Fun, friends and wilderness adventures await you at this overnight summer camp in California's high Sierra mountains. Located along the peaceful headwaters of the North Yuba River near many different lakes and miles and miles of hiking, biking and horse trails in the splendid Tahoe National Forest, the Camp is a springboard for boys and girls aged 8 to 17 to meet new friends from around the world, try activities that are new to them, and grow their social skills, self-confidence, independence, and appreciation of nature. Recommended by Outside Magazine and The LA Times. Discover what we hope to be the best summer camp in California. See for yourself in this video
We help your boys and girls grow better connections with people, better connections with nature, and better connections with their potential by helping them take another step toward a happy, healthy adulthood through the development of critical life skills. Watch the video below to learn more.
Learn why Outside Magazine named Shaffer's High Sierra Summer Camp as one of its 5 favorite camps in the U.S, and why the Los Angeles Times recommended the camp as one of 14 adventure travel destinations (and only one of two camps)!
Enjoy tons of great camp activities! In addition to the sleep away summer camp classics every one loves, such as archery, arts and crafts, camp fire and evening program, performing arts, swimming (pool and lake), and volleyball, Shaffer's High Sierra Summer Camp offers exciting wilderness adventure activities including backpacking and hiking (and see our separate explorer program for a more in-depth experience), challenge ropes course, disc golf, gold panning, horseback riding, lake kayaking, mountain biking, mountain boarding, paddle boarding, rock climbing, shelter building, whitewater rafting, and more!
And if your camper can't get enough mountain biking, or loves rock climbing, or wants to add backpacking to their summer camp experience, check out our specialized program tracks in mountain biking, rock climbing, and outdoor living skills!
Plus, if your camper has attended our camp for at least one summer previously, is at least 14 years old, and is coming for a session of two weeks or longer, your camper is eligible for our leadership training program. We explore what it means to be a leader and your child will be given the opportunity to help our staff facilitate a program activity of his/her choosing and to mentor a younger bunk group!
But with a limited enrollment of only 90 campers, sessions fill rapidly. So make your reservation today!
Shaffer's High Sierra Camp along with 5 other summer camps participated in a research study conducted by Stanford University's Graduate School of Education. We wanted to see if a legitimate research study would confirm what we as summer camp directors knew intuitively -- that summer camp benefits kids so much more than simply providing a fun time. Watch this engaging video to see what Stanford learned.
Watch this short video of best-selling author and child psychologist Madeline Levine discussing the true value of summer camp.
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