- Delivery
- Standard
- Total hours
- 72
- In-person hours
- 72
- WMEC hour comparison
- Meets hour minimum
72h; WMEC member framework
Hours only; complete topic and assessment alignment has not been audited. - Skills assessment
- Practical course; specific examination criteria not verified
- Student price example
- USD 880
Published course example incl CPR/materials
Confirm current tuition and inclusions with the provider. - Instructor credentials
- No universal minimum published; most staff EMT/RN+
- Instructor pathway
- Employment / staff development; confirm requirements
- Instructor entry / annual costs
- Not public
- Instructor fee per student
- Host quote
- WMS affiliation
- Listed
- EMT / paramedic CE
- Not yet verified
- Curriculum / materials
- Current version not yet verified
- Release / revision date
- Not yet verified
- Curriculum distinctions
- Medical director Greg Moore, MD; field simulations; integrated rescue / semester options.
- Evidence documentation
- Named physician oversight and stated curriculum review; no public dated clinical crosswalk located.
- Program reviews
- No verified independent course aggregate.
- Validity / renewal
- Confirm the exact certificate term, renewal window, prerequisites, and acceptance with the issuing and receiving organizations.
- MTN acceptance
- MTN reciprocity automatically accepted
This course format documents 72 total hours and 72 in-person hours. WMEC lists a minimum of 70 total hours and 45 in-person hours for WFR. MTN automatically accepts this documented WFR or WFR recertification format for reciprocity. Students using it for WFR recertification still provide their prior WFR credential when registering. A WFA certificate alone does not establish prior WFR certification.
Except for the NOLS formats covered by MTN’s confirmed two-way agreement, MTN accepting another provider’s training does not establish that provider’s acceptance of MTN training. Confirm directly with the receiving organization. Course reciprocity and instructor authorization are separate.
COURSE FACTS · C22 · CHECKED September 28, 2026
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WFR · Standard
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Publisher: Mountain Training Network. Research snapshot September 28, 2026. Sources and methodology at the MTN Wilderness Medicine Reciprocity & Research. This is not accreditation or a guarantee of course quality.