Wilderness Skills Sampler Summer Camp

You asked, and we answered, with this low-barrier overnight camp we nicknamed the “Bite of the Wilderness” that introduces literally all the skills in which we specialize here at Wolf Camp.
During this great week to kick-off summer break, your overnight camp group will work in tandem with our Wilderness Skills Sampler day camp, and then remain overnight at the beautiful Lake Sammamish Hans Jensen Group Camp to get more familiar with the variety of wilderness skills Wolf Camp offers: wilderness survival, wild foods, herbal medicine, wildlife tracking and all the other the practical outdoor skills in which we specialize. Now more than ever, young people need real outdoor connections, and the Wilderness Skills Sampler is the perfect way to do it.
Learn the skills your ancestors knew, opening a world of understanding and confidence for you in the wilderness. Bond with new friends as you work together to learn nature and survival skills throughout the week, emerging ready to embrace anything life throws at you in the future. Some of the skills will include:
Monday Itinerary:
Morning: Wildlife Safety, Nature Awareness Skills & Games – increase your senses of sight, smell, touch, taste, and hearing to get your bearings in the wilderness. We’ll also practice what to do in case of encounters with bears, mountain lions, and other scary critters, as well as provide you with a foundation of outdoor risk management skills.
Afternoon: Firemaking – getting to know the trees and practicing the best way to make a fire with a variety of materials for tinder, kindling, and wood for cooking.
Evening: Waterproofing Tents, Tying Tarps, Hanging Hammocks; Knots, Campfire Songs & Stories;
Tuesday Itinerary:
Morning: Voices of the Birds – learn to quickly identify birds and how birds communicate, both with one another as well as with other animals and humans, getting to know where those big animals are moving through the forest.
Afternoon: Wildlife Tracking – recognize tracks and signs of the big and little animals living in the wildlife preserve where camp is being held; start with an investigation of a “tracking scenario” consisting of track “cut-outs” to solidify your understanding of track identification and interpretation of what animals are doing; practice how animals move with “animal forms” which is critical to really understand how tracks get laid on the ground;
Evening: Tracking Experience – embark on a real-life tracking foray into the depths of the park, trailing what we find.