About
WOLF Backpacking Camp offers beginner and advanced backpacking treks that include backpacking, hiking, exploration, camp cooking, and team building. Participants take part in activities such as survival and safety, science, nature study, ecology, watersheds, and mapping and GPS. The multi-day backpacking trips cover around 2–5 miles per day for the Beginner’s Backpacking Trek and 5–10 miles per day for the Advanced Backpacking Trek, with changing environments from mountain forests to the Pacific Ocean and a fully immersive outdoor experience that supports peer bonding.
• Ages: 12–18 years old or family groups
• Schedule: Backpack Camp generally takes place in July of each year; Beginner’s Backpacking Trek is a 3 day, 2 night adventure and Advanced Backpacking Trek is a 4 day, 3 night adventure
• Price: $TBD per camper Beginner (3 day/2 night); $TBD per camper Advanced (4 day/3 night); price includes food, shared gear, site fees, and experienced naturalist guides
Since 1989, WOLF School has focused on educational outdoor experiences for California’s K–12th grade students, with a mission of building respect, appreciation, and stewardship within the web of life. Naturalist Guides hold college degrees and are professionals in environmental education, with backgrounds in science, history, community-building, education, and working with youth, and they are Wilderness First Aid Certified. The leadership team includes Heather Butler (Director), Desiree Gant (Associate Director), Sergio Typhoon (Program Coordinator), and Marie Kraemer Wegrich (Naturalist). Web of Life Field (WOLF) School is the educational component of United Camps, Conferences and Retreats (UCCR), a nonprofit property management organization, and WOLF School thanks Save the Redwoods League for supporting WOLF School. Rules for acceptance and participation in programs at UCCR are the same for everyone without regard to age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or national origin. Very limited space is available, scholarships are available, and contact is available for a personal backpacking guide for a family or group. Participants are asked to bring items such as a backpacking backpack, sleeping bag and bed roll, tent, clothes, and a headlamp or flashlight, and a packing list is sent out; bringing personal gear is not required, and gear can be shared, borrowed, or coordinated in advance.
Last updated June 11, 2026.
• Ages: 12–18 years old or family groups
• Schedule: Backpack Camp generally takes place in July of each year; Beginner’s Backpacking Trek is a 3 day, 2 night adventure and Advanced Backpacking Trek is a 4 day, 3 night adventure
• Price: $TBD per camper Beginner (3 day/2 night); $TBD per camper Advanced (4 day/3 night); price includes food, shared gear, site fees, and experienced naturalist guides
Since 1989, WOLF School has focused on educational outdoor experiences for California’s K–12th grade students, with a mission of building respect, appreciation, and stewardship within the web of life. Naturalist Guides hold college degrees and are professionals in environmental education, with backgrounds in science, history, community-building, education, and working with youth, and they are Wilderness First Aid Certified. The leadership team includes Heather Butler (Director), Desiree Gant (Associate Director), Sergio Typhoon (Program Coordinator), and Marie Kraemer Wegrich (Naturalist). Web of Life Field (WOLF) School is the educational component of United Camps, Conferences and Retreats (UCCR), a nonprofit property management organization, and WOLF School thanks Save the Redwoods League for supporting WOLF School. Rules for acceptance and participation in programs at UCCR are the same for everyone without regard to age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or national origin. Very limited space is available, scholarships are available, and contact is available for a personal backpacking guide for a family or group. Participants are asked to bring items such as a backpacking backpack, sleeping bag and bed roll, tent, clothes, and a headlamp or flashlight, and a packing list is sent out; bringing personal gear is not required, and gear can be shared, borrowed, or coordinated in advance.
Last updated June 11, 2026.
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