Real decisions.
Real consequences.

Each scenario is built from an encounter someone actually walked through. You'll make three calls. You'll see what happens after each one. You'll get scored on the choices that matter.

5 min

Backcountry meadow, Montana. Dawn.

The Grizzly Encounter

You're solo, six miles from the trailhead. You round a bend and step into an open meadow. Forty yards ahead — a sow grizzly with two cubs. She's already seen you.

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6 min

Alpine ridge, exposed. Weather closing fast.

Twenty Miles In, Storm Coming

Day two of a three-day traverse. You're at 11,400 ft on an exposed ridge. Twenty miles from the trailhead. A wall of weather is stacking on the western horizon. Your group of four is spread out over 200 yards.

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5 min

Backcountry ski tour, 10,800 ft. Late morning.

The Slope That Whumped

You're touring up a 34-degree northeast slope with two partners. Overnight brought 14 inches of new snow on top of a weak layer from a week ago. You just heard a loud 'whumpf' — the sound of a slab settling under your skis.

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5 min

Class IV river, day three. Steep-walled gorge.

The Swim in the Canyon

You're leading a group of three kayakers through a committing gorge. No walk-out for two miles either way. The lead paddler mis-lines the crux drop and swims. Their boat pins against a rock in the middle of the current.

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4 min

Alpine scramble, class 4 ridge. Late afternoon.

The Loose Block

You're moving unroped along an exposed class-4 ridge with a partner 20 feet behind you. You test a refrigerator-sized block for a handhold. It shifts — the whole thing is loose, balanced on rubble. If it goes, it goes down the gully your partner is standing in.

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4 min

High tundra, 3pm. Visibility 30 feet.

Whiteout on the Plateau

You're crossing an open tundra plateau on a two-day traverse. Fog rolled in an hour ago and closed to 30 feet of visibility. Your GPS just died — batteries were older than you thought. You have a paper map, a compass, and a partner who is starting to guess at directions out loud.

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4 min

Slot canyon, desert Southwest. Monsoon season.

The Dry Wash That Wasn't

You're two miles into a narrow slot canyon with a group of five. The walls are 80 feet high and 6 feet apart. It hasn't rained on you all day — but you can see dark clouds stacked over the plateau upstream. You stop at a shallow pool and hear a faint, low rumble that wasn't there ten minutes ago.

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4 min

Backcountry singletrack, 8 miles from trailhead.

The Wrist and the Wilderness

You're riding a remote loop with one partner. They case a rock garden and go over the bars. When they sit up, they're cradling their right forearm — clearly deformed. They're pale, sweating, and their bike is bent. It's 2pm, 8 miles of technical singletrack from the trailhead. Weather is fine. No cell signal.

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5 min

Open water, 3-mile channel crossing. Dusk.

Fog on the Crossing

You're leading three sea kayakers on a 3-mile open-water crossing to a small island. You launched an hour before sunset planning to arrive in fading light. Halfway across, a bank of fog rolls in from the north and drops visibility to 200 yards. Wind is picking up. Water is 52°F.

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5 min

Multi-pitch trad, 600 feet up. Weather building.

The Weather on Pitch Four

You're on pitch four of a six-pitch trad route. You built an anchor 15 minutes ago and your second is halfway up. The sky to the west has gone from 'watching' to 'moving' — dark, defined, closing. You estimate 45 minutes before it hits. The route above is two more pitches. Rappel back down is four rappels on your single 60m rope with the party below you.

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