Camp Unalayee is offering a girls getaway this summer during first session lead by counselors Rose and Madeline! We will be on trail for 11-12 days, visiting some of the most beautiful lakes the Trinity Alps has to offer while forming life-long bonds with an incredible group of strong, stoked, and smart young women. We will be exploring the reds and whites, backpacking to the most exquisite lakes, such as Lion, Anna, the Gem lakes, and Grizzly. This longer hike is for girls who are looking to push themselves physically and see how hard they can chill on our layover days. We will have some days where we could be covering around 20 miles!
We will support each other on trail while learning and improving wilderness skills such as reading maps, navigation, starting fires etc. We want to make this the best possible experience for you so just let us know what activities you would be interested in (playing music, arts and crafts, food requests, animal and plant identification, etc.) and we will make it happen! We are beyond excited to be offering this all gals trail program. Over the course of the session on trail you will gain an immense amount of confidence, make incredible friends, learn new wilderness skills and improve the skills you already have—in a setting that allows you to come out of your comfort zone and take risks. Whether this will be your first time at camp or if you come every year, this opportunity is open to you! We can’t wait until summer!
Draft Itinerary:
Night 0 – Eagle Creek Divide
Night 1 – Goldfield or E. Fork Coffee Creek
Night 2 – Lion
Night 3 – Horseshoe or Lion or Granite or Bear Basin
Night 4 – Granite
Night 5 – Anna + Gibson Peak
Night 6 – Anna
Night 7 – Mirror or Emerald/Sapphire
Night 8 – Mirror
Night 9 – Grizzly + Thompson
Night 10 – Grizzly Meadows
Dates: Saturday June 27th – Saturday July 11th (during our 1st session)
Rate: $2150 (Financial Assistance available)
Enrollment Limitations: Ages 12-17. Previous backpacking experience required.
Space is strictly limited to 8 campers, so sign up early! (must reach a 5 camper enrollment to run).
A little about the leaders:
Rose has been attending Unalayee since age twelve and this will be her second year as a counselor. During the year she enjoys taking ballet class and performing, swimming in the ocean, hiking, and playing music. On the trail she loves to find new lakes, stargaze, cook delicious food, and share her enthusiasm for being outside with her campers. After being in trail programs as a camper Rose is so excited to lead Girls Getaway and have a new and different trail experience! Rose is a lifeguard as well, so there will be plenty of swimming!
Madeline was a camper at Unalayee from age ten up until seventeen! This will be her third year on staff. When she is not spending time at camp she is attending UC Berkeley, studying philosophy and working as an ABA therapist and peer therapist at Cal. She is working to become an LMFT! In her free time she loves doing yoga, surfing, talking about philosophy, and spending time with her friends. When she is out on the trail she loves glissading, floating in lakes on her thermarest and making fancy trail food.
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