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Outdoor Leadership Experience (OLE)

  • Student participant at the top of a fire tower looking out at sunset

    An OLE participant at the top of a fire tower at sunset

  • Mentee in barn, petting a cow

    An OLE participant petting a cow

  • Group of five students and mentees exploring the riverside

    OLE students exploring the riverside

Program Details

Outdoor Leadership Experience (OLE) is a group mentoring program in which Dartmouth students work on leadership and outdoor skills after school with grade 5-12 students in Canaan, NH. Each year culminates in an overnight camping trip that allows mentees to put their skills to use.

Time Commitment: 6 hours per week (1-hour team meeting on Sunday afternoon or evening and 2-7pm on Wednesday or Thursday or Friday) for at least one term per year

Setting: Around the Upper Valley (usually outside)

Group or One-on-One: Group

Population supported: Youth in grades 5-12

Application: Please check back in Fall 2025 when our main application cycle will open. 

Contact: OLE