Long Fall trips are a chance for Putney students to explore the outdoors, learn and develop skills, and work in small groups to achieve common goals. Trips offer students a chance to work together, getting to know fellow students and adult trip leaders, embracing many of the fundamental principles of The Putney School—to honor manual labor; to live adventurously; to play as wholeheartedly as one works. Long Fall trips are an essential part of our orientation and community-building process and are required for all students each year of enrollment. If a Long Fall trip is missed for any reason, it must be made up through either 60 hours of community service, supervised by the Long Fall coordinator, or with a NOLS or Outward Bound or similar approved outdoor program of at least a week in length, at the student’s own expense.