On July 30th, 2015, a lightning storm ignited several fires in Trinity County. The Pattison Fire began on Pattison Peak about three miles north of the Ranch and burned for more than a month. When updating our camp community about the … Read More
Guest post by David Scanlon, a first-year international counselor from Ireland in 2015, and a returning counselor for summer 2016 (!). Last year was my first year of college, and I wanted to take my summers to travel abroad. I also … Read More
Do you have the weekend of October 16-19, 2015 free? Would you like to spend it at Camp? We know many of you were unable to make your annual visit to the ranch this year because of the cancellations caused … Read More
Check out this video to learn more about the prescribed fire we’ve undertaken here at the Bar 717 Ranch. Prescribed fire — otherwise known as a controlled burn — is a controlled way of reintroducing fire into the natural landscape. It … Read More
This post was shared by longtime camper, Ona. Thanks for sharing, Ona! This year was amazing! I climbed Gates mountain for the 3rd time, I got to experience what it was like to be a ranch kid (I wasn’t a camper … Read More
Shared by Lewis Campbell: Ranch family member, former camper, 2014-2015 counselor, and Gates climber extraordinaire. Since the fire, I know many of us have been thinking about the mountain we all love to admire and climb… well maybe some of us … Read More
Shared by Grace Worm, Barn Counselor, Summer 2015 and former camper. This love story began as an email, with Emma Bundy telling me that I would probably be a barn and ropes course counselor during program areas. I was ecstatic. … Read More
Shared by Emma Bundy, Staff Director, Former Camper & Counselor Looking across the valley, I can see Gates Mountain shrouded in smoke. Behind that veil of thick smoke I know that fire has begun to creep down the hill. I’ve … Read More
Shared by Dave Polkinhorne, Camper/Counselor Parent and Family Camper: My wife, Alison re-discovered camp back in about 1999 while looking through a copy of Sunset magazine. Her excitement was palpable once she realized that this was the same Bar 717 … Read More
Silkscreening at Camp Guest Post by Jennifer Lootens How I learned to silkscreen was in the very same room that the silk-screening program is today, with the basics easily at reach, and it is no surprise to me that the … Read More
