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Teen Camps | Portland, Oregon

Our teen camps challenge you to learn new skills. At Trackers we offer adventures that truly set us above other programs for teens.

One week you may go kayaking, the next you could make your own wooden longbow while training archery. You can embark on an overnight adventure to learn wilderness survival or homesteading crafts or train leadership skills by working with younger campers as Counselor in Training.

See below for our 2012 Teen Camp calendar >

Want day camps for younger kids? Check out our full summer camp schedule >

Top 5 reasons to join Trackers Tween camp and Teen camp...

1) Convenient location in SE Portland (Sellwood) For our day camps we offer drop-off within minutes of most Portland neighborhoods. This is also were we provide free shuttle service to many of our overnight locations.

2) We have real adventures Compare the goals of our program with any other teen camp out there. Tweens and teens are looking for camp experiences that respect who they are. Our program challenges teens with new outdoor and leadership skills.

3) Smaller group sizes We have an average of 25% smaller group sizes than standard teen camps. This provides more thoughtful attention and learning for a teen. Camp with Trackers is always personal and real.

4) A student's competency is respected. We believe teenagers are capable of so much more than our modern culture asks of them. We raise the bar of challenge and accomplishment. Our opportunities are epic and our expectations are great.

5) Team leadership skills We use collaborative learning models along with teaching theater presence to help foster effective leadership skills. In training traditional crafts such as wilderness survival and homesteading, students gain both confidence and competency.

Bonus Counselor in Training Program Work with the best outdoor educators to develop key leadership skills. Apply what you learn as a Counselor in Training while assisting with younger campers in our epic day or overnight outdoor adventure camps.

Age Groups for Tween Camp

Day Ages 10-14 Mobile day camps that teach complex craft work and outdoor skills
Day Ages 11-13 Mobile and expedition day camps of awesome adventure and scenario based learning
Overnight Ages Ages 10-14 Overnight camps that explore being out of doors in a learning community

Age Groups for Teen Camp

Day Ages 12-16 Mobile day camps that teach complex craft work and outdoor skills
Day Ages 14-17 Mobile and expedition day camps of awesome adventure and scenario based learning
Overnight Ages 14-17 Overnight camps challenging teens to learn and grow in leadership

Calendar for Teen Camps 2012

Week 1

Ages 10-14 Archery Apprenticeship, + Make a Bow June 18-22, 2012
Ages 9-14 Kayak Adventure June 18-22, 2012
Ages 11-16 Paintball Master June 18-22, 2012
Ages 10-14 Overnight Camp Trackers June 17-22, 2012
Ages 14-18 Teen Overnight Counselor in Training Program June 17-22, 2012

Week 2

Ages 10-14 Archery Apprenticeship, + Make a Bow June 25-29, 2012
Ages 9-14 Kayak Adventure June 25-29, 2012
Ages 10-14 Overnight Camp Trackers June 25-29, 2012

Week 3

Please Note No camp on the July 4, 2012
Ages 9-14 Kayak Adventure July 2-6, 2012
Ages 11-16 Paintball Master July 2-6, 2012

Week 4

Ages 10-14 Archery Apprenticeship, + Make a Bow July 9-13, 2012
Ages 9-14 Kayak Adventure July 9-13, 2012
Ages 11-16 Paintball Master July 9-13, 2012
Ages 10-14 Overnight Camp Trackers July 8-13, 2012

Week 5

Ages 9-17 Official B.P.R.D. Training Camp (AKA, Hellboy Camp) July 16-20, 2012
Ages 10-14 Archery Apprenticeship, + Make a Bow July 16-20, 2012
Ages 9-14 Kayak Adventure July 16-20, 2012
Ages 10-14 Overnight Camp Trackers July 15-20, 2012

Week 6

Ages 10-14 Archery Apprenticeship, + Make a Bow July 23-27, 2012
Ages 9-14 Kayak Adventure July 23-27, 2012
Ages 10-14 Overnight Camp Trackers July 22-27, 2012

Week 7

Ages 10-14 Kayak Adventure July 30-August 3, 2012
Ages 11-16 Paintball Master July 30-August 3, 2012
Ages 11-14 Mobile Overnight Oregon Coast Expedition July 29-August 3, 2012
Ages 14-18 Overnight Counselor in Training Program July 29-August 3, 2012

Week 8

Ages 9-14 Kayak Adventure August 6-10, 2012
Ages 10-14 Archery Apprenticeship, + Make a Bow August 6-10, 2012
Ages 7-17 Zombie Survival Training: Summer CampZ August 6-10, 2012
Ages 10-14 Overnight Camp Trackers August 5-10, 2012

Week 9

Ages 10-14 Archery Apprenticeship, + Make a Bow August 13-17, 2012
Ages 9-14 Kayak Adventure August 13-17, 2012
Ages 10-14 Overnight Realm of Cascadia: Role Playing Adventure August 12-17

Week 10

Ages 10-14 Edgy Camp Evil Secret Agent Academy August 20-24, 2012
Ages 10-14 Archery Apprenticeship, + Make a Bow August 20-24, 2012
Ages 9-14 Kayak Adventure August 20-24, 2012
Ages 11-16 Paintball Master August 20-24, 2012
Ages 10-14 Overnight Realm of Cascadia: Role Playing Adventure August 20-24

Week 11

Ages 10-14 Archery Apprenticeship, + Make a Bow August 27-31, 2012
Ages 9-14 Kayak Adventure August 27-31, 2012
Ages 10-14 With Audubon Ways of the Ancients August 26-31, 2012

Ages 10-18

Archery Camp

Archery Apprentice
+ Make a Bow
Ages 10-14 Train archery plus make your own wood bow.

June 18-22
June 25-29
July 9-13
July 16-20
July 23-27
August 13-17
August 20-24
August 27-31
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Kayak Camp

Kayak Camp
Ages 10-14 Learn kayaking while exploring Portland's waterways.

June 18-22
June 25-29
July 2-6
July 9-13
July 16-20
July 23-27
July 30-August 3
August 6-10
August 13-17
August 20-24
August 27-31
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Paintball Camp

Paintball Master
Ages 11-16 A safe and fun paintball camp for teens where we are very supportive of new players.

June 18-22
July 2-6
July 9-13
July 30-August 3
August 20-24
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Ghost Detective Camp

Ghost Detectives!
We visit local haunted legends to learn that "we have nothing to fear but fear itself".

June 16-29
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Evil Secret Agent Camp

Evil Secret Agent Academy
Ages 10-14 Edgy Camp Join Team Evil and help The Evil Dr. Dice create his latest doomsday device to take over the world.

August 20-24, 2012
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Wilderness Survival Teen Camp

Wilderness Survival, Tracking & Stealth Apprenticeship
Ages 11-14 Train the arts of the Trackers rangers: stealth, tracking and wilderness survival.

July 2-6
July 30-August 3
August 27-31
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Zombie Camp

Stealth, Archery & Zombie Survival
Ages 7-17 Edgy Camp Train skills that will help you stop the "Z" invasion: archery, stealth and wilderness survival.

August 6-10
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Oregon Coast Camp

The Survivor Games
Ages 11-18 From shelter building to fire making, from stealth to archery, our expert instructors prepare you for the ultimate stealth battle royale, the Trackers Survivor Games.

August 13-17
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Ages Teen

Blacksmithing & Martial Arts Camp

Apprenticeship of the Blade: Blacksmithing & Martial Arts
Forge your blade with fire, hammer and anvil. Train martial arts and wilderness awareness skills.

July 9-13
August 13-17
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San Juans Camp

Oregon Coast Expedition
Ages 11-14 A marine adventure where you harvest the bounty of the sea, kayak, explore beaches and their towns and share awesome stories by the campfire every night.
July 29-August 3
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Counselor in Training Camp

Counselor in Training Program (CIT)
Develop leadership skills and experience as a Counselor in Training with Trackers camps.
Training Weeks
Option 1 June 17-22, 2012
Option 2 July 29-August 3
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Residential Overnight Camps

Camp Trackers

Camp Trackers
The ultimate summer overnight camp. Camp in tipis and yurts. Train widerness survival, garden, milk goats, go fishing, canoe, blacksmith, learn homesteading and make great friends. All meals are cooked over a woodfired cowboy kitchen.
Ages 10-14

June 17-22
June 25-29
July 8-13
July 15-20
July 22-27
August 5-10
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Apocalypse Camp

B.P.R.D. Training Camp
(AKA, Hellboy Camp)

Ages 9-17 Find out if you have what it takes to join an elite team of paranormal investigators combating the forces of darkness from all across the globe.
July 16-20
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Role Playing Camp

Realm of Cascadia:
Roleplaying Overnight Camp

Journey to the Realm of Cascadia. Create your character, join a Training House, go on quests and ultimately defeat the rising evil the threatens us all!
August 12-17
August 20-24
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What Parents Say...

"I just loved that my daughter was getting to all the things I did as a child." -Parent

"I feel like Trackers is the perfect fit for my kid. He would much rather be shooting a bow and arrow or fishing in a lake than doing some of the more mainstream stuff he is exposed to through his school peers and neighborhood friends, like video games and team sports.  He's a quirky kid and Trackers thrills him." -Parent

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"So creative and engaging on a level that was perfect for them." -Parent

"I was blown away by what our class accomplished. The instructors set high expectations and then helped my students rise to the occasion. From blacksmithing to survival skills, we did so much this week... The instructors were real with my students while also being completely professional. That's a balance you don't see very often." -8th grade teacher

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