Stanford Sierra Camp

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The entrance to Stanford Sierra Camp

Stanford Sierra Camp is a summer camp near Fallen Leaf Lake, California.^[1] The camp consists of a 20 acre lakefront moutain property owned and operated by the Stanford Alumni Association.

1 History
2 Features
3 Activities and services
- 3.1 Meals
4 References
5 External links

[edit] History

Founded in 1896 by Stanford alumnus and future engineering professor William Wrightman Price, Stanford Sierra Camp is one of the oldest American camps operated by an alumni association.^[2] Under Price's direction, the camp erected tent cabins along the shore of Fallen Leaf Lake in 1905, and additional professors subsequently built additional cabins on nearby land leased from the United States Forest Service.^[2] Writer John Steinbeck helped to build several of the cabins at camp the year after he dropped out of Stanford.^{[citation needed]} By 1990, the camp was home to 52 two- or three-bedroom cabins^[2]

In the 1950s, an organized program for serving the families of alumni was developed. When making reservations, preference is given to both the families of alumni and families that have used the camp in the past. More than 75% of the camp's residents are repeat visitors.^[2]

[edit] Features

[edit] Weather

Weather in the Sierra Nevada Mountain range varies immensely between day and night, thus, temperature as low as 0 and as high as 100 can be felt at any given time of the year.

[edit] The Fountain

The Fountain is a store located in the lodge which sells shirts, ice cream milkshakes, maps, etc.

[edit] Ski dock

Ski dock is open from 8am-12pm and 1pm to 5pm. There are several types of water skiing done on Fallen Leaf Lake:

Kneeboarding
Wakeboarding
Auqaplanning
Tubing
Water Skiing assisted with boom
Watter Skiing assisted with teacher
Waiter Skiing
Advanced Tennis Clinic
Women's Tennis Clinic

[edit] Boat dock

The boat dock offers various boats:

Sailboats
Rowboats
Funyacks
Canoes
Paddleboats

[edit] Activities and services

During the summer season (Middle of June until the week after Labor Day) Stanford Camp hosts an Alumni Only Family Summer Camp. Beginning on Saturday 64 families check into cabins and lodge rooms to participate in programming organized and hosted by Stanford Undergraduates. These programs include educational and fun children's groups, hikes, arts & crafts, and an assortment of outdoor entertainment.

Counselors hold activities for adults such as Hiking, Boating, Art, Writing, and Sports. Activities are held throughout the day while the children are at their camps, (e.g. Munchkins, Snoopers, Menehunes, Midorees, Suaves, and Teens) The Hiking program is held by the naturalist (different one every year usually), who will take hikers through Cathedral Lake, Mt. Tallac, and Angora on Monday and Thursday. The Boating Program consists of sculling in the morning and in the afternoon, guests have the opportunity to take out any boat they want, including canoes, kayaks, and paddle boats. Art programs are held where you can draw while also observing the nature of the camp. The Writing programs involves writing books about the camp, while tennis, volleyball, and prisoner ball are also offered.

Kids groups (5-12 year olds not including Muchkins) are from 9:30am-12:00pm on Sunday, Tuesday, and Friday. Counselors and children do boating, arts and crafts, and sports. On Monday and Thursday, they take pack a lunch, and go hiking or to Lake Tahoe from 9:30am-3:30pm (5-12 year olds not including Muchkins). Wednesday is Beach Day so there are no Kids Groups. On Friday, the Yahoos and Midorees will play SSC's traditional "Capture the Flag" where the game is in camp and the flag must be seen from the road and not in the rocks.

[edit] Meals

The camp serves three regular meals, Breakfast, 7:45am-8:45am, Lunch, 12:00pm-1:00pm, and Dinner, 5:45pm-6:45pm. At dinner you get a whatzappening about events happening that evening and the next day.

[edit] References

^ "Stanford Sierra Camp: Location", Stanford University.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Summer Camp For the Whole Family: Stanford alumni's Sierra center", Suzie Boss, the New York Times, published June 3, 1990, accessed January 3, 2007.

[edit] External links

Camping Facilities in the state of California

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