ABOUT CAMP

It will change your summer. It may change your life.

For more than 90 years, at a place where granite masses and thick conifer forests preside on the mountain face, Camp Jack Hazard has provided fun, safe adventures for campers age 6 to 17 in the heart of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. 

Camp Jack Hazard offers many of the traditional summer camp experiences including campfires, skits, songs, games, theme days and camp dances. In addition, CJH offers unique Adventure, Arts and Crafts, High and Low Challenge Course, and Nature programs. Uniquely, we offer wilderness skills, backpacking and backcountry ethics that are taught to and practiced by every camper.

One mile past Dardanelles on Hwy. 108, at 6,000 feet in elevation, CJH is in a perfect location to serve as a high sierra summer camp! The real beauty of camp, however, lies in the experienced staff and fun-seeking campers. CJH creates memories, stories, lifelong friends, teamwork, wilderness awareness, and the desire to do it all over again next year.

Camp Environment

Upon arrival at Camp, all campers are oriented to the Camp Jack Hazard site and rules. This includes instruction on expected camper behavior and an orientation to the site. Campers learn appropriate conduct on the trails, areas that are off-limits, and the requirement that campers be accompanied by staff at all times. 

There are areas of natural risk around camp, including rocks and cliffs; these areas are off-limits to campers without explicit program design. The busy schedule at camp leaves little time for campers to roam away from program areas and activities. 

Campers also learn rules concerning animals in the wilderness, including types of animals, the prohibition against having food in cabins, and how to respond in the presence of any animal that might be encountered. 

These initial instructions are supported by on-going curriculum in wilderness camping and Leave No Trace philosophy, which are essential parts of the Camp Jack Hazard experience.

Areas of the Camp Jack Hazard facilities that pose risks to children, such as the kitchen, the maintenance shop, and the generator, are off-limits to campers. Maintenance or kitchen personnel are charged with keeping structures or storage areas where risks are present locked at all times.

Activities

HIKING AND BACKPACKING

All hikers must wear sturdy shoes, protection from the sun, and must carry a water bottle.

Wilderness First Aid training provides staff with appropriate awareness of potential risks such as dehydration and heat stroke so that these can be prevented. Camp staff provide frequent gentle reminders about staying hydrated and wearing sunscreen.

While hiking and backpacking, campers are required to stay on trails, as they are in camp. Trails are well-maintained by the U.S. Forest Service and well-marked, increasing safety for users. Camp staff have experience on the specific trails on which they hike and are trained in orienteering. As in camp, staff keep children in site at all times during hiking and backpacking.

We have an intensive emergency response system in place to ensure camper safety while groups are in the backcountry. Program staff remains on-call in camp during the entire overnight period in order to respond to any emergency situation. Both CJH staff and the U.S. Forest Service are provided with route and schedule information for all groups, including campsite location.

ROPES COURSE AND ROCK CLIMBING

Activities such as the ropes course, rock-climbing and rappelling are conducted only with trained and certified instructors. Campers wear appropriate safety gear, including helmets and harnesses. Participants are belayed by instructors. Webbing on anchors is doubled for safety and two carabineers are used for every junction. Proper spotting techniques are taught and reviewed at the various stations. 

Our ropes course is regularly inspected by a qualified challenge-course professional, in accordance with requirements of the American Camp Association. The license for the challenge course is renewed annually prior to the start of every season.

SWIMMING POOL AND SWIMMING

The swimming pool surrounded by a fence and kept locked when not in use. Swimming is permitted only at times approved by the camp director(s) and in the presence of a certified life guard.

All staff is instructed in how to supervise and manage children near natural water areas.  Rules are reviewed by leaders prior to hikes planned near rivers or other natural water areas. Swimming in natural water areas occurs only with approval of the site director and in the presence of a certified life guard.

CAMPFIRE

Campfires are an important part of the summer camping experience at CJH. The CJH facilities include two distinct campfire areas for group campfires. Campfires are lit and supervised by trained staff, and camper seating areas are well-back from the open fire. The purpose of the fire itself is to provide atmosphere and light for skits and songs, not to warm children on summer nights. Campers are instructed to bring flashlights and warm clothes to campfires, and staff completely extinguish campfires at the end of the campfire activity.

经历了…

1095天

186000公里

Soucamp，由乐行机构倾力打造

为青少年精选全球

5大洲，

26个国家，

5372个营地，

24185个活动项目，

It is all for LOVE.

So，Camping！