Bruin Woods Family Camp
UCLA Bruin Woods Family Resort, 850 Willow Creek Rd, Lake Arrowhead, CA 92352
About
Bruin Woods Family Camp offers fun outdoor activities, games, entertainment, and arts and crafts led by arts and crafts instructors. The program includes boat drivers, lifeguards, age group counselors, and outdoor adventure rovers who help run these activities. The Faculty Lecture Program is also part of the camp, giving Alumni a chance to recapture an academic feeling.
• Schedule: The Bruin Woods Family Camp program runs for 9 consecutive weeks each summer, with up to 80 families attending each week.
Bruin Woods Family Camp was founded in 1985 and was created as a fun retreat where UCLA Alumni could reconnect with their alma mater and introduce their families to UCLA traditions. Each week-long, all-inclusive vacation package includes accommodations, three chef-prepared meals each day, and outdoor activities, games, and entertainment for all ages. Lake Arrowhead’s award-winning culinary team, including award-winning chefs, prepares meals for guests. The camp’s mission statement is: “Our mission at Bruin Woods is to deliver the best family vacation ever!” Bruin Woods has maintained a reputation as the top alumni family camp in the country through an ongoing commitment to superb hospitality and service, and being a Bruin Woods counselor is described as one of the most competitive student jobs on the UCLA campus. Each summer, 54 eager and well-qualified UCLA students join seasonally to help run the Bruin Woods Family Camp program, and student staffers constructed the camp’s amphitheater. Bruin Woods is described as more than a summer camp, “a cruise on land.”
Last updated March 11, 2026.
• Schedule: The Bruin Woods Family Camp program runs for 9 consecutive weeks each summer, with up to 80 families attending each week.
Bruin Woods Family Camp was founded in 1985 and was created as a fun retreat where UCLA Alumni could reconnect with their alma mater and introduce their families to UCLA traditions. Each week-long, all-inclusive vacation package includes accommodations, three chef-prepared meals each day, and outdoor activities, games, and entertainment for all ages. Lake Arrowhead’s award-winning culinary team, including award-winning chefs, prepares meals for guests. The camp’s mission statement is: “Our mission at Bruin Woods is to deliver the best family vacation ever!” Bruin Woods has maintained a reputation as the top alumni family camp in the country through an ongoing commitment to superb hospitality and service, and being a Bruin Woods counselor is described as one of the most competitive student jobs on the UCLA campus. Each summer, 54 eager and well-qualified UCLA students join seasonally to help run the Bruin Woods Family Camp program, and student staffers constructed the camp’s amphitheater. Bruin Woods is described as more than a summer camp, “a cruise on land.”
Last updated March 11, 2026.
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