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BSA Summer Camps in Colorado & Wyoming

For troops that want to experience a summer camp in the Rocky Mountain West, here is a list of the BSA summer camps located in Colorado and Wyoming. These offer cooler summer temperatures and higher elevations with both standard summer camp for all Scouts and usually also a Council high adventure base experience for older Scouts. Regular summer camps also usually offer programs for Cub Scouts and Webelos.

Note that aquatic offerings may be limited or absent (noted below), and high-altitude lakes can be chilly (though some camps have a heated pool as well as a lake).

Besides the high adventure bases, the regular summer camps also offer older-Scout programs that may include canoeing or white water rafting, horseback riding, backpacking, rock climbing/rappelling, COPE, shooting sports (rifle, shotgun, muzzle-loader), and more.

A link to the camp's webpage, if available, or to the Council's webpage is given with each camp listing, so you can find out more.

Colorado (north to south)

Camps operated by Adventure West Council, Greeley, CO (970-330-6305)

Ben Delatour Scout Ranch / Camp Jeffrey, Red Feather Lakes, CO

3400 acres
about 6800 ft elevation
limited aquatics (Rowing & Canoeing only)
dining hall
provides 2-person tents
BDSR / Camp Jeffrey page

Ben Delatour Scout Ranch / Soaring Eagle, Red Feather Lakes, CO

patrol cooking camp—closed indefinitely

Ben Delatour Scout Ranch / Elkhorn High Adventure Base, Red Feather Lakes, CO

high adventure base—closed indefinitely

Camps operated by Greater Colorado Council, Denver, CO (303-455-5522)

Camp Cris Dobbins at McNeil Scout Ranch at Peaceful Valley, Elbert, CO

3300 acres
about 7000 ft elevation
dining hall
provides 2-person tents
lake plus heated swimming pool
Camp Cris Dobbins page

Camp Cortlandt Dietler at McNeil Scout Ranch at Peaceful Valley, Elbert, CO

patrol cooking camp—closed indefinitely

Camp Tahosa, Ward, CO

summer camp—property has been sold

Camps operated by Pathway to the Rockies Council, Colorado Springs, CO (719-634-1584)

Camp Alexander, Lake George, CO

300+ acres
about 8200 ft elevation
dining hall
provides 3-person tents
lake plus heated swimming pool
Camp Alexander page

San Isabel Scout Ranch, Beulah, CO

summer camp—closed indefinitely

Rocky Mountain High Adventure Base, Rye, CO

high adventure base—closed indefinitely

Camp operated by former Santa Fe Trail Council, Garden City, KS [council now part of Quivira Council, Wichita, KS]

Spanish Peaks Scout Ranch, Walsenburg, CO

summer camp—permanently closed

Wyoming

Camps operated by Adventure West Council, Greeley, CO (970-330-6305)

Camp Buffalo Bill, Cody, WY

about 6400 ft elevation
along the Shoshone River 8 miles from the Yellowstone National Park East Gate
limited aquatics (Rowing & Canoeing only)
Camp Buffalo Bill page

Yellowstone High Adventure Outpost (YHAO), Cody, WY

co-located on the Camp Buffalo Bill property
High Adventure options can include backpacking & kayaking in Yellowstone National Park.
YHAO page

Camp Laramie Peak, Wheatland, WY

summer camp—closed indefinitely