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The entrance to Stanford Sierra Camp
Stanford Sierra Camp is a summer camp near Fallen Leaf Lake, California.[1]
Stanford Sierra Camp is a 20 acre lakefront moutain property owned and operated by the Stanford Alumni Association.
During the summer season (First week of June encompassing Memorial Day Weekend until the First week of September encompassing Labor Day) Stanford Camp hosts an Alumni Only Family Summer Camp. Beginning on Saturday 64 families check into cabins and lodge rooms to participate in programming organized and hosted by Stanford Undergraduates. These programs include educational and fun children's groups, hikes, arts & crafts, and an assortment of outdoor entertainment.
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Contents
- 1 The Fountain
- 2 Weather
- 3 Activities
- 4 Ski Dock
- 5 Boat Dock
- 6 Meals
- 7 References
- 8 External links
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The Fountain
The Fountain is a store located in the lodge which sells shirts; Ice Cream milkshakes, maps, etc.
Weather
Varies. 26 degrees at night to 48 degrees at night, and 67 degrees during the day to 85 degrees during the day.
Activities
Counselors hold activities for adults such as "Hiking", "Boating", "Art", "Writing", and "Sports" Activities are held throughout the day while the children are at their camps, (e.g. Snoopers, Muchkins, Yahoo's, Middorrees, and Mehunnines) The Hiking program is held by the naturalist (different one every year usually).) who will take hikers through Cathedral Lake, Mountain Tallac, and Angora on Monday and Thursday. The Boating Program is "Rowing" in the morning and you can take out any boat you want, including ski boats, funyaking, and other boats. Art programs are held where you can draw and see the nature of the camp. Writing involves writing books about the camp and sports are tennis, volleyball, and prisoner ball.
Kids groups (5-12 year olds not including Muchkins) are from 9:30am-12:00pm on Sunday, Tuesday, and Friday where the counselors and children do boating, arts and crafts, and sports. On Monday and Thursday, they take a pack lunch, and go hiking or to Lake Tahoe from 9:30am-3:30pm (5-12 year olds not including Muchkins). Wednesday is Beach Day so there is no Kids Groups. On Friday, the Yahoos and Middorrees will play SSC's traditonal "Capture the Flag" where the game is in camp and the flag must be seen from the road and not in the rocks.
Ski Dock
Ski Dock is open from 8am-12pm and 1pm to 5pm. There are several types of water skiing done here on Fallen Leaf Lake:
- Auqaplanning
- Tubing
- Water Skiing assited with boom
- Watter Skiing assited with teacher
- Waiter Skiing
Boat Dock
The Boat Dock offers various boats:
- Sailboats
- Rowboats
- Funyacks
- Canoes
- Paddleboats
and more....
Meals
- Breakfast: 7:45am-8:45am
- Lunch: 12:00pm-1:00pm
- Dinner: 5:45pm-6:45pm (get a whatzappening about events happening that evening and the next day)
Due to food poisioning this year, Stanford Sierra Camp got more serious on what food they served.
References
- ^ "Stanford Sierra Camp: Location", Stanford University.
External links
- Stanford Sierra Camp Intro
- Work at Stanford Sierra Camp
- Camp Life
- Stanford Sierra Camp Pictures
- More Stanford Sierra Camp Pictures
- Information for those interesting in coming
- Stanford Alumni Association
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