WilderSkills Jr. Trail Guides Summer Camp

WilderSkills Jr. Trail Guides Summer Camp is an outdoor wilderness summer camp program. It includes wilderness skills and outdoor adventures, and campers are generally grouped by age into roughly 7-9 and 10-13.

Programs

• WilderSkills Jr. Trail Guides Summer Camp — youth ages 7 to 13 · $525–$580 per week · Outdoor wilderness summer camp program with locations in Saratoga and Redwood City, California.

At a glance

• Ages: 7–13 years old
• Price range: $525–$580 per week
• General schedule: Camp hours are 9am–3pm for Saratoga programs and 9:30am–3:30pm for Redwood City programs.

About the provider

WilderSkills has been running since 2013. The program is taught by experienced back-country guides, nature specialists, and primitive survival skills experts in the United States.

Campers are generally sub-divided into age appropriate groups, roughly 7-9 and 10-13. Siblings can still be in the same group regardless. Special note: Redwood City camp spot registrations are only available on city websites.

What families say

“My 8 year old son loved WilderSkills summer camp. He rated it #1 out of 8 different camps he took last summer. I myself was envious of all the fun and useful survival techniques they have learned. My favorite was a spoon he made by burning out an indentation on a tree branch.” — M. P

“Extremely patient with my two boys (one of which was really acting up) during the summer camp – who both love the outdoors. Will do this again, may sign up for a weekend class myself. Raising my boys to not be afraid of the wild, and developing the confidence to deal with it” — Harrison C.

“It was great to find a summer camp that wasn’t about computers or sports. My son (13yr) loves the outdoors and had a great time at camp. Every day he would come home and write and illustrate what he learned in a camp journal that he decided to create. He would go in the back yard and show the rest of the family some of the skills he learned.” — Donald W.

Last updated September 17, 2026.