North Carolina Outward Bound School (NCOBS) is pleased to announce the appointment of its new Executive Director, Bea Armstrong. Armstrong will succeed Whitney H. Montgomery, who retired after 14 years of leading the organization, and Ken Lawson, who is currently... READ MORE

Written by: Margo Nottoli From 2012 until 2020, 1,270 students participated in the North Carolina Outward Bound School-led Outward Bound Families In Need of Services (FINS) Program for youth facing challenges in Florida.  “The mission of Outward Bound Founder Kurt... READ MORE

After 14 years of service, Whitney H. Montgomery is retiring from North Carolina Outward Bound School (NCOBS). Ken Lawson from Tallahassee, Florida has been selected as the interim Executive Director.   Montgomery led the school through sustained growth during his tenure. Under his... READ MORE

By Leigh Luter Schell, April 30, 2020 Junior year of college, one of my housemates spent a semester on an Outward Bound course in Baja, Mexico. She came back hairy, tanned and happy in a confident “let it go” kind... READ MORE

By Addie Hurwitz, From her personal blog, November 10, 2019 PART 1: Hollywood – FINS Office After leaving the Scottsmoor Base Camp, we headed south to Hollywood, FL to visit the Families In Need of Services (FINS) office. As mentioned in my... READ MORE

By Addie Hurwitz, From her personal blog, November 6, 2019 PART 1 Where we last left off, the Service Bus had just completed three days of trail service in the Linville Gorge with Wild South, and was headed south to Asheville,... READ MORE

By Cassandra Biette, Outdoor Educator Course, 2012 During the last few days of my 50-day semester course with Outward Bound, everyone kept telling us that we would never fully realize all that we had learned on course until we got... READ MORE

By Elizabeth Wallace, Blue Ridge Backpacking, Rock Climbing and Whitewater Canoeing, 2011 Our band of teenagers sat around a camp stove, weary from a day of hiking further than our dirt-encrusted calves wanted to go. The sun had set on... READ MORE

Everyone whose been to the Cedar Rock Base Camp knows that fall in the Pisgah National Forest is one of the best possible times to be out there. The crisp temperatures and fall foliage make every day a delight for... READ MORE

By Alumna Katie Bernard, Blue Ridge Mountains Backpacking and Whitewater Canoeing, 2018, From her personal blog Girl In the Woods I’ve always loved lying on my window-side bed at night. There, curled up with my fuzzy blankets, I could listen... READ MORE