Trackers

2024 Summer Nature Camps for Ages 12-15*

 
“We will be known forever by the tracks we leave.”
— Dakota Wisdom

Trackers Camp Info:

Days:            Monday - Friday

Time:           9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Tuition:      $415/Week

Location:   Before each camp week, families will be provided with clear directions to the various drop-off and pick-up sites for each day’s camp experience.

*Participants of differing ages with prior camp experience will be considered for placement in Trackers Camp with mentor approval. Please contact info@outsidenow.org with your request.

TRACKERS CAMP

JUNE 10 - 14, 2024

We most often think of the ability to identify and follow the tracks left by an animal as essential skills of an adept hunter. But practicing tracking skills regularly brings unexpected gifts to everyone: a deepening awareness of the habits and needs of wildlife on the earth, a bigger understanding of how the way we live our lives affects how other life forms are free to live theirs, and a clearer knowing of how inextricably connected we are to all of the beings we track (or track us!)

During Trackers camp, we will follow the interests of the group and

  • learn the physical features of tracks and scat that aid identification,

  • play games to heighten our sensory awareness, including our “body radar,”

  • learn more about the flora and fauna the animals we track require to live,

  • develop wilderness skills to support our tracking adventures,

  • practice interpreting the story told by a series of tracks, and more…