***URGENT MISSION FROM THE NORTH POLE*** Satellites over the North Pole reveal Santa’s Workshop has been overrun! The Ice Pirates have seized control, scattering the elves and hijacking the sleigh. To save Christmas, Miss Mary, Director of the Secret Agent Academy, picks up the red line and gives one order: Bring in the Ninjas!
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to master martial arts, winter survival, and stealth to save the season!
Ninjas vs. Pirates – A Trackers Holiday Special
Train in the four winter arts of the Forest Ninja: Shadow, Storm, Stewardship, and Stillness. Our expert Trackers Guides lead each age level on its own mission in the saga: from cocoa rescue ops to storming the pirate stronghold and even sailing with the enemy. Every day is a new episode. Get ready for high-energy action and hilarious holiday hijinks!
Choose Your Holiday Mission
Each Ninjas vs. Pirates adventure is a wild ride through blizzards, black belts, and black powder! Choose your camp, choose your adventure:
Ninjas Save Christmas: St. Nick, Survival & Martial Arts Train as a Forest Ninja under the elves' legendary masters. Learn the Way of Stewardship, rescue the scattered elves, and recover the missing gifts before Admiral Frost's crew sails at dawn!
Shadow Ninjas Save Christmas: Santa's Secret Service You've been chosen for the Shadow Ninjas, Santa's most covert team. Master the Way of the Shadow, choose your path of Storm or Stillness, and outwit Admiral Frost's stealthy assassin, the notorious DJ Grumpypants, in a battle of stealth and wits.
Pirates Pillage Christmas: Swashbucklers on Ice! Join the dark side—we have cookies. Sign aboard Admiral Frost's crew, earn your pirate name, and plot hilarious chaos across the North Pole as you swashbuckle to sabotage Christmas—just for fun, of course.
What You Do
Each camp blends real skills with big imagination. Expect epic missions like:
- Train in forest martial arts and the four winter arts of the Ninja
- Master snow stealth, ninja movement, and winter survival
- Forge secret paths and stealth routes through camp
- Play ninja vs. pirate capture and rescue games
- Craft gear, scrolls, and tools for your team's missions
- Face off in story-based quests, each day a new episode
- Earn ninja ranks, pirate names, and legendary achievements
Grades 1–8 · Dec 21–22, 2026 · 8:15 AM to 3:45 PM · SE and W Portland
Check-in at Trackers NE, Lloyd Center
2201 Lloyd Center, Portland. Find us at the entrance outside the top level, next to Marshalls. A Guide checks your student in by name and the team gathers for the day's adventure.
The bus
Trackers buses and vans, trained Trackers drivers, Guides on board. Songs are sung and stories are told on the bus, and the Guides get the team ready for a fun adventure.
Where the bus goes
We head out into nature and the wilderness: Camp Roslyn, our 341-acre site in Sandy, OR, and local parks and green spaces. Where the team goes depends on the camp theme and the day; the Guide tells you at check-in.
Check-in at Trackers SE
4617 SE Milwaukie Ave, Portland. Drop off at the Trackers Scout Pit, where a Guide checks your student in by name and the team gathers for the day's adventure.
The bus
Trackers buses and vans, trained Trackers drivers, Guides on board. Songs are sung and stories are told on the bus, and the Guides get the team ready for a fun adventure.
Where the bus goes
We head out into nature and the wilderness: Camp Roslyn, our 341-acre site in Sandy, OR, and local parks and green spaces. Where the team goes depends on the camp theme and the day; the Guide tells you at check-in.
Check-in at Trackers West
330 SW Murray Blvd, Beaverton. Find us in the lower lot by the field. A Guide checks your student in by name and the team gathers for the day's adventure.
The bus
Trackers buses and vans, trained Trackers drivers, Guides on board. Songs are sung and stories are told on the bus, and the Guides get the team ready for a fun adventure.
Where the bus goes
We head out into nature and the wilderness: Camp Ireland, our forest, creek and tracking-field site in Hillsboro, and local parks and green spaces. Where the team goes depends on the camp theme and the day; the Guide tells you at check-in.
Camp Roslyn is the drop-off and the field site
41401 SE Thomas Rd, Sandy, OR. Drop off right at Camp Roslyn, our private 341-acre wildlife refuge of forest, fields, and wetlands. A Guide checks your student in by name and the team heads straight into the forest.
Bus days
Most days the team stays onsite. On certain days we board the Trackers shuttle and journey to other local nature parks.
Check-in at Trackers NE, Lloyd Center
2201 Lloyd Center, Portland. Find us at the entrance outside the top level, next to Marshalls. Drop-off is Monday and pick-up is Friday. A Guide checks your student in by name, and the team boards the bus together.
About Overnights
Experience authentic camping! Trackers Overnight Camps are 100% outdoors with no bunkhouses or indoor spaces. Sleep in tents or under the stars when weather permits.
Location
Each team starts at an expedition basecamp in private forests and wilderness areas near Sandy, OR, a 45-minute to 1.5-hour bus ride from our in-town location. From there, teams take day trips and even overnight trips to other locations. Realms Village teams stay at Camp Roslyn in Sandy, OR.
Tents and meals
Campers sleep in Trackers-supplied all-weather tents and bring their own sleeping bag and pad. Meals are simple, hearty, and served outdoors. For severe food allergies, contact us for potential options. The packing list is under What to pack.
Real skills. Real adventure. Real friends.
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- Skills, stories and seasonal events
Questions? Call 503-345-3312 or email hello@trackersearth.com.