It’s hard to imagine a job that encompasses my skills in marketing, sustainability, photography, and graphic design while focusing on my passion for the Great Outdoors, but that’s exactly what my new position with Deer Hill Expeditions is about! Add to that the fact that my work is about turning the young (and not-so-young) onto …
A post from Eli Shostak, Staff and Program Manager. One of the joyful challenges of living in Southwest Colorado is deciding what to do when the thirst for adventure arises. Looking east of our base camp here in Mancos, 13,000 foot peaks, knife edged ridges, alpine meadows and empty basins offer the clarity and inspiration …
Each year, as life here at Basecamp quiets down, the leaves begin to change and the mornings become cool enough for a sweater, we reflect on the spring and summer and define those events that make each year unique. 2012 was the Summer of the Weber Fire. On June 22nd, a wildfire began on …
You may have noticed, in reading through program descriptions, we mention our Leave No Trace educational component and the opportunity for participants to put these principles into practice. But what is Leave No Trace and why is it vitally important to the ethos and operations of Deer Hill Expeditions? Leave No Trace is a …
This is a guest post by our Staff Manager, Eli Shostak. Learn more about Eli, and our other field and administrative staff, on our Staff Page. It may seem strange to be writing a post about trail running at the tail end of a Colorado winter. I grew up in southern California, where winter meant …
Owner/Founder Doug Capelin wrote the following piece as a reflection on his years manifesting his dream here on the Colorado Plateau: For over 30 years, I have guided people in the canyons, rivers, and mountains of the Colorado Plateau. This is a story of a young woman whose application to our program was almost turned …
Delicious, freshly prepared lasagna on the river. One with regular pasta, one gluten-free. Parents sometimes inquire whether our programs are suitable for those on a gluten-free diet. The answer is a qualified yes. Although we can’t guarantee a completely gluten-free environment for the most severely afflicted celiac patients, we do provide gluten-free pastas and bread …
A Deer Hill custom program participant cleans up after a service project in the Bri Bri village of Yorkin. For the first time, participants on our Costa Rica Exploradores summer program will work with the Bri Bri during their 3-week expedition. Deer Hill Program Director Jason Kroll reflects on the 10th anniversary of our Costa …
Oliver LaFarge, a non-native anthropologist from the East Coast, pursued an interest in native cultures through his years at Harvard and in his post-graduate field work. He eventually became president of the National Association on Indian Affairs thanks to his efforts to raise awareness of these changing cultures. LaFarge possessed a realistic and unsentimental, yet …
The Sacred Headwaters In March, Deer Hill field staff member Trevor Cobb will undertake an expedition to the far northern reaches of British Columbia, in an expedition to raise awareness about the plight of the Sacred Headwaters, a million-acre wilderness under threat of development for energy and mineral extraction. Trevor joined Deer Hill last …
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