Call of the Wild

July 28 – Aug 1 | Ages 10-13

Monday – Friday | $725 + tax 

Get ready to unplug, explore, and level up your outdoor game! During this week, campers will dive into the fundamentals of wilderness survival and backcountry skills while building confidence, teamwork, and resilience. Throughout the week, they’ll learn how to build shelters, read maps and compasses, purify water, practice Leave No Trace ethics, and safely use tools like camp stoves and fire starters.

The week’s highlight is a two-night camping trip, during which campers will put their new skills into action—pitching tents, cooking meals outdoors, stargazing, and hiking scenic trails. Under the guidance of experienced staff, they’ll learn to thrive in nature and make lasting memories with new friends.

Whether they’re first-time campers or budding adventurers, this program is the perfect mix of challenge, discovery, and fun!

Drop-off/Pick-up Times and Locations

We are now offering two drop-off/pick-up locations to choose from: Patrick Smith Park and Swan Park. Swan Park campers will meet at 8:30 and be shuttled to Patrick Smith, leaving at 8:45 to join with other campers. Pick up for all groups is at 3:30 pm at their respective locations.

Challenge Level:

Scholarship Application

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Para registrarse en español, haga clic en el botón Registrarse arriba y seleccione español en el menú superior derecho del sitio web de Active. Para obtener ayuda, envíe un correo electrónico a: hello@sfmountainkids.com.

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Wilderness Survival Shelters with Campout

Learn everything you have ever wanted to know about survival shelters and gain wilderness survival skills in this week long adventure. What is a debris hut and how it is different than a wicki-up? Why won’t a stick fort keep me warm and dry, and how can I make it so it will? We will learn about survival shelters and about primitive and modern fire-making techniques, and make our own food over the fire on our overnight campout.  Campers will need camping gear. 

June 23-27 | Ages 10-13

9 am – 3:30 pm | Overnight campout Thursday night 

Monday – Friday  $695 + tax

Challenge Level:

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Amazing Air with Archery (July)

Pull back on the bow, look down the length of the arrow and take aim. Ready, steady, fire! The arrow flies straight and true through the air – bull’s eye! We will teach you how to safely use a bow and arrow. All skill levels are welcome; whether you are an experienced sharpshooter, or this is your first time doing archery, you will learn new skills. In addition to archery, kids will enjoy all of the usual fun Mountain Kids! activities – nature games, tracking, shelter building, crafting and more!

Did you know? Arrows shot in competition fly 2.5 times faster than a sprinting cheetah.

July 22-26 | Ages 5-6, 7-8 & 9-12

9:00 am – 3:30 pm

Monday-Friday $555 +tax

Drop-off/Pick-up Times and Locations
We are now offering two drop-off/pick-up locations to choose from: Patrick Smith Park and Swan Park. Swan Park campers will meet at 8:30 and be shuttled to Patrick Smith, leaving at 8:45 to join with other campers.  Pick up for all groups is between 3:30-3:45 at their respective locations.

Challenge Level:

Scholarship Application

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Para registrarse en español, haga clic en el botón Registrarse arriba y seleccione español en el menú superior derecho del sitio web de Active. Para obtener ayuda, envíe un correo electrónico a: hello@sfmountainkids.com.

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Archery

Amazing Air with Archery

Pull back on the bow, look down the length of the arrow and take aim. Ready, steady, fire! The arrow flies straight and true through the air – bull’s eye! We will teach you how to safely use a bow and arrow. All skill levels are welcome; whether you are an experienced sharpshooter, or this is your first time doing archery, you will learn new skills. In addition to archery, kids will learn about animals of the air, and enjoy all of the usual fun Mountain Kids! activities – nature games, tracking, shelter building, crafting and more!

Did you know? Arrows shot in competition fly 2.5 times faster than a sprinting cheetah.

June 24-28 | Ages 5-6, 7-8 & 9-12

9:00 am – 3:30 pm

Monday-Friday $555 +tax

Drop-off/Pick-up Times and Locations
We are now offering two drop-off/pick-up locations to choose from: Patrick Smith Park and Swan Park. Swan Park campers will meet at 8:30 and be shuttled to Patrick Smith, leaving at 8:45 to join with other campers.  Pick up for all groups is between 3:30-3:45 at their respective locations.

Challenge Level:

Scholarship Application

Register

Para registrarse en español, haga clic en el botón Registrarse arriba y seleccione español en el menú superior derecho del sitio web de Active. Para obtener ayuda, envíe un correo electrónico a: hello@sfmountainkids.com.

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outdoor equity

Mountain Kids! Greatest Hits: Earth, Air, Fire and Water

Mountain Kids! Four Seasons Outdoor Equity Program provides kids with an opportunity to get out to play and learn in nature.  We are offering camp to families in need of support at 50-100% off. During this week we will explore all four elements: earth, air, fire and water, to give kids the greatest hits of Mountain Kids! and an experience that they will not forget.

Camp runs from 9 am-3:30 pm with early care available starting at 8am if needed. Please indicate this when you register.

We will be meeting at Swan Park and transporting the kids to the mountains each day to explore, learn and play in nature. Kids will need to come prepared with a backpack, lunch, water, hat, rain jacket, and a carseat or booster if they require one.  A complete packing list will be sent once campers register.

Please email Vikki: hello@sfmountainkids.com or call 505-886-1207 for questions. Thank you!

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Mountain Kids! After School Fridays

Join the afterschool Fridays program this spring with Mountain Kids! Each Friday, students will explore a different area of the mountains around Santa Fe through engaging games, activities and nature walks. Every Friday, new themes will be investigated including ecology, nature awareness, survival skills, insects, conservation, birds and archery.

Studies (and experience) show that being outside in nature is good for children’s social, emotional and spiritual health. Children develop greater confidence, team work skills and build up tolerance for adversity by spending time outside, and so much more.  All of this while having fun, getting dirty, and best for parents; tired!

Fridays | April 13-May 19 | Ages 5-11 | 1pm-5:30 pm

Challenge Level: (Age-Appropriate)

Tuition: $450 + tax

Scholarship  Application.

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Amazing Air with Archery

Pull back on the bow, look down the length of the arrow and take aim. Ready, steady, fire! The arrow flies straight and true through the air – bull’s eye! Our resident archery specialist will teach you how to safely use a bow and arrow for target practice at our high desert archery range. All skill levels are welcome, so whether you are an experienced sharpshooter, or this is your first time doing archery, you will learn new skills. In addition to archery, kids will enjoy all of the usual fun Mountain Kids! activities – nature games, tracking, shelter building, crafting and more!

Did you know? Arrows shot in competition fly 2.5 times faster than a sprinting cheetah.

June 6-10 | Ages 5-7 & 8-12

9 am – 4 pm | Early Care Available

Mon-Thu $364, Mon-Fri $450 + tax

Challenge Level:

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Wildschool Kids Outside

Wildschool

Monday and/or Wednesday | Ages 5-12 | 9 am – 3 pm (9 – 2 during winter months)

January 17 – May 18, 2022. Week of March 14 off for Spring Break. 

Enrollment available for one or more days per semester

Challenge Level:

Wildschool is a nature immersion program for children ages 5-12. Days are filled with nature awareness games, primitive skills, tracking, crafting, natural movement, play and story. Phenology (the study of seasonal changes) will be incorporated in an age-appropriate way.

Listening to the wild within and all around, the children enliven their animal senses, tuning their creativity and awareness to outer rhythms and seasonal changes.

COVID-Safe practices will be followed.

Monthly Tuition: $340 + tax. $10% discount for multiple day enrollment. Monthly Payment Plans. Seasonal Enrollment.

Scholarship Application

 

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