Advanced Day Camps -
Outdoor Summer Camps

NOTE: These outdoor summer camps build on knowledge gained at our beginner Day Camps, and require at least one week of prior camp experience with us. This week can be taken earlier the same summer!)

Scout Awareness Day Camp

This advanced day camp focuses on using our senses to the fullest, as did the ancient "scouts" of many cultures who were able to travel for days without supplies. We will gain greater knowledge of edible plants as food and medicine; tracking as a means of gathering details of animals’ lives without ever seeing them; and "bird language" to allow us to move silently and become more aware of predators.

Survival Skills Day Camp

This advanced day camp is an extremely hands-on camp that includes fire making, wilderness craft and tool making. Experiences include fire making practice with and without matches, principles of shelter building, as well as open-fire cooking, knife safety and knife sharpening techniques.

2011 Golden TeddyParentMap, the award-winning monthly magazine and website, has surveyed its readers on the best businesses and resources for kids and families in the Puget Sound region.

Our outdoor summer camps were voted best in three categories and we were awarded a 2011 Golden Teddy!

Full 2012 Summer Camp Schedule Coming Soon!

We will be listing all of our Seattle, Kirkland, Carnation and Olympia camps soon. Stay tuned!

Register for Advanced Summer Day Camps

Register Now Survival Skills Advanced Day Camp - Duvall Session 1
$315 per week; Ages 10-12
Includes a free t-shirt, field guide, and pocket nature notebook!

9am-3pm weekdays; July 9-13, 2012
Location: Linne Doran, Duvall
Register Now Scout Awareness Advanced Day Camp - Bellevue Session 1
$315 per week; Ages 10-12
Includes a free t-shirt, field guide, and pocket nature notebook!

9am-3pm weekdays; June 25-29, 2012
Location: Cougar Mountain Park, Bellevue
Register Now Scout Awareness Advanced Day Camp - Bellevue Session 2
$315 per week; Ages 10-12
Includes a free t-shirt, field guide, and pocket nature notebook!

9am-3pm weekdays; July 23-27, 2012
Location: Cougar Mountain Park, Bellevue
Register Now Scout Awareness Advanced Day Camp - Bellevue Session 3
$315 per week; Ages 10-12
Includes a free t-shirt, field guide, and pocket nature notebook!

9am-3pm weekdays; July 30-August 3, 2012
Location: Cougar Mountain Park, Bellevue
Register Now Scout Awareness Advanced Day Camp - Kirkland Session 1
$315 per week; Ages 10-12
Includes a free t-shirt, field guide, and pocket nature notebook!

9am-3pm weekdays; July 9-13, 2012
Location: St. Edward State Park, Kirkland
Register Now Scout Awareness Advanced Day Camp - Kirkland Session 2
$315 per week; Ages 10-12
Includes a free t-shirt, field guide, and pocket nature notebook!

9am-3pm weekdays; July 30-August 3, 2012
Location: St. Edward State Park, Kirkland
Register Now Scout Awareness Advanced Day Camp - Kirkland Session 3
$315 per week; Ages 10-12
Includes a free t-shirt, field guide, and pocket nature notebook!

9am-3pm weekdays; August 13-17, 2012
Location: St. Edward State Park, Kirkland
Register Now Scout Awareness Advanced Day Camp - Seattle Session 1
$315 per week; Ages 10-12
Includes a free t-shirt, field guide, and pocket nature notebook!

9am-3pm weekdays; July 16-20, 2012
Location: Seward Park, Seattle

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Our Philosophy

What do you remember about nature from your childhood?

What do you remember about nature from your childhood?

Likely it's about a special place that you would go and share with friends - making forts, climbing trees and more - all while getting muddy and wet, in all kinds of weather.

We bring these kinds of adventures to kids today, along with instructors who know a lot about nature and use great skill in reconnecting kids with the wonder of the world around them. We do this through stories, hands-on skills like fire-making, responsible introduction of wild edible plants and their poisonous look-alikes, as well as things most adults don't even know like the arts of wildlife tracking and bird language interpretation.

All of these skills are doorways into exploration of nature, and ultimately ourselves. The same confidence that kids acquire in learning about the hazards of nature and how to work with them translates into the rest of their lives and how they approach healthy risk-taking and learning in general. We look forward to the day when these kind of nature adventures are happening again spontaneously for kids in neighborhoods everywhere!


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