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The entrance to Stanford Sierra Camp
The entrance to Stanford Sierra Camp

Stanford Sierra Camp is a summer camp near Fallen Leaf Lake, California.[1]

Stanford Sierra Camp is a 20 acre lakefront moutain property owned and operated by the Stanford Alumni Association.

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.

Famous writer John Steinbeck helped to build several of the cabins at camp the year after he dropped out of Stanford.

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[edit] The Fountain

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

[edit] Weather

Varies. 26 degrees at night to 48 degrees at night, and 67 degrees during the day to 85 degrees during the day.

[edit] Activities

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] Ski Dock

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

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

[edit] Boat Dock

The Boat Dock offers various boats:

  • Sailboats
  • Rowboats
  • Funyacks
  • Canoes
  • Paddleboats

and more....

[edit] Meals

  • Breakfast: 7:45am-8:45am
  • Lunch: 12:00pm-1:00pm
  • Dinner: 5:45pm-6:45pm (get a whatzappening about events happening that evening and the next day)

Due to Norwalk Virus this year, Stanford Sierra Camp got more serious on what food they served.

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Stanford Sierra Camp: Location", Stanford University.

[edit] External links

Camping Facilities in the state of California

Camp Cherry Valley (Santa Catalina Island) | Camp Chesebrough (Santa Cruz Mountains) | Calvin Crest (Oakhurst) | Camp Galileo (San Francisco Bay Area) | Camp Gilboa (Los Angeles) | Camp Hi-Sierra (Longbarn) | Camp Pendleton (Oceanside) | Camp Quest (El Sobrante) | Camp Ramah (Ojai) | Camp Tawonga (Groveland-Big Oak Flat) | Campus by the Sea (Santa Catalina Island) | Mountain Meadow Ranch (Susanville) | Stanford Sierra Camp (Fallen Leaf) | The Painted Turtle (Lake Hughes)
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