The National Conference on Wilderness Medicine

Big Sky Ski Resort, Montana

February 20 - 24, 2027

Conference Schedule

All presentations will take place in the Ballroom at Big Sky Resort and will also be streamed online. Watch in-person, from your room at Big Sky Resort, at home, or anywhere.

All times listed below are in Mountain Time (MT).  

Saturday, February 20, 2027

"Entire faculty was incredible! The most fun conference I have been to... I didn't want it to end."
Catherine Worthy, FNP

2:00 - 6:30 PM (MT) Registration in Huntley Lodge Conference Center

4:00 PM Wilderness Medicine – Setting the Stage
Eric A. Weiss, MD

4:30 PM Expedition, Foreign Travel & Backcountry Medical Kits
Howard Donner, MD

5:30 PM Venomous Sea Creatures & Shark Attacks
Karen Van Hoesen, MD

6:30 PM Adjourn

Sunday, February 21, 2027

"Extraordinary conference... most enjoyable learning experience I have ever encountered."
Joseph Easly, MD

7:30 AM (MT) Surviving the Unexpected Night Out
Gary Kibbee

8:20 AM Lyme & Other Tick-Borne Diseases
Timothy B. Erickson, MD

9:05 AM Practical Wilderness Medicine Case Studies
Eric A. Weiss, MD

9:45 AM Adjourn - ENJOY SKIING BIG SKY OR ATTEND AN OPTIONAL WORKSHOP

4:00 PM Arthropod Envenomation: Spiders, Scorpions, Bees & Ants
Richard F. Clark, MD

4:45 PM Diving Medicine & Safety
Karen Van Hoesen, MD

5:30 PM Backcountry Water Disinfection & Purification
Howard Donner, MD

6:00 PM Medicine & Maladies of Wilderness Exploration
Timothy B. Erickson

6:45 PM Adjourn

Monday, February 22, 2027

"Absolutely the most enjoyable and interesting CME conference I have ever attended! Probably the best group of lecturers I have ever experienced."
Daniel Nordin, MD (Internal Medicine)

7:30 AM (MT) Blister Prevention & Treatment
Kyle Allred, PA

8:15 AM Frostbite & Non-Freezing Cold Injury
Peter Hackett, MD

9:00 AM Bear & Other Wild Animal Attacks
Timothy B. Erickson, MD

9:45 AM Adjourn - ENJOY SKIING BIG SKY OR ATTEND AN OPTIONAL WORKSHOP

4:00 PM Snake Envenomation
Richard F. Clark, MD

4:50 PM Mushroom & Other Backcountry Toxins
Timothy B. Erickson, MD

5:45 PM Medical-Legal Issues in Wilderness & International Medicine
Valerie Dobiesz, MD

6:30 PM Adjourn

Tuesday, February 23, 2027

"The conference is just teaming with great speakers... magnificently exciting talks... just a perfect balance of business and fun."
Carol Ferris, MD (Emergency Medicine)

7:30 AM (MT) Rivers and Floods: Hazards, Rescue Strategies, and Medical Care
Kyle Allred, PA

8:20 AM Altitude Illness: Prevention & Treatment
Peter Hackett, MD

9:00 AM Environmental Heat Emergencies
Eric A. Weiss, MD

9:45 AM Adjourn - ENJOY SKIING BIG SKY OR ATTEND AN OPTIONAL WORKSHOP

4:00 PM Nature's Wisdom: 10 Techniques for Health Optimization
Kyle Allred, PA

4:45 PM Hypothermia Update: Facts & Fiction
Eric A. Weiss, MD

5:40 PM “Is There a Doctor On-Board?” – Medical Care at 30,000 FT.
Howard Donner, MD

6:30 PM Adjourn

8:15 PM Exciting Evening Presentation: “Buried: The 1982 Alpine Meadows Avalanche”
This is a must-see documentary about the Deadly Alpine Meadows avalanche and the amazing rescue effort that followed. Moderated by Lanny Johnson, FNP/PA, who is featured in the documentary and was instrumental in the epic rescue.

10:15 PM Adjourn

Wednesday, February 24, 2027

"Love this seminar! Great speakers! This is my fourth time...I always learn something new...I find the information invaluable and infinitely entertaining! Thank you!"
Denise Baskind, MD (EM) Dallas, TX

7:30 AM (MT) Lightning Prevention & Injury Management
Sheryl Olson, RN, BSN

8:20 AM Traveler’s Diarrhea & Other Waterborne Infections
Eric A. Weiss, MD

9:10 AM Mountain Search & Rescue
Lanny Johnson, FNP/PA

10:10 AM Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC): Transitioning Battlefield Lessons to Wilderness & Urban Medicine
Gary Kibbee

11:00 AM New Technology for Backcountry Rescue, Location & Communication
Howard Donner, MD

11:45 AM Questions & Answers

12:00 PM Adjourn

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