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Elderhostel
Explore New Places and Ideas
 Elderhostel is an independent, non-profit organization
offering short-term academic experiences for people
over 55. Elderhostel is a friendly, accessible and
secure way to explore new places and challenging ideas.
Programs are challenging and thought provoking, however,
don't require any prior knowledge or formal training.
See our brochure (PDF,
280K).
The cost of a program includes double occupancy lodging,
all meals, classes, field trips, and most needed equipment
and supplies.
National
Elderhostel Home
 Where the Rockies Meet the Rails
Dates: July 8-14, 2008
Tuition: $980 per person, double
/ $1230, per person, single
Immerse yourself in the bygone era of railroads through classes, field trips, and a dinner train ride through some of the most scenic country in Central Montana. Learn about and see 125 years of railroad history, sites, and landscapes, as well as current operations. Featured in course coverage will be the pioneering Northern Pacific; the once-innovative and now lamented Milwaukee Road, running trains with Montana electricity and copper; and the current busy regional Montana Rail Link. Field trips to the former Milwaukee operation base, a downtown that reflects days of the Milwaukee Road, substations, a former depot, museum and more. Includes lodging, meals, classes, field trips.
For more information, please call Marilyn Jarvis,
the Montana State University Elderhostel Coordinator,
at (406) 994-4820 or e-mail mjarvis@montana.edu
 Lewis & Clark: Paddling the Majestic Missouri
Dates: August 19-26, 2008
Tuition: $951 per person, double / $1041 per person single
Download the Canoe flyer
Surrounded by Montana's majestic beauty, canoe into the world of Lewis and Clark on a stretch of the wild and scenic upper Missouri River. Expert instructors will guide you as you canoe and camp along 47 miles of the Missouri. Study the history and geography of this unique river area and experience landscapes and sites of the Corps of Discovery inhabited on their expedition. Witness the same "scenes of visionary enchantment" they observed. The river route begins at Coal Banks Landing in Virgelle, 70 miles northeast of Great Falls, and continues to Judith Crossing.
Tuition includes lodging, meals, canoe rental, instruction.
For more information, please call Marilyn Jarvis, the Montana State University Elderhostel Coordinator, at (406) 994-4820 or e-mail mjarvis@montana.edu
Hands-on Dinosaur Paleontology in Montana
Dates: Sept. 8-15, 2008
Tuition: $999 per person, double / additional charge for single
Download the Paleontology flyer
How do paleontologists use fossils, rocks, modern animals and environments as windows into the past? Find answers with an expert geologist and paleontologist in the "outdoor laboratory" of Montana. Behind the scenes of the Museum of the Rockies, examine 75 million-year-old dinosaur bones and fossil eggshells under a microscope. Then, venture north to Egg Mountain near Choteau (famous for Jack Horner's "great mother lizard" discovery) to learn firsthand how paleontologists and geologists collect vertebrate fossils and interpret paleo-environments. Contribute to science by prospecting and collecting fossils for the Museum of the Rockies at Egg Mountain.
Tuition includes lodging, meals field trips, instruction.
For more information, please call Marilyn Jarvis, the Montana State University Elderhostel Coordinator, at (406) 994-4820 or toll-free (866) 540-5660 or e-mail mjarvis@montana.edu
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