Wilderness Survival Shelters with Camp Out

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 19 – 23 | Ages 8 – 12

9 am – 4pm | Overnight camp out Wednesday night 

Monday – Friday  $595 + tax

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Extraordinary Earth!

In this week, we will explore all things connected to the earth! You will learn about many of the trees and plants in our high mountain ecosystem, build shelters with downed trees, play in the mud(dy earth!) and learn how to camouflage in the woods! Our plant expert will show you many wonderful uses for local plants, such as using yucca to weave rope and which plants can be used for food or medicine.  This will be a fun and learning filled week of mud, clay and skills. See you in the woods!

Did you know? Trees communicate and share nutrients with one another through an underground network of fungi in the soil!

June 19 – 23 | Ages 5 – 7

9 – 4 | Early Care Available

Mon-Fri $475 + tax

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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

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Backpacking the Sangre de Cristos!

August 1-5 | Ages 12-16 | Four Day Backpacking Trip

Monday-Friday | $625 + tax

This backpacking trip traverses the Sangre de Cristo back county from Santa Fe to Pecos, enjoying several beautiful alpine lakes along the way. This five day camp will provide campers an opportunity to challenge themselves, and enjoy the beauty and fun of being in the wilderness.

Campers will learn how to prepare and pack for a backpacking trip, the 6 W’s, map reading and Leave No Trace Principles. Campers will practice leadership skills by taking on different jobs during our trip, including L.O.D. (Leader of the Day), cook team, and water team.  We will play games, enjoy campfires and hike everyday.

This trip is a huge accomplishment, confidence booster, and the stuff of lifelong memories. Campers will need backpacking gear and tent. Please inquire if you need loaners. Camp meets for a gear check and hike on Monday, and campers head out Tuesday-Friday four our four day adventure.

Challenge Level: 4/4

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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

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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

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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.

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Wildside Saturdays

October-December 2021 | Monthly Saturdays

Ages 5-11 | 10am – 3pm

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Wildside is a monthly skills building and nature connection program which runs throughout the school year, with seasonal enrollment.

This is an empowering adventure for children and youth, providing them an opportunity to inquire, engage and challenge themselves in skills that will provide them with a deep sense of nature connection and accomplishment.

Wilderness skills, archery, tracking, orienteering, shelter building and natural crafts will be a part of our time together. As a group we will build strong trust and communication skills and have a lot of fun playing team building and nature-connection games.

COVID-safe practices will be followed.

October 2nd, November 6th, December 4th

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Registration Begins August 1, 2021

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