Registrations are coming in and the staff list is starting to get filled out. We're shaping up for another great year, so if you haven't checked-in yet or registered, pleased do it today so we can plan on how many smiling faces we will host this fall. See you soon. 

Cody teaching Signals=Rescue.

2 Weeks Left

Rob Withrow and Norm Kidder sharing time 
at the Sunday opening displays.

Early registration ends Sept 1st so save $75 and register today. Early registration helps us know how many people will be attending, so you saving money also helps us out. Get on the web and sign up at backtracks.net. Click on "Register On-Line Today", and you're on your way. It's as simple as that. The staff roster is filling in fast, and things are shaping up to be another great year. You can also help out by going to the Backtracks Facebook page and click the "Like" button to share this great event with your friends. The weather is beginning to turn, and Rabbitstick is in the air. Be a part of this amazing gathering and sign-up today. Join us in Keeping Traditions Alive!

Rabbitstick 2014 

is almost here!

Early registration ends September 1. Register today at 

backtracks.net and save $75.

Backtracks events are normally about 400 staff and students. Over 30 classes each day run from a couple of hours to multiple days and are taught from 9-5 Monday-Friday. Rabbitstick is the original primitive skills gathering. Join us this years and see what everyone is talking about. 

The camp is situated on 500 acres of wildlife easement land on the banks of Henry's Fork of the Snake River. We get regular visits from moose, deer and wild turkeys. It's an amazing campsite.

Everybody Loves To Drum

Beat! beat! drums!

Through the windows—through doors—burst like a ruthless force...Into the school where the scholar is studying...Over the traffic of cities—over the rumble of wheels in the streets...Are beds prepared for sleepers at night in the houses? no sleepers must sleep in those beds...Make no parley—stop for no expostulation...Make even the trestles to shake the dead where they lie awaiting the hearses.    

 (from Walt Whitman)

Let 'er Rip.

There's always great teachers to help you learn 

the beat, and good company to make it all fun.

Don't miss a beat. We'll see you at 
Winter Count 20
February 9-14, 2014.

Vardos and Gypsy Wagons

A colorful addition to any camp.

Cliff Volpe Photo

Cliff Volpe Photo

Winter Count 25

February 9-15, 2014

Early registration opens on-line today!!w!

Register at backtracks.net.

WHERE THE TEACHERS GATHER

 Larry Kinsella from flintknapper.com 
demonstrates the fine art of working 
flint into tools. 

Matt Graham from the Discovery Channels new 
series - Dude You're Screwed - showing 
how to hunt with an atlatl and dart system.

Red Louvish's wet-scrape brain-tan class in action.

Jesus Garcia from the Sonoran Desert 

Museum displays his collection of 

fibers for making ropes.

Charlie Tadano of the Phoenix-based Study of Ancient Lifeways and Technologies  (SALT) Group has his classes turn rough argillite stone into fine jewelry.

Make a point of signing up early and don't miss out on attending this unique gathering of artisans and teachers of the old ways. 

We want to wish all of our Backtracks alums a very Happy New Year. Be safe and enjoy the holiday.

Please pass this message along to anyone you know planning on coming this year.

Since this is our 20th year of conducting Winter Count, we are offering a 20 year discount special to encourage everyone to sign-up early. Here's how it works:

We keep track of registrations as they come in. Every 20th registration (that's number 20, 40, 60, etc.) gets a $50 tuition discount. Every 100th one gets a $150 discount. What odds - the lottery is one in 200 million, here it's only 1 in 200. We need you to commit early to help us plan. I know it's easy to procrastinate, but we need you to sign up now. Go to backtracks.net and register on-line. Early registration is open, and this offer is only available until January 20th, so sign-up NOW!