September 11-13, 2026
Moab, Utah
Level I - Overland Essentials: Foundations
Level II - Backcountry Skills & Recovery
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Level III - Expedition Readiness: Applied Skills Intensive (optional add-on)
Join us on our foundational 4x4 backcountry training led by our team of certified professional instructors and guides.
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Fully-Guided • 4x4/AWD Training • Point-to-Point
MOAB, UTAH
LEVELS I & II: SEPTEMBER 11-13, 2026
LEVEL III: SEPTEMBER 14-15, 2026 (optional add-on)
3 or 5 full days of van-specific overlanding and backcountry training. Gain more 4x4 van technical driving knowledge and experience. Learn how to drive safely and responsibly, understanding the limits of your van. Pro-instructor-guided off-pavement adventure, training, support and guidance.
Camping available onsite from September 10, 2026.
Catering not provided this year.
TOPICS WE COVER DURING YOUR LEVEL I and II Training
What You Will Learn
- Health and Safety; Risk Assessments; PPE overview
- Pre-trip Inspections
- Basic bush mechanics including tire repair and safe flat tire changing
- Overview of vehicle 4x4 systems (high vs low range, electronic traction control, dynamic stabilization control)
- Off-pavement driving situations, as outlined in the NPTC criteria
- Including technical terrain and uncomfortable off-camber situations
- Slow moving vehicle control and dynamics
- Reading the terrain and how to make accurate driving decisions
- Mechanical sympathy
- Overview of recovery equipment
- Types of equipment
- Inspection and maintenance
- Using properly rated equipment: Working Load Limits; Minimum Breaking Strength; Safety Factors
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Load management and estimation calculations
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Safe use of vehicle-mounted winches
- Safe handling of steel wire rope and synthetic materials
- Correct use of recovery points and anchors
- Safe rigging techniques -
Supervisory and marshaling skills
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Avoiding getting stuck
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Pre-recovery vehicle stabilization
*We strive to cover all the topics listed above, customizing the course based on participant interests. Our goal is to address as many subjects as possible within the three-day training, depending on time availability.
3 or 5 Days of Overland and Expeditionary Driving Course
What You Will Experience
Don’t be surprised if your instructor hops into the passenger seat of your overland van for personalized, one-on-one coaching. It’s one of the most valuable parts of the experience - real-time feedback, thoughtful discussion, and practical insight into all aspects of off-road and overland travel.
We camp together and gather around the fire at the end of each day for relaxed, informal conversations. It’s where lessons deepen, questions surface, and stories from the trail are shared.
Guided by our certified Professional 4x4 instructors - and surrounded by new friends - you’ll gain both practical skills and real-world perspective. The only downside? You’ll likely leave inspired to travel even more!
This progression builds from strong fundamentals and shows you how to apply them with greater clarity and confidence in your own adventures. And with the addition of Level III (optional add-on) - created in response to requests from our graduates - you’ll be even better prepared to make smart, capable decisions wherever the road leads.
Upon completing this foundational 4x4 driving course, you’ll walk away with a clear understanding of how your four-wheel drive system works, how to approach basic maintenance and trail readiness, and how to apply smart off-highway driving techniques. You’ll gain experience with thoughtful route selection, introductory vehicle recovery, driving on challenging surfaces, and safe winching practices - all in a structured, supportive environment.
While it’s not required, we encourage you to bring any recovery equipment you already own. There’s real value in learning with your own gear and becoming comfortable using it properly. You’ll have plenty of demonstration time, hands-on practice, and guided instruction to build both competence and confidence.
By the end of the course, you won’t feel like you’ve pushed your van beyond its limits - you’ll feel like you understand those limits far better. That clarity is what builds confidence.
In fact, after several recent sessions, small groups of graduates left together to begin their own adventures - driving off with new skills, new friendships, and a stronger sense of capability. There’s something incredibly empowering about realizing what you and your van can accomplish when you approach it thoughtfully and with the right foundation.
"Thank you for an amazing experience in southern Utah. That trip took a huge effort and lengthy planning. There were many details, and everything was perfect."
"THE CLUB is a brilliant concept, and you both execute at the highest level. I will travel anywhere in the world with you!"
STEVE G.
MOAB ATTENDEE
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Meet Your Professional Instructor
Jim West
Jim is one of OVERLAND VAN CLUB & THE REVEL CLUB's lead trainers for many reasons! He is a retired Fire Fighter/Paramedic based out of Phoenix, AZ. He represented the USA on the 1992 Camel Trophy team in Guyana, and then was hired back the following year to pre-scout and create a route book for the 1994 event in Paraguay, Argentina, and Chile. As a result, Jim was asked to assist with the selection and training of every US team from 1993-1998. Also, from that event he developed a working relationship with Land Rover North America in which he has provided driving instruction and emergency medical support while on their events.
Over the past 30 years, Jim has worked on Vehicle based events in 29 different countries on 5 continents. He has a passion for teaching, whether it's emergency vehicle operations to Fire Fighters or off-road driving, recovery, vehicle selection/prep, or wilderness medicine to civilians. Along with Emergency Vehicle Operations Instructor, Paramedic, Wilderness Paramedic, Jim also is certified as a City & Guilds NPTC Off-Road Assessor and British Columbia Forest Safety Council Instructor.
Meet Your Professional Overlanding Guide
Webb Arnold
For decades, Webb has enjoyed being off road on 2 wheels and 4. A lover of the outdoors and motorcycle racing brought him to represent Team USA in the 1991 Camel Trophy in Tanzania-Burundi. After competing, he returned as a trainer for USA Camel Trophy teams.
Webb has a lifelong passion for Jeeps, and has worked for Jeep on international events and as a trainer.
Many years in the field means that Webbs bush-mechanic skills are second to none, and that's nothing compared to what he can do in his fully equipped shop!
Webb has worked all over the USA and further afield teaching both civilian and military teams the art of off-highway driving and recovery.
Meet Your Professional Overlanding Instructor
Duncan Barbour
Expedition Leadership, 4×4 Driving and Off-Roading are genre synonymous with Scotsman Duncan Barbour who has carved an impressive 25-year career as a world-leading exponent in these fields and built a reputation that is second-to-none.
Inspired by his great great uncle, Henry Alexander, the first man to drive a car (Model-T Ford) up Ben Nevis in 1911, off-Roading is in Duncan’s blood and his naturally chosen and driven career path has taken him to all corners of the globe organising over 50 expeditions through all manner of terrain across seven continents.
From internationally acclaimed events such as Camel Trophy and Overland Expo and the launch of his specialist company BATT (Barbour All-Terrain Tracking) Duncan’s extraordinary skills-set have been sought from a wide diversity of industry, from Motor Manufacturer product launches and incentive expeditions for Land Rover, Jeep, Mercedes and Lexus, to Formula One Teams and the big screen of the Motion Picture Industry, his film credits the envy of many a Hollywood A-Lister.
(Instructors for your particular session are subject to change based upon instructor availability and group size)
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