We strive for the perfect balance of science, adventure, and fun! Featured Discovery Camp activities and educational components include:

• Astronomy, high altitude comparative ecology, botany, biochemistry, & photosynthesis
• Educational hikes and river walks
• Goal-based challenge hikes
• Evening campfires featuring songs, skits, and s’mores!
• Talent shows, interactive games, and creative projects
• Backpacking and wilderness camping
• High energy sports, including age-appropriate whitewater rafting

6-Day Discovery Camp Session - Sample Schedule

Day 1 - Welcome
Gates open at 1:00 p.m. Campers arrive, settle in, and are introduced to their surroundings, counselors, and cabin-mates. Cabin groups spend the afternoon engaged in icebreakers, name games, and team-building activities that demonstrate the importance of working together. After dinner, campers participate in a very special and entertaining opening campfire that ends with warm, gooey s’mores!

Day 2 - Discover
Campers divide into co-ed Trailgroups to investigate the effects of our sun and its significance in the environment (sol is not a typo - it’s how you say “sun” in Spanish!). They'll also look for wildflowers, small mammals, and signs of the larger wildlife of the Rockies. Later, campers will take part in a fun all-camp evening program, and before bed, they’ll have the option to peek through our 14-inch diameter telescope with its powerful green laser that allows us to “touch” the stars.

Day 3 - Embark
After enjoying a delicious breakfast prepared by our in-house chef, campers prepare for an age-appropriate overnight backpacking wilderness experience, complete with outdoor cooking, evening hikes, exploration of the night environment, and storytelling using the summer constellations.

Day 4 - Adventure
Today is the Challenge Hike: A goal-based hike to a high mountain peak, a majestic alpine lake, or another high-altitude Rocky Mountain glory spot (campers have the choice of a “scenic” or “summit” option). Later, campers will demonstrate their talents and recognize those of others at the Camper Talent Show, where groups and individual campers will put on skits, sing songs, play music, and show off their other unique talents to all of camp.

Day 5 - Splash!
One of the most highly anticipated days of each session, this day sees campers set off on the adventure of a lifetime - riding the “liquid thunder” of the Arkansas River down Class II to Class III sections of water (this is an age-appropriate trip and we monitor water flows careful in order to provide the safest adventure possible for your child). In the evening, campers will participate in a Closing Ceremony that celebrates the past five days of fun, science, and adventure.

Day 6 – So Long!
Campers enjoy a last breakfast before packing and cleaning their cabins. Promptly at 10:00 a.m., parents and campers reunite for fun songs and an epic multimedia slideshow documenting the week, and campers say bittersweet goodbyes to their new friends and counselors.

ONE WEEK NOT ENOUGH? Try Fusion Programming!

Cost: $125 per linking weekend

Designed for campers who'd like to enjoy an extended stay at KSS, Fusion Programming allows multiple sessions to be be fused together over linking weekends, ensuring non-stop fun! Just call us and we'll help design the best program for your camper.