Situational awareness is how you read a room and stay ahead: the OODA Loop, Cooper's Color Codes, and simple drills to build it.

Learn survival skills, connect with like-minded people, and prepare your family for emergencies at the Mountain Readiness Expo.

Hot composting past 131 degrees kills weed seeds and pathogens while building the living soil your garden actually needs.

When my wife Amber and I started Mountain Readiness, our goal was simple: to help people build real-world skills and connect with a like-minded community. We saw a gap between watching videos or reading books and actually being able to do something when it counts. Knowledge is a great start, but true confidence comes from hands-on practice. You can spend countless hours online, and you'll learn a lot. But you also run the risk of information overload. It’s easy to get bogged

Cellular networks are fragile—dependent on power grids, data lines, and infrastructure that can collapse from storms, cyberattacks, or overloads. Even FirstNet, built for first responders, fails when the grid does. In a blackout, police, fire, and EMS go dark too. Don't gamble on phones. Build independent comms now with affordable tools like Baofeng radios and upgraded antennas for reliable, off-grid connections when it counts.