Join our fun, skill-building programs guided by highly-skilled instructors who are specially trained to teach pre-teens, teens and young adult groups during overnight camps. We ran our first overnight summer camps in the spring and summer of 1998, and we now offer a host of camps for kids, adults and family. Our hallmark 6-1 average student-teacher ratio ensures profound outdoor experiences that will become some of the best memories in life.
July 2-8, 2023: Advanced Wilderness Skills & Survival Trek near Mt Rainier for ages 11-17 from Sunday 6pm – Saturday 11am. $985 plus personal food and gear. Prerequisite: One previous overnight camp, or two day camps in past years, or acceptance into our IIT Youth Mentoring Program. FIVE SPACES STILL AVAILABLE AS OF MARCH 25th.
July 31 – Aug 4, 2023 Tracking Birds, Bobcats, Bears & Beyond at Lake Sammamish for ages 10-15 from Monday 9am – Friday 4pm. $985 includes all expenses. Prerequisite: completion of our Wildlife Search & Rescue day camp earlier this summer or at least two past day camps or one overnight camp, plus additional screening application upon registration. Older teens may also attend if accepted into our IIT Youth Mentoring Program. THREE SPACES STILL AVAILABLE AS OF MARCH 25th.
August 7-11, 2023 Wild Chefs & Herbal Medics at Lake Sammamish for ages 10-15 from Monday 9am – Friday 4pm. $985 includes all expenses. Prerequisite: completion of our Wild Cooking & Herbology day camp earlier this summer or at least two past day camps or one overnight camp, plus additional screening application upon registration. Older teens may also attend if accepted into our IIT Youth Mentoring Program. THREE NEW PENDING SPACES TBA on April 3rd.
August 14-18, 2023 Survival Side of the Mountain at Lake Sammamish for ages 10-15 from Monday 9am – Friday 4pm. $985 includes all expenses. Prerequisite: at least two day camps or one overnight camp with us this summer or in past years, plus additional screening application upon registration. Older teens may also attend if accepted into our IIT Youth Mentoring Program. WAITLISTED AS OF FEB 5th but we may add 2 spaces TBA April 3rd. Email us to join the waitlist.
August 21-25, 2023 Archers, Artists & Artisans at Lake Sammamish for ages 10-15 from Monday 9am – Friday 4pm. $985 includes all expenses. Prerequisites: at least three day camps or two overnight camps with us this summer or in past years, plus additional screening application upon registration. Older teens may also attend if accepted into our IIT Youth Mentoring Program. THREE SPACES AVAILABLE AS OF MARCH 25th.
August 27 – Sept 1, 2023 Epic Fishing Camp based at Camp Curran in Tacoma/Puyallup for ages 11-17 from Sunday 5pm – Friday 5pm. $1,975 includes all expenses with 12 participants plus Apprentices & IITs. Prerequisite: One overnight camp with us earlier this summer or in past years, plus additional screening application upon registration. SIX SPACES STILL AVAILABLE AS OF MARCH 10th.
Camp Leaders
Kim & Chris Chisholm are on site teaching each week and directing our professionally-trained staff instructors who make up a hallmark 6-1 student-instructor ratio that’s critical for high-level outdoor educational programs. Read our FAQ’s for more details and check out our overnight camp testimonials and dating all the way back to 1997.
Health Protocols
Hygiene protocols will remain the same as last year as long as there is still no evidence of Covid transmission in the outdoors with plenty of room to spread out. To start each day, campers must pass our health screening before being allowed to participate in camp, and we still require all campers to carry masks in backpacks. If there are reports of group participants who came in contact with an infection, we require participants of that group to wear masks when lined up or seated less than 3-6 feet from others. As before the pandemic, we will continue requiring hand sanitizing whenever sharing tools and materials, before entering toilets, and we supervise proper hand washing after campers exit toilet facilities – doors left open between uses to ensure ventilation.
Full vaccinations are strongly encouraged – we follow the scientific consensus – with tetanus shot (usually given as part of the normal Tdap vaccine series) required since it’s considered the most unmitigated risk for outdoor education. Otherwise, we know that due to our 100% outdoor setting, combined with health screenings, contact tracing, supervised hand washing, bathroom ventilation, mask use when exposure has been reported in a group, and individual/family style tenting at overnight camps, the risk of disease transmission has been negligible at Wolf Camp, so other vaccination records are not required.
Please click here for full details on our health and safety protocols during the pandemic era, see the latest CDC summer camp guidelines, and the state’s pandemic era guidelines for day camps (2021-22 pdf will be updated if/when 2023 guidance is issued).
Tuition
2023 Tuition for most overnight camp weeks is $985, while the Epic Fishing Camp is $1,975. All expenses are included for camps running Monday-Friday at Lake Sammamish and for the Epic Fishing Camp. For camps running Sunday-Saturday near Mount Rainier, you will need to purchase camping food, cook stoves, and other backcountry gear as part of your camper’s wilderness skills training. Discounts are available including $10 off per additional week you attend this summer, and $10 off per additional family member attending this summer. If needed to attend a camp week of your choice, click here to apply for financial aid from the Max Davis Scholarship fund administered by the Conservation College.
Registration
Reserve spaces anytime by sending deposits of $200 per camp (or $500 for the fishing camp) via Zelle (free from your online banking account) to “kim@wolfcollege.com” with a note including camper names and ages, camp dates and theme, plus your EMAIL & PHONE since Zelle doesn’t automatically share that with us; or call us anytime at 425-248-0253 ex 1 to register over the phone with a credit card.
Payments are non-refundable unless we refuse your registration (but if you cancel, we save all payments as a credit for you to use in future years, or we can move the funds into our scholarship account if you prefer) so the best practice is to make the minimum deposits to register, and wait to pay the remaining balance during your camp week as described above via Zelle or PayPal to our same email address, or give us a check or have us run a credit card on site during your camp week.
Or email us to be put on our list for this program in the future. We always keep your information absolutely private, and will never share it.
Refund Policy: Payments are not refundable unless we don’t accept your application. If you cancel for any reason, you may receive a full credit good through the following calendar year on appropriate and available programs listed on our schedule, although an additional deposit may be needed to secure your spot in the future program. If a program you sign up for is canceled and not rescheduled at a time you can attend, you may receive a full refund except in cases of natural (weather, geologic, wildfire, etc) disasters, grid failures, epidemics, government shutdowns, conflicts or curfews, or other unforeseen emergencies making it unsafe for staff and/or attendees to reach or use program locations, in which case all payments made will be held by us without expiration date for your future use in appropriate/available programs of your choice. Reasons include the expenditure of funds (property rentals, advertising, materials, admin staff time, etc.) long before programs take place, i.e. deposits make it feasible for Wolf Camp to schedule programs in the first place, but our mutually understood agreement is that Wolf Camp will run the program at the safest available time in the future. Finally, no refund, nor credit, is given if a participant is a no-show without prior notice, or asked to leave a program for inappropriateness as determined by our kids, youth and adult agreements for participation.
Camp Preparation: Agreements & FAQ’s (click on your camp week for specialized packing lists)
Agreements for Participation in Overnight Camps
Homesickness Protocol & Prevention
Health & Safety in the Pandemic Era
Other FAQ’s – Frequently Asked Questions
Most Asked Question: What are bathroom and sleeping arrangements like? Bathrooms are primitive, and we train campers in wilderness hygiene and private outdoor bathing methods as part of their learning experience. We provide camping tents, and campers may have (or bring) their own, or share one with others, depending on pandemic protocols. We recommend you bring your own pillow, sleeping bag and foam pad, although we have extras if needed. Click on packing list above for more details.
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