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Wolf Camp was voted 1 of 2 Best Camps in the Northwest Family News Reader's Poll of 2001, the only year they ran a poll, and we were also chosen as one of the five "best camps ever" by YM Magazine in its March 2003 issue.

Index to Overnight Youth Camps in the Summer

All Summer Camps take place in Western Washington, or click here for Academic Year Camps taking place throughout the US.

Join us this summer for deep, inspirational, and fun skill-building camps that offer a 6-1 ratio of campers to instructors, with staff that are some of the most experienced and popular specialists in the field. We, and all our alumni, welcome you to experience what we believe to be the best opportunity for outdoor education available today. Check it out:

June 20-25 (2010)


Wilderness First Aid Scenario


THE NATURALIST MENTOR:
COUNSELORS IN TRAINING

Mentoring in the Outdoors, Facilitating Groups,
Wilderness First Aid, Open Water Lifeguarding & CPR

June 20-25, 2010 in Puyallup, Washington. Availability: Designed for those enrolled in our Youth Mentoring CIT Program but also open to anyone age 13 & Up with prior attendance at one of our week-long overnight camps, or who is has been enrolled in Wolf Journey classes for at least one season. Application required. Click here for course description and logistical details of this training camp theme in its 7th Year.

I've been going to Wolf Camp for ... years now. (When I was just a kid,) it taught me to have confidence in myself and bring out the braver part of me.... Wolf Camp has been one of the best parts of my life." - Sam Popejoy, now age 18, Day Camps 1999-2002, Resident Camps 2003-06.
June 27 - July 2 (2010)


Survivors Side of the Mountain

Introduction to Wilderness Survival
including primitive fire by friction,
emergency shelters, wild foods ...

June 27 - July 2, 2010 on Lummi Island in NW Washington. Availability: Open for age groups 9-12 and 12-15 (older see below), no prerequisite. Click here for course description of this camp theme in its 12th Year!


Jeffery builds a waterproof tee-pee fire, while Emily and Morgan unload a bale of grass to weave blankets before their survival trek.

Marine Mammals, Sea Birds,
Plant Life, Crabbing & Fishing
on the Salish Sea!

June 27 - July 2, 2010 near Lummi Island in NW Washington. Availability: Open for ages 9-17. No prerequisite, but extra fees apply. Click here for course description of this camp theme in its 9th Year!



Katie navigates us through the Salish Sea, while campers take turns at the helm on our way to see Orca whales!


Living with Primitive Food, Fire & Shelter

Survival on Lummi Island in NW Washinton

June 27 - July 2, 2010 on Lummi Island in NW Washington. Availability: Open for ages 10 and up with Survivors Side of the Mountain as prerequisite, while new students ages ages 16 and up may also participate in the adult course running simultaneously. Click here for course description of this camp theme in its 11th Year!

Glen Chillin' under his lean-to, and Lorien next to her scout fire.

"At Wolf Camp,  I got to meet people interested in things I'm interested in.  Camp also gave me confidence and taught me things that I thought I'd never be able to learn.  Wolf Camp is a wonderful chance to get out and make new friends and learn new things about nature and wildlife." – Sage Snook, Age 12 in 1998, three year veteran of Wolf Camp.
July 11-16 (2010)


Wild Cooking & Herbology

with field trips to
mountains and seashore

July 11-16, 2010 starting in Puyallup, Washington. Availability: Open for age groups 9-12 and 13-16 (older see below), no prerequisite. Click here for course description of this camp theme in its 11th Year!

These kayakers (including Bawny McQuistin on the left - we love you forever Bawny - and current apprentice Alex "Squirrel" Bunker in the middle when these two dear friends first camp to camp together as 11-12 year olds) made the most delicious clam chowder we've ever tasted, then paddled around stunning Lummi Island in Puget Sound.


Wisdom of Wildlife

Mammal Tracking, Bird Language,
Intertidal Animals, Reptiles & Amphibians, Insects & Spiders
from Mountain to Seashore

July 11-16, 2010 starting in Puyallup, Washington. Availability: Open for age groups 9-12 and 12-15 (older see below), no prerequisite. Click here for course description of this camp theme in its 11th Year!

Holding an antler we found in the woods. Nikki reminds us through all her practice that "it all comes back to tracking."

July 11-16, 2010 starting in Puyallup, Washington. Availability: Open for ages 10 and up with a previous Herbal Medicine course as prerequisite, while new students ages ages 16 and up may also participate in the adult course running simultaneously. Click here for course description of this camp theme in its 11th Year!

Enrich your health and vitality this week with wild medicinal plant preparations, wilderness first response practice and more.


Advanced Tracking, Birding, Search & Rescue

July 11-16, 2010 starting in Puyallup, Washington. Availability: Open for ages 10 and up with a previous Tracking course as prerequisite, while new students ages ages 16 and up may consider participating in the adult course running July 25-30. Click here for course description of this camp theme in its 11th Year!

These tracking-trained campers enguage in a successful search & rescue mission.

At first I thought we’d be digging up worms or other stuff, but Wolf Camp was different - you learned but it wasn’t straight forward - it was put in a fun way. I liked the facial masks in the cabin, and when we spent the night by our secret spot ... half the fun was playing capture the flag in the dark! - Julia Cortopassi, age 13 in 2003, two year camp veteran.
July 25-30 (2010)


Secrets of the Ancient Scout

and

Advanced Arts of the Scout

taking place on the Pacific Coast
near the Olympic National Park

June 20-25, 2010 at a Olympic National Park campground in Washington State. Click here for course description of this camp theme celebrating its 10th Year for age groups 9-17, no prerequisite.


Like they said about us in YM Magazine, you can't be afraid to get dirty this week, and the rewards are wildly exciting!


Pacific Rim GeoJourney

old growth rainforests, ocean sand dunes, glaciated alpine meadows, sagebrush canyons and a day of rock climbing in the Olympic National Park on the Pacific Coast

June 20-25, 2010 in the Olympic National Park, Washington State. Click here for course description of this camp theme in its 6th Year for age groups 9-17, no prerequisite.


Standing below the summit of Mt. Baker, a group of campers checks out surrounding glaciers.


Wolf Camp was the best experience of the summer for me. The counselors are awesome and the other campers were great. I can't wait until next summer!" – Sierra Thomas, Age 15 in 1999
August 8-13 (2010)


Stone Age Artisans I

Year One: Survival Bows,
Arrowheads, Percussion Flintknapping,
Fish Spears, Parfleching, At-latls.

August 8-13, 2010 in Puyallup, Washington. Availability: Open for age groups 9-12 and 12-15 (older see below), no prerequisite. Click here for course description of this camp theme in its 9th Year!

Veteran camper Alexei displays one of the beautiful and functional arrowheads he knapped for his archery set.


Peaceful Nature Cooperative Arts & Music Camp

Painting, Drums, Flutes, Photography, Jewelry, Weaving, Musical Composition, Improvisation and Poetry with themes of Peace & Environmental Activism

August 8-13, 2010 n Puyallup, Washington. Availability: Open for age groups 9-12 and 12-15 (older see below), no prerequisite. Click here for course description for this camp theme in its 10th year.



Harvesting Cedar in preparation for making traditional baskets and bent box containers.

Year Two: Character Bows,
Arrow Making, Pressure Flintknapping,
Live Traps, Brain Tanning.

August 8-13, 2010 n Puyallup, Washington. Availability: Open for ages 10 and up with Stone Age Artisans - Year One as prerequisite, while new students ages ages 16 and up may also participate in the adult course running simultaneously. Click here for course description of this camp theme in its 6th Year!

Using the spears and other tools you made the previous year, we'll take the next step in year two.


Advanced Hobo Arts

Busking the Streets of Seattle

August 8-13, 2010 in Puyallup, Washington. Availability: Open for ages 13 and up only, with one prerequisite of having to have attended a prior program at Wolf Camp this summer or in past years. Click here for course description for this camp theme in its 3rd Year under a new name created by Charlie.

Join us as we share art and music on the streets of Seattle by day, and retreat to a private sailboat where we'll be camping at night.

At first I thought we’d be digging up worms or other stuff, but Wolf Camp was different - you learned but it wasn’t straight forward - it was put in a fun way. I liked the facial masks in the cabin, and when we spent the night by our secret spot ... half the fun was playing capture the flag in the dark! - Julia Cortopassi, age 13 in 2003, two year camp veteran.
August 22-27 (2010)

overviews the principles of permaculture
and includes garden design,
appropriate technology applications,
and lots of hands-on activity

Location: Western Washington. Open/Available. No Prerequisite. Click here for course description and logistical details of this new camp theme.

Mike in the camp garden.


Modern Fishing Camp

including fly and rod/reel,
in river, lake, and ocean

Primitive Fishing Camp

requires attendance at one
earth skills artisanry week

Location: Western Washington. Current Enrollment: Open/Available. Click here for course description and logistical details of this training camp theme in its 3rd Year.

Griz takes aim at a Bull Frog.


Wolf Camp was the best experience of the summer for me. The counselors are awesome and the other campers were great. I can't wait until next summer!" – Sierra Thomas, Age 15 in 1999
August 29 - Sept 3 (2010)


Bow Hunting Camp

Location: Western Washington. Open/Available but requires attendance by any attending family member at a prior Wolf Camp week.

Includes Hunter Education Certificate
and Archery Hunting Practice

Click here for course description and logistical details of these training camps theme in their 3rd Year.

Primitive Hunting Camp

Current Enrollment: Open/Available but requires prior attendance at an Earth Skills Artisanry camp AND a Wildlife Tracking camp AND a Wilderness Survival camp, one of which must have been here with us.

Nikki taking aim at her target.


Honoring Cultural Traditions

Native Sensitivity, Spirituality,
and Your Own Roots with Gene Tagaban

Location: Western Washington. Open/Available but requires previous attendance at any Wolf Camp program or program with Gene Tagaban. Click here for course description and logistical details of this new camp theme.