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Overnight Summer Camps

Overnight Summer Camps
Ages 11-17
5-night overnights at our land in the Cascade foothills near Duvall, WA (60 min. from Seattle). $645; price includes organic food, camping, a free t-shirt, pocket nature notebook and field guide!

Times: Overnight Summer Camps begin at 1 p.m. on Sundays and end at 12 p.m. on Fridays (parents encouraged to arrive at 11 a.m. for closing circle).
See our calendar for dates and to register

Since 1995, our Overnight Summer Camps have given students exciting camping experiences while learning in-depth skills of survival and nature awareness. They are filled with outdoor adventures and surrounded by the beauty and comfort of a private basecamp in the forested foothills of the Cascade Mountains. Our camps are for all experience levels, and are guaranteed to be the highlight of a summer!

Survival Skills Overnight Summer Camp

(ages 11-14) This five night camp is focused on learning wilderness survival skills basics while practicing them daily. Students will have opportunities to practice fire making, knife safety and carving, shelter construction, primitive cooking, and may choose to create their own fire kit and spoon or bowl to take home. Participants will also have the opportunity to sleep in shelters they have constructed, and will bring home amazing stories!

Scout Awareness Overnight Summer Camp

(ages 11-14) This five-night camp is devoted to developing the keen awareness of the ancient "scouts" of many cultures whose abilities seemed like magic. Through adventures with camouflage, “bird language” (to discover the movement of predators), wildlife and human tracking (to read the stories on the ground invisible to most), stealthy movement, and uses of wild edible plants, we begin to enter the world of the scout. Participants in this camp will likely never see nature the same way again!

Advanced Survival Overnight Summer Camp

(ages 14-17) This five-night advanced camp takes the skills taught in our other overnight camps to a new level! The first days are spent in base camp preparing tools and practicing survival skills. We then move away from base camp, put our skills to the test, and learn to provide for the needs of shelter and food from nature. During this camp we will be spending nights in the woods without tents, and campers should be prepared to be comfortable with this arrangement. If you enjoyed reading "My Side of the Mountain", come and experience it with us this summer!

Previous experience with Wilderness Awareness School programs is encouraged for this program, though not required.

Also see:

• Frequently Asked Summer Camp Questions
• Summer Day Camps (ages 6-12)
• Advanced Summer Day Camps (ages 10-12)
• and Teen Adventure Expeditions (ages 13-18)
• Summer Camp Flyer (PDF format)

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