Articles in the ‘Group Programs’ Category

Alaska and back on veggie oil

This is a guest post from Emily Capelin, daughter of Doug and Beverly, the Founders and owners of Deer Hill. Now 24, Emily grew up at Deer Hill, and has been a well-loved member of our field staff for several years now. Here she describes a trip she made to Alaska in a truck fueled …

Alumni: New Field Apprentice Program

For those of you who have been on a Deer Hill Expeditions (DHE) course before, are interested in facilitating similar experiences for others and are looking to gain the experience and education you need to work as an outdoor leader, we have an exciting new option for you. This summer, Deer Hill Expeditions will be …

Why Run the River?

Teen participants on our Southwest Journey 2010 adventure relax together as the sun goes down on the final campsite on their 87-mile Green River trip. Gray Canyon of the Green River, Utah. This is a guest post from Cecil Goodman, a Deer Hill alum and long time leader. Enjoy her reflections on the river expedition …

Green Update: Going Solar

Deer Hill Founder Beverly Capelin (right) and Basecamp Intern Britney Rohrs gather salad greens in the Deer Hill garden earlier this year. A guest post by Deer Hill Founder and Owner Doug Capelin Living, as we do, between the contrasting but equally delicate worlds of the high desert and the high alpine, the footprint that …

Spring Renewal with AEE

Deer Hill Expeditions was first accredited by the Association of Experiential Education in 2001, and conducted their first continuing accreditation review in 2004. This second re-accreditation review was conducted by Shawn Tierney, Bob Stremba and Simon Priest in June, 2010. Having reviewed Deer Hill groups in the field during the last reaccreditation, the review team …

We're Reading: Waterlines

Ann Weiler Walka is a river runner and a poet. In her book, Waterlines, she merges her two passions into a compilation of poetry and prose about the San Juan River, a river that many Deer Hill adventure summer camp programs journey down during the spring and summer. In Waterlines, Walka shares not only her …

Your Brain on Nature

Participants relax on our Ancient Pathways adventure summer camp 2010, rafting past “Tiger Wall” on the upper stretch of the San Juan River. This is a guest post by Deer Hill Program Leader, Lexi Tuddenham. When we arrive with our students at Deer Hill Basecamp, we pause for a moment at the end of the …

Journey of a Leaf

We were happy to receive a beautiful poem from Julian Mullins, who was a participant in an 8-day San Juan River trip and Navajo service project that we ran for the Eugene Waldorf School in May. Julian is clearly an imaginative and talented writer, having previously won a gold medal for the state of Oregon …

Staff Training 2010

Deer Hill’s staff development program is always a rewarding event. Usually the only moment when so many of our field staff are in the same place at the same time, this in-the-field training provides an opportunity for idea-sharing, skill-sharpening as well as the establishment of new friendships and the renewal of old ones. This year’s …

Costa Rica for Schools

Sample Itinerary: “Ecology, Rivers and Cultures of Costa Rica” The itinerary below, planned for Deer Hill school groups, is a wonderful journey into the wild places and native cultures of Costa Rica. Though it takes place outside of our “backyard” – the American Southwest – the program maintains our 25-year tradition of in-depth adventure and …