Outdoor Recreation
Develop high-quality outdoor recreation programs, practices and operations
Deliver World-Class Outdoor Recreation Experiences
Outdoor recreation offers relaxation, refreshment of the spirit, skill development, mental and physical health benefits, nature experiences and more.
Viristar’s expertise in the design and implementation of outdoor recreation experiences can help you improve the scope, effectiveness, safety and quality of your outdoor recreation programs.
What Is Outdoor Recreation?
Outdoor recreation is:
- Non-work activity done in the out-of-doors for fun, relaxation, or refreshment of the spirit
- An opportunity to explore natural wonders, build community, experience beautiful landscapes, and enhance one’s well-being
- Part of the rapidly growing leisure services sector
- Part of the growing interest in the Parks and Recreation field
Viristar helps organizations and agencies enhance the delivery of a wide variety of outdoor rec experiences, including hiking, camping, mountaineering, cycling, canoeing, caving, kayaking, rafting, rock climbing, sailing, skiing, skydiving, surfing, nature observation, and canyoning, along with regional activities such as coasteering, riverboarding/river sledding, sandboarding, river tracing/shower climbing, foefie sliding and kloofing.
The Viristar Advantage
Use our global experience in outdoor recreation to help you grow your outdoor recreation program. Our staff’s experience in the outdoor rec sector includes:
- Standard Operating Plan (SOP) development for kayaking, backpacking, hiking, and camping programs
- Document review for outdoor recreation providers in the Americas and Asia
- Analysis of outdoor recreation regulation in Switzerland, India, South Africa, USA, Canada, UK, Finland, and New Zealand
- Standards and best practices documentation for the outfitter and guide industry
- Keynote and plenary presentations to parks and outdoor recreation/education providers in USA, New Zealand, Vietnam and Singapore
- Training and certification/qualification requirements planning for paddling and climbing organizations
- Field handbook document creation for multi-element outdoor program provider in Thailand
How Viristar Can Help
Viristar offers multiple outdoor recreation program development services. Our expert team can help you:
- Create field manuals, instructor handbooks, and operating procedures for outdoor recreation activities
- Identify and meet standards from outdoor recreation peak bodies and NGBs
- Document procedures for gear management, provider selection, permitting and training
- Create adaptive and accessible facilities and activities
- Institute best practices to support diversity, equity, inclusion and justice (DEIJ) in outdoor recreation
- Design outdoor opportunities to support well-being and health outcomes
- Incorporate Traditional Ecological Knowledge and indigenous perspectives in outdoor rec programming
- Establish region-wide standards for quality in outdoor recreation operations
