Colorado Mountain Ranch Summer Day Camp 2026 (Boulder, CO)

Outdoors · Boulder, CO · Ages 6–17

By The Colorado Mountain Ranch

Schedule

About

The importance of getting children safely outdoors and active with friends just keeps shining through more clearly. The Colorado Mountain Ranch proclaims the incredible value of the camp experience while holding tight to its philosophy, mission, and goals. Operations, programs, and schedules continue to adjust to keep your children safe again this summer in “their own place in the mountains.”

The Camp Experience

Studies show that connections to both the natural world and other people in a positive community are essential to build a healthy emotional and physical foundation in development. Beyond simply facilitating activities, our overall camp experience helps young people develop their sense of compassion and define meaning in their lives.

PHILOSOPHY

The Colorado Mountain Ranch believes in the simplicity of getting kids outdoors and having fun, surrounded by nature and supported by the camp community. We never underestimate the power that fun, laughter, and joy can bring to a child’s world.

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THE CAMP DAY

Campers participate in the whole array of camp activities. Each week Explorers have an introduction, and a chance to participate and practice in all the activities. Focus Campers spend three half days each week in their Focus area of activities and also choose as a group from all the other activities. Activity times are 1 hour and 10 minutes, combining for Focus Campers to make at least 2 hours and 20 minutes which allows for in-depth experiences. Camper groups rotate outdoor lunch spots. There is an outdoor play time after lunch.

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ACTIVITY AREAS

Activities are spread out around Main Camp and separated by a 1–5 minute walk on trails through meadows and trees. Equipment is regularly checked for safety, sanitized between groups, and supply inventories are continually restocked.

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ACTIVITY INSTRUCTION

Each activity has its own specialized instructor or team of instructors who present safe, supervised and progressive instruction in a fun and supportive atmosphere. Individualized step-by-step learning and practice are geared toward the experience and skill level of each child within a group.

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CAMP SPIRIT

Parents who went to camp as children may recognize the Colorado Mountain Ranch as a traditional summer camp community, with the same spirit and many of the same activities they remember. Camp carries on the tradition of outdoor adventure!

MISSION

To support youth to develop a positive foundation in self and community.

GOALS

The Colorado Mountain Ranch strives to provide opportunities for children:

• To gain understanding and build relationships with self, others, nature, and community.

• To build skills and character physically, mentally, socially, and spiritually through quality connections with people, place, and programs.

GROUPS

Groups are arranged in advance by grade levels for Camp Critters and Explorers and by interests for Focus Campers. When indicated on the registration form, current friends in the same Camp Program are placed together.

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GROUP COUNSELORS

Each grou…