Girls' Wilderness

Wilderness Expedition

Dates/Age Range: July 8-15 (age 14-16)*; July 28- August 4 (age 14-16)*;
Number of Days: 8
Location: Snowy Range, southern Wyoming
Tuition: $990
Description: Explore outside and within. This eight-day trip into Wyoming’s incredible Snowy Range focuses on developing a strong base of outdoor skills, having fun and feeling comfortable in the wilderness. Your course will start with an introduction to rock climbing and end with a chance to hike Medicine Bow Peak, the highest in therange. You’ll really “walk the talk” by learning how to navigate using a map and compass, decide what you want to eat, cook your own meals, and work together as a team. Come home with a great group of friends and terrific feelings of accomplishment from your solid backcountry skills. This course is a good choice for first time campers and girls with some backpacking experience. This course includes a community service project on the day following the course.
* or entering the 9th-10th grades

Adventure Camp

Age Range: 12-13, or entering 7th-8th grades
Dates: June 11-16, June 20-25, July 6-11, July 18-23, August 7-12
Number of Days: 6
Location: Blue Moon Ranch and Colorado State Forest
Tuition: $650
Description: Amped for adventure! Get excited to build incredible friendships while learning to rock climb, set up a campsite, backpack and have fun expressing yourself in different ways. This six-day course takes place entirely outdoors, and is a great chance to enjoy the wilderness, meet new friends and try new things. You will be able to explore new territory and see animals and wildflowers. Look forward to a three-night backpacking trip, rock climbing, art projects, and a peak climb in Colorado State Forest.

July 6-11 is full, please call us at 303.938.9191 to get on the waitlist!

Leadership Course

Age Range: 15-18, or entering 10th-12th grades
Dates: July 30-August 10
Number of Days: 12
Location: Mt. Zirkel Wilderness Area, Colorado
Tuition: $1290
Description: Experience. Empower. Lead. Leadership is the ability to influence, motivate, and enable others to contribute toward success. Does this inspire you? The Leadership Course is for girls who want a more advanced backcountry experience combined with the objective of sharpening their leadership skills and using their voice with confidence. You’ll rock climb near Steamboat Springs, then embark on an extended backpacking trip in the stunning Mt. Zirkel Wilderness Area. This twelve-day course allows time to form an especially tight knit group in which to explore leadership style, personal goals and develop skills you can use at school and work. You will progressively take on full responsibility for leading your expedition by developing your map & compass, orienteering, and backcountry safety skills. Includes a follow-up community project that will involve leading others.
Many thanks to Patagonia, sponsor of the 2008 Leadership Course. Patagonia builds outstanding products for outdoor adventures and reinvests 1% of sales to support grassroots organizations who demonstrate leadership in protecting and improving the environment and our world.

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Latina Girls’ Course

Age Range: 13-16, or entering 8th-11th grades
Dates: July 26-31
Number of Days: 6
Location: Blue Moon Ranch and Rocky Mtn National Park
Tuition: $650
Description: Communidad Latina unida! Culture and community are important for all families and a great way to make sharing a new experience more comfortable. While we have Latina girls on all our courses, this trip is special because it has the added component of bringing girls together around cultural themes while having fun outside. You’ll try rock-climbing, express yourself with creative art projects, adventure on an overnight backpacking trip and have a chance to climb a peak. Latina women will be your leaders and mentors, providing a supportive environment and sharing their experiences and ideas about cultural identity and pride. Includes a family picnic in August.

Girls’ Rock Camp

Age Range: 14-17*
Dates: July 23-26
Number of Days: 4
Location: Vedauwoo, Wyoming
Tuition: $490
Description: Rock the Rock! Want to feel the exhilaration of scaling the side of a rock face? Whether you’ve been climbing for years or are completely new to the sport, this course is a fantastic way to spend lots of time in the vertical world. You’ll spend four days camping and climbing at Vedauwoo among the amazing prehistoric rock formations of this climbing mecca in southern Wyoming. Expert women climbers will teach you how to get off the ground, how to stick to the rock, and all about belaying, rappelling and staying safe.
* or entering 9th-12th grades

Wild Voices

Age Range:13-15, or entering 8th-10th grades
Dates: July 19-24
Number of Days:6
Location: Snowy Range, Wyoming
Tuition: $675
Description: Belt it out! Do you love to sing? In any key? Anywhere—in the shower, on a stage, or in the car! On this six-day backpacking trip you can share your passion for music while making new friends in Wyoming’s gorgeous Snowy Range Mountains. You’ll learn the basics of backpacking, navigation, and how to travel safely in the mountains while exploring song, rhythm, and self-expression. No singing expertise or experience necessary.

Wild Moves Course

Age Range: 13-15, or entering 8th-10th grades
Dates: June 27-July 2
Number of Days: 6
Location: Snowy Range, Wyoming
Tuition: $675
Description: Bust a move! All dancing machines—this course is for you. This six-day backpacking trip focuses on self-expression through a variety of physical activities including dancing, rock climbing and yoga as you learn to love what your body can do. Plan on practicing backcountry safety skills and learning to navigate your way around the woods. If you enjoy getting in a groove, this course is for you! No dancing expertise or experience necessary.

Wild Art Course

Age Range: 13-15, or entering 8th-10th grades
Dates: June 19-24
Number of Days: 6
Location: Snowy Range, Wyoming
Tuition: $675
Description: Express yourself! Creative, imaginative, artistic? Do these describe you? This course is the perfect outlet for girls who love to be inventive and are interested in exploring different forms of art in nature. Activities on this six-day backpacking trip will include photography, drawing, various forms of art and stretching your creative energy. You can expect to expand your interests while learning the essential skills of living in the backcountry. No artistic expertise or experience necessary.

Wild Art is full, please call us at 303.938.9191 to get on the waitlist!

Daughter Mom/Dad Adventure Course

Age Range: 8 and older
Dates: June 28 or August 4
Number of Days: 1
Location: Boulder area
Tuition: $150/pair
Description: Let your folks in on some of the fun. Take your mom or dad outside for the day and learn outdoor skills to set you up for future adventures together. Have fun exploring alpine terrain, practice basic map & compass navigation, learn how to pack for mountain weather conditions and maybe teach your parent a thing or two. Look forward to dramatic views, sparkling lakes, a picnic lunch and sharing stories with other daughter-parent pairs. For daughters age 8 and up, and parents (or grandparents) of all ages.