Youth SummerCamps
Adventure Awaits . . .
There are 14 summer camp sessions to choose from, with junior camps for the 5 to 8 year old crowd, and an impressive lineup for 8 to 14 year olds!
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JUNIOR RIVERS AND TIDES
Session 1: July 28-August 1 - FULL
Session 2: August 18-22
Ages 5-8
Creating clay projects, looking for crawdads, building rafts, harvesting riparian plants, tracking otters…what more could a kid ask for? Each day will be filled with exploring the aqueous world through projects, games, and adventure.
SCOUT CAMP
Session 2: July 28-August 1 - FULL
Ages 8-14
Master the ancient art of moving unseen through the forest. Learn stealth, camouflage, fire-making (burn ban permitting), animal tracking, and survival skills like foraging and shelter building. Each day is a new adventure in secret forests and by magical mountain streams.
JUNIOR ADVENTURE CAMP
Session 2: August 4-8
Ages 5-8
Join us for a week-long outdoor scavenger hunt to practice wilderness skills on the move! Students will become familiar with contour maps, compasses, aidless navigation, storylines, sundials, wildlife tracking, and celestial bearings. Each day will be spent finding clues and riddles that will culminate in an end of the week feast.
PROJECTILE CAMP
Session 2: August 4-8
Ages 8-14
Ready, aim, fire! This camp is designed to defy gravity. Participants will make and shoot bows, throwing sticks, atl-atls, slings, and blow darts. Each day will be filled with a projectile project and nature awareness games. This is a great camp for students to learn how to safely utilize ancient tools with confidence and respect.
JUNIOR FOREST GYMNASTICS
August 11-15
Ages 5-8
Come climb like a cougar, leap over logs like a deer, and fly through the air like a squirrel! This camp, for ages 5-8, is a mixture of endurance, balance, challenge, and fun. Utilizing our outdoor gym, participants will be exposed to a slackline, balance activities, “dirt” yoga, team-building games and parkour. Each day the group builds on skills they have acquired the day before.
TRACKING THE WILD
August 11-15
Ages 8-14
This captivating camp is for nature detectives ages 8-14 who want to uncover the hidden world of wild animals. Through games, wildlife tracking, and a hands-on citizen science project, campers will create plaster casts, set camera traps, and even help Panthera track cougars. Activities include track identification, aging, trailing, and wildlife scavenger hunts.