In this shot from our 2010 Southwest Journey adventure summer camp, Evan and Edi hit the first wave in Joe Hutch Canyon rapid in their inflatable kayak. Probably the biggest test in the 85 or so miles of Desolation and Gray Canyons of the Green River, this class 3+ rapid …

This photo, taken during Staff Training for our summer programs, shows some of the dramatic geology surrounding the San Juan River in Southeastern Utah. To begin the day’s leadership exercise, the group of new and returning field leaders hiked over this sandstone bulge and onto the rugged Mule’s Ear “diatreme” …

In this photo, students from the Latin School of Chicago, make their way up Steer Gulch in Southeastern Utah. Backpacking into the scenic solitude of Cedar Mesa, an area of the Colorado plateau rich in Ancestral Puebloan ruins and beautiful rock formations, is a journey back into both human history …

The photo shows Deer Hill Founder and Owner Doug Capelin, and daughter Emily, digging in the vegetable garden at Deer Hill Basecamp. With the sun shining, birds chirping, and the winter snow melting away fast, you could hardly call it working! Mia and Lily, Basecamp Golden Retrievers, are in …

This gallery of photos is a guest post from Michael Barton, a Deer Hill field staff member since 2002, who was Program Leader on our Heart of the Rockies adventure summer camp program last year. The Heart of the Rockies features the Weminuche Wilderness, the largest Wilderness area in Colorado. …

This photograph, taken on our Wilderness Leadership program, shows the majestic height and length of the unusual geological formation known as Comb Ridge, Utah. Comb Ridge is a giant sandstone “monocline” that runs 80 miles north-south, in the center of the Colorado Plateau. Incredibly, the San Juan River actually cuts …

Walking to Deer Hill in the winter can be somewhat of an endurance test, especially with the winter we have had so far. Imagine yourself walking across an icerink with a snow gun directed into your face. But, every now and then your efforts are rewarded with a view like …

This featured photo is community service-themed. In the past few years community service has become a buzzword in the world of teen summer camps and travel programs, and that’s great. At Deer Hill, community service for teens has been an integral part of our mission and values for two decades. …

Sarah Haynor and Richard Honeystewa hanging out in Hopi
This photo, taken by Outreach Director Richard Malcolm while on a community service site visit with Canyon Country 2009, shows one of the special friendships created this summer at Deer Hill. Sarah Haynor, of Seattle, WA, is taking a break from the …

Dancin’ in the dark

Deer Hill veteran leader Ryan Bonomoni took this evening shot of a group celebrating around a campfire in a traditional tipi at dusk this Spring.  They built the Navajo tipi with Patricia Belinte and her family in Vanderwagen, New Mexico.  The Belintes are a wonderful family, very …