSICA BYERS

    COMPOUND ARCHERY WORKSHOP- Jess is an experienced hunter who travels all over the world to hunt. Take part in a workshop led by archer Jess Byers and elevate your compound archery shooting skills. This workshop is suitable for both novice and proficient archers. Bring your own Bow and arrows!

  • LINDSAY PERSICO

    WILDERNESS SURVIVAL FIRE BUILDING WORKSHOP- ALONE THE BEAST WINNER, SURVIVALIST, WILDERNESS FIRST RESPONDER, HUNTER, AND MORE - there really isn’t anything that Lindsay can’t do! She has been Tana’s right hand person in hosting retreats and teaching women skills and confidence for the outdoors. Master your skills in building fires in the backcountry by exploring different strategies and techniques with Alone the Beast winner, Lindsay Persico

  • DR. HILLARY LAMPERS

    WOMEN’S HORMONAL HEALTH WORKSHOP- Join Dr. Hillary Lampers in a workshop focused on women's hormonal health. Dr. Lampers combines Regenerative Medicine, Functional Medicine & Wellness, and Primary Care to provide a comprehensive approach. Discover valuable insights about your body and how to optimize your hormones at any stage of life, as this workshop is designed for women of all ages!

  • RACHELLE SHRUTE

    Join Gear Junkie writer, Rachelle Shrute, for a full day course on writing and recording our outdoor experiences in written word both for photo, and using those skills for a creative outlet, career, and/or conservation causes.

  • KRISTY TITUS

    RIFLE WORKSHOP- As a Second Amendment advocate and shooting sports enthusiast, Kristy is a certified firearms instructor, Refuse To Be A Victim Instructor, Range Safety Officer, competitive long range shooter and avid archer. Kristy is passionate in the support of wildlife and habitat conservation and is dedicated to preserving our hunting traditions.

    She produces and hosts Pursue the Wild, a lifestyle series and podcast.

  • LAURA GROESBECK

    TRAPPING WORKSHOP Gain comprehensive knowledge and skills in trapping through an extensive full-day course that covers various techniques such as snares, footholds, conibears, and more. Acquire valuable insights from experienced experts who will share their expertise, experience, and lessons learned from their past failures and teach you how to trap independently wherever you live.

  • KATE SMALL

    TRAPPING WORKSHOP- Gain comprehensive knowledge and skills in trapping through an extensive full-day course that covers various techniques such as snares, footholds, conibears, and more. Acquire valuable insights from experienced experts who will share their expertise, experience, and lessons learned from their past failures and teach you how to trap independently wherever you live.

  • KARIE LEE KNOKE

    BUSHCRAFT & SHELTER BUILDING WORKSHOP, FORAGING- EXPERT SURVIVALIST, RUNNER UP IN ALONE SEASON 9. Develop your understanding of shelter building strategies and bushcraft for the wilderness, and honing your survival skills with ALONE survivalist.

  • SARA GAMACHE

    TRADITIONAL ARCHERY WORKSHOP- GAP SHOOTING Join Sara Gamache, an expert in the gap shot process, and Yana Robertson, a skilled snap shooter, in this workshop to improve your skills in traditional archery shooting. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced recurve or longbow shooter, this workshop is designed to enhance your abilities and confidence in traditional archery shooting

  • YANA ROBERTSON- PHOTOGRAPHER, TRADITIONAL ARCHERY INSTRUCTOR, FERAL LYFE OWNER

    TRADITIONAL ARCHERY WORKSHOP- SNAP SHOOTING - Yana specializes in photographing women in the outdoors and have a talent for crafting engaging and informative articles that connect readers to the natural world.

    Her love for the wilderness and the freedom it offers led me to live off-the-grid in a remote cabin in Helena, Montana. Her off-the-grid lifestyle provides me with a deep connection to nature and allows me to pursue my passions, such as traditional archery, whenever the mood strikes. She is also the founder of Feral Lyfe, a business that specializes in nature-themed leggings and other outdoor apparel.

    Join Yana Robertson, a skilled snap shooter, in this workshop to improve your skills in traditional archery shooting. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced recurve or longbow shooter, this workshop is designed to enhance your abilities and confidence in traditional archery shooting

  • AMBER ENGLISH

    SHOTGUN WORKSOP- OLYMPIAN GOLD METALIST - Elevate your shotgun shooting skills with the guidance of Amber English, an Olympic shooter and the proud winner of the USA Gold Medal. This workshop caters to shooters of all levels, from beginners to advanced, providing an opportunity to enhance your shooting and prep for waterfowl and bird hunting.

  • JESSIE HARRISON

    HANDGUNS WORKSHOP - REPEAT WORLD CHAMPION PISTOL SHOOTER - Take your handgun shooting skills to the next level with this intensive short-range course led by Jessie Harrison, a 11x world champion, and Taurus. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced shooter, this course is designed to enhance your abilities with a handgun

  • KATIE FERIS

    WILDERNESS FIRST AID WORKSHOP - Katie has worked 28 years in healthcare as a life flight nurse, trauma and critical care nurse practitioner and medical director for EMS. She is Ski Patrol, Avalanche dog handler, all around incredible woman! Equip yourself with the essential training in wilderness first aid and safety, enabling you to effectively handle emergencies while exploring the backcountry with wilderness EMT Katie Ferris.

  • ALISHIA ZEMLICKA

    MONTANA HUNTER, ARCHER - Alishia is an experienced archer and is known for putting big bull elk on the ground every year with her compound bow on DIY hunts. Learn from her on the hunting day and as she assists with the archery day.

  • CHELSEA HANSLER

    HOUND HUNTING WORKSHOP- Learn how to hunt with hounds and learn the training, safety, and skills it takes to become a houndswoman

  • MADY MONTGOMERY

    HOUND HUNTING WORKSHOP- A local to Idaho, join Houndswoman Mady for a full day workshop on hound hunting. Learn the logistics, gear, safety, and skills it takes to run dogs. We may even take a little field trip! Mady spends a majority of her time in the mountains with her family doing what they love.

  • GINA WEYMILLER

    EQUINE FIRST AID WORKSHOP- If you're around horses or want to be, chances are you'll be faced with a time where an emergency decision needs to be made and there's no veterinarian immediately available. In this course you'll learn to identify, triage and treat everything from colic to snake bites to puncture wounds. Especially in the back country, this information could save a horse's life.

  • KELLY ALTSCHWAGER

    RIDING FITNESS WORKSHOP -Kelly Altschwager- Owner of Western Workouts, Rider Fitness Expert, Nutritionist & Colorado Hunter With over 20 years combined experience in the fitness, equine & hunting industries, Kelly has dedicated her life to revolutionizing fitness within the western lifestyle. From guiding riders of all levels to unlock their full potential in the saddle to providing avid outdoorsmen & hunters adequate preparation strategies for the backcountry, Kelly's approach to health & wellness is based on sustainable solutions for lifelong success. You'll learn more about her unique open kinetic chain approach to rider fitness and gain tangible takeaways to utilize at home and in the hills, both in and out of the saddle.

  • TESSA HAMILTON

    MINDSET AND MENTAL HEALTH WORKSHOP - Tessa Hamilton was raised in Idaho by a Psychologist and a Rancher and has worked in the healthcare industry for 19 years, including obtaining her Doctoral degree as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner from the University of Utah. From a young age, Tessa cared a lot about understanding people and why some people were happy and why others were not. She combines cognitive-behavioral therapy, the developmental model, and various relational therapies to help individuals understand their basic brain wiring, envision their ideal selves, learn to work with their brain/human nature, and develop strategies that allow them to strive for their higher selves. Tessa's goal is to empower individuals to create a better world for themselves and those around them by having a more peaceful relationship with themselves.

  • JASMINE "JJ" JOHNSON

    HIKING WORKSHOP- MOVEMENT, PAIN AND INJURY SPECIALIST- Join movement and injury prevention expert Jasmine "JJ" Johnson for an engaging hiking and physical health workshop. Gain valuable insights into body movement, injury prevention, and injury healing. Experience the great outdoors while achieving your fitness goals and learning effective injury prevention techniques.

  • SARAH ALLEN, ONX HUNT

    NAVIGATION & MAPS WORKSHOP- Sarah has been at OnX Hunt for 9 years and love teaching users how to access the info OnX has to give. Improve your backcountry navigation skills and master mapping techniques with the guidance of an OnX expert Sarah Allen, enabling you to confidently explore remote areas independently

  • SHELBY HEINRICHS

    Learn wild game processing with the whole team and Shelby of Montana Knife Company. We will cut up an animal and then cook it for dinner!

  • COURTNEY MODAFF -SPICE SHACK OF SUN VALLEY & AUTHOR OF RIVER FOOD COOKBOOK

    COOKING CLASS- Dutch Oven Cooking, Open Fire Cooking, Wild Game Cooking

    Courtney will teach cooking in the outdoors on flame and in Dutch ovens, along with smoking food. A skilled chef, gardener, forager, fishing and rafting guide, Courtney lives to work and play outdoors. She wrote River Food, a cookbook, in 2017 and just released the 2nd edition in 2022, selling over 10 thousand copies. Part of the money from her book sales goes to helping Idaho, MT & WY guides via the Redside Foundation.

    After 33 years of guiding fly fisherman and rafters in The Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness she now lives in Ketchum catering for winter yurt visitors and selling her cookbook and spice blends.

  • GUNWERKS SHOOTING SCHOOL

    Enhance your long range rifle shooting abilities with in this full day long range course to ethically equip every hunter. Taught by Gunwerks, for the advanced rifle shooter only. This is normally a $2000+ course. There is a cap of 8 women per day so we are offering this full day workshop 3 days in a row days to serve more women.

  • KATIE STEWART

    EVENT CHEF-

    Katie is a life-long student of the kitchen; she grew up shadowing her mother, who was a caterer, and helped in the kitchen preparing baked goods and family meals most of her life. After working in the corporate world for 15 years, she started her own private chef business in 2012, and attended the Culinary Institute New York. Katie has cooked for large weddings, small private fine dining events, and met her husband when she cooked for several hundred attendees at regional shooting competitions called Cola Warrior. Katie has lived in 16 states and 3 countries, and now lives in SE Idaho with her husband and 2 year old son.

  • BREANE LINDVALL

    Breane of Montana Grit Outdoors Nonprofit- Evening Motivational Guest Speaker.

    Breane grew up in a town of 900 people in Western Montana. She is God fearing, a wife, a mother of 3, and a very passionate and dedicated, late season elk hunter. It is a lifestyle, and the power that lies in a good ol' public land elk hunt is something too great for words. Her passion for elk hunting blossomed the vision and creation of the non-profit called Montana Grit Outdoors where they provide guided hunting trips for women who are in the veteran and first responder communities. Because of the stories of the incredible women that they serve, she realized the need for specific healing in their process which is why she built a self development program. She saw a lack in self worth, self awareness, identity, community, and unconditional love. She decided to extend the self development program to all women who are looking to grow and break the chains that bind them to the pains and traumas that mold negative thoughts and behavior in the present time.

    Montana Grit Outoors is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization designed to offer programs that enrich the lives of veterans, first responders, and their families through shooting, survival education, and outdoor programs with guided hunts for women.

  • KRISTEN KELLY MUSIC

    KRISTEN KELLY is a singer-songwriter from Lorena, TX who loves to hunt and be outdoors. She cut her teeth on the music scene in her home state touring 150-180 dates a year or more before catching the ear of ARISTA NASHVILLE, who signed Kelly, brought in award-winning producer Tony Brown and Grammy-winning songwriter Paul Overstreet to oversee her major-label debut. Her lead off single “EX-OLD MAN” was her first top 30 Billboard charting single. As one of CMT’s Next Women Of Country, Kristen has been writing, recording, playing the Grand Ole Opry all the while touring with acts including Brad Paisley, Rascal Flatts, Montgomery Gentry, Jake Owen, Gary Allan and more. ASHES (2020) was featured on Season 7 Episode 1 of the Netflix hit show THE RANCH. She’s currently touring and will be our nightly music entertainment around the campfire!

  • THE CLIFF MILLER BAND

    Come and experience an exclusive outdoor concert featuring Cliff Miller, a talented musician hailing from Boise, ID. As an Idaho native, Cliff has gained recognition in the thriving northwestern music scene and has had the privilege of performing alongside renowned national artists such as Lee Brice, Whitey Morgan, Randy Houser, Casey Donahue, Flatland Cavalry, Shane Smith and The Saints, and Jerrod Nieman. Don't miss out on this incredible opportunity to witness Cliff's captivating 2.5 hour performance!

Why this Retreat over others?

This is a unique, one of a kind experience for women hunters, daughters, and outdoorswomen, unlike anything else that exists.

We believe in forging the way for women and children to thrive in the outdoors, reconnect with nature, and gain confidence with many outdoor skills.

For ages 16+ and up, this is an opportunity to either get away for the week for yourself, or bring your older daughters into the outdoors to learn, and connect with you and other like-minded women