Summer Camp – the best way to spend your summer!
KCR School-Age Summer Camps
Traditional day camp options are located at the Ranch House and Dakota Lodge for school-age campers and at the Community Center for pre-school age campers. See more info below!
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School-Age Camp Info
2023 Camp Registration
- Registration has closed since the waitlist has reached maximum capacity.
- Registration is online! When registering, please select the camp based on the grade your child will enter for the 2023-2024 school year.
- Families may register for full weeks (Mon-Friday), no partial weeks offered. There are two holiday weeks that include a holiday, Memorial Day is a 4-day week (Tues-Fri) and Independence Day is a 3-day week (Wed-Fri).)
- A $40 per week, per child deposit is required upon registration. This is non-refundable and non-transferrable.
- Registration will open in phases. The first day of each window will open at 9 a.m. that day. The last day of each window will close at 5 p.m. that day. Date windows are:
- March 6-10 -> 2022-2023 B&A and Preschool families that qualify as PRIORITY. *You will be notified by the youth programs team if you qualify as priority. If you are a priority family, but a non-resident, you must register during this March 6-10 timeframe, or wait until the Non-Resident registration window opens.
- March 13-24 -> Public – Ken-Caryl Residents
- March 27-31 -> Public – Non-Residents
- When registering, please select the camp based on the grade your child will enter for the 2023-2024 school year.
- Cancellation deadline is April 21.
Summer Notes
Having an online account is helpful (required) to complete this registration process. We recommend creating an account in advance of registration.
Questions? Please email youthprograms@kcranch.org
*Each camper must be 5 years old by May 30 to participate in any school-age camps.
For preschool summer camp, check out our Rainbow Fish!
Looking for something for 6th – 10th graders? Check out our Teen/Pre-Teen Camps!
Camps at the Dakota Lodge
KC Nature Camp
Following a weekly theme, children will participate in nature-based crafts, science projects, cooking activities, large and small group games, and team building. Once a week, the camps will go to an off-site field trip. Once a week, camps have group tennis lessons and swimming time at the Community Center and will go on a hike in the Ken-Caryl Valley area.
The Dakota Lodge hosts two camps, grouped by grade:
THE TADPOLES CAMP
Ages: K* – 2nd Grade
THE FROGS CAMP
Ages: 3rd – 6th grade
Camps at the Ranch House
School-Age Camps
Following a weekly theme, children will participate in crafts, science projects, cooking activities, large and small group games, and team building. Once a week, each camp will go on an off-site field trip. Camps have group tennis lessons twice a week and will go swimming at the Ranch House pool three times a week (camp swim lessons for ages <10 are available M-Th each week your child is signed up for summer camp).
The Ranch House hosts three camps, grouped by grade:
‘THE HOOTS’ CAMP
Ages: K* – 1st grade
‘DAH BEARS’ CAMP
Ages: 2nd – 3rd grade
‘THE LIONS’ CAMP
Ages: 4th – 6th grade
Pricing
*Fee for 5-Day Week:
- Resident: $240
- Non-Resident: $312
*Pro-rated for 4-day Memorial Day and 3-day Independence Day weeks.
Dates: May 30 – August 4
Daily Hours: 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
