Wilderness Athlete, Performance Nutrition

Wilderness Athlete, Inc., is the nutritional authority on outdoor performance nutrition. We address the need of quality nutrition for the hunting, fishing, and outdoor industry with several unique products. Wilderness Athlete stands alone in offering the industry’s only full line of nutrition bars, gels, hydration drinks, energy drinks, and multi-vitamins for the outdoor athlete.

Mark Paulsen, founder of Wilderness Athlete and University Director of Athletic Performance for more than twenty-five years started the company based on one simple question... "Why hasn't the science of mainstream sports nutrition been applied to the specific needs of the outdoor athlete? After all, there are no locker rooms or timeouts in the backcountry." Mark's relationships with top performance nutritionists enabled him to answer his own question by launching WILDERNESS ATHLETE™, the nutritional authority for enhancing the outdoor experience.

Mark Paulsen
Coach P
Founder/CEO
coachp@WildernessAthlete.com

Wilderness Athlete - Project New Hope ®

Supporting our local community, Wilderness Athlete has teamed up with the Alexandria Opportunities Center. The Opportunities Center handles all of Wilderness Athlete's custom orders and special project needs.

Alexandria Opportunities Center (AOC) was organized by Project New Hope in the early 1970’s as a work program to teach vocational and community living skills. Project New Hope had visions of developing integrated work opportunities for people with disabilities which were no different than those opportunities available to other non-disabled citizens. In 1985, Alexandria Opportunities Center incorporated as a private, non-profit “Developmental Achievement Center” (DAC) licensed by the Minnesota Department of Human Services.

In 1991 Alexandria Opportunities Center moved to its current location and in 1998 expanded the facility to include 24,500 sq. ft. of production, manufacturing, and office space.

Today, many local companies rely upon our capable work force to provide value-added services to their customers products.

Since its inception, the mission of “providing support for growth, learning, development, and greater independence”, has remained unchanged.

"Everyone who holds a job feels a sense of accomplishment. Knowing you are producing a valued product or providing a valued service gives you a sense of value, increased confidence, and pride."

– Pat Neurer, AOC Director