The University of Montana

Activity Levels for Active Outdoor

Activity Level 1
Participants must be able to handle their own luggage and climb a few stairs.

Activity Level 2
In addition to Level 1 criteria, participants must be able to stand for up to one hour and get on and off a motor coach easily.

Activity Level 3
In addition to Level 1-2 criteria, participants must be able to climb a few flights of stairs and walk up to two miles over uneven surfaces.

Activity Level 4
In addition to Level 1-3 criteria, participants must be in good health, mobile, able to participate in three to five hours of physical activity per day, and walk three to five miles at a 2.5-mile-per-hour pace over uneven ground.

Activity Level 5
In addition to Level 1-4 criteria, participants must be in excellent health, extremely mobile, and used to an active lifestyle. Program activities may require up to six hours of strenuous, moderate- to fast-paced activity per day, equivalent to hiking six miles at a three-mile-per-hour pace over varied terrain.

Activity Level 6
In addition to Level 1-5 criteria, participants must have a high level of physical fitness and minimum levels of expertise in the program activities, and should expect full days of fast-paced, strenuous physical challenges.

Updated on: 09/02/08