Weekly Update: August 10th, 2025
Tonight, after delicious Closing Banquets at both camps, Big Spring had their Closing Campfire and High Trails shared their final Vespers…the last Ves...
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Weekly Update: August 3, 2025
And then it was August. It is this time of the summer we start feeling our age. It isn’t because we are any more tired than normal (a little) or feeli...
Weekly Update: July 27th, 2025
As of Friday, the holidays are roughly 5 months away. We were reminded of this when High Trails campers and staff cut down a tree, decorated the lodge...
Weekly Update: July 20th, 2025
One of the luxuries of the modern technological era is the on-demand (and constant) verbal access to daily weather information. We can get it daily, h...
Weekly Update: July 13th, 2025
Thank you. Thank you for sharing your incredible campers with us. Even though it has only been 24 hours since our last campers arrived at camp, we hav...
Weekly Update: July 6, 2025
There has been no full photo upload tonight. Please expect more photos in the morning. It is not because we don’t have photos–we have hundreds and hun...
Navigating the Texas Tragedy
We want to express our solidarity with you, your families and with the entire Texas community as we all grapple with the devastating flood in the Texa...
Weekly Update: June 29th, 2025
Happy Almost July! Tonight, at the Big Spring Vespers on Boys’ Old Sunday Rocks at the base of High Trails, there was a hubbub. Not long after we star...
Weekly Update: June 22nd, 2025
It has been an absolutely unbelievable week at camp! We had multiple mountain summits including many “first” 14ers for campers like Mt. Huron (14,015’...
Weekly Update: June 15th, 2025
Tonight, it is very quiet around camp. Many of our older campers, including the JCs and Outbackers, will be leaving for multi-day trips in the morning...
Mid-Week Update: June 11th, 2025
We don’t always send out a mid-week update, but–WOW!–there is already a lot going on this week. From rides in the arena, to hikes to the new treehouse...
Weekly Update: June 8th, 2025
Ramping up. It’s a phrase many of us use when we are building energy or increasing speed or feeling the anticipation and possibility of a new adventur...