Wolf Camp & School of Natural Science Summer Camps

Wolf Camp & School of Natural Science Summer Camps offers Wilderness Skills Sampler, Wilderness Survival Craft, Wildlife Search & Rescue, and Wild Cooking & Herbology. It also offers advanced camps such as Advanced FLOW, Advanced Skills of the Artisan, Advanced Wilderness Survival, Advanced Animal Tracking, Advanced Wilderness & Suburban Survival, and Advanced Wildlife Tracking BBBB&B, plus Overnight Youth Camps.

Programs

• Wilderness Skills Sampler — 7-14 · Day camp; no prerequisite; at Lake Sammamish State Park – Hans Jensen Group Camp.
• Wilderness Survival Craft — 7-14 · Day camp; no prerequisite; offered at Lake Sammamish and Puyallup locations.
• Wildlife Search & Rescue — 7-14 · Day camp; no prerequisite; offered at Puyallup and Lake Sammamish locations.
• Wild Cooking & Herbology — 7-14 · Day camp; no prerequisite; offered at Lake Sammamish and Puyallup locations.
• Advanced FLOW — 8-15 · Advanced day camp; prerequisite of any camp with Wolf Camp in a prior year.
• Advanced Skills of the Artisan — 10-15 · Advanced day camp; prerequisite of at least three prior camps and/or family workshops.
• Advanced Wilderness Survival — 9-16 · Advanced day camp; prerequisite described as prior Wilderness Survival Craft or other prior camps.
• Advanced Animal Tracking — 9-15 · Advanced day camp; prerequisite includes Wildlife Search & Rescue, family wildlife tracking workshop, or other prior camp/workshop themes.
• Advanced Wilderness & Suburban Survival — 9-15 · Advanced day camp; two prerequisites stated; at Lake Sammamish.
• Advanced Wildlife Tracking – BBBB&B — 9-15 · Advanced day camp; two prerequisites stated; at Lake Sammamish.
• Overnight Youth Camps — 9-16 · Overnight youth camps at Lake Sammamish and Mt Rainier.

At a glance

• Ages: 7–16 years old
• General schedule: Daily Camp Schedule: 8:30-9:00 Check-Ins & Morning Care; 9:00-9:30 Songs, Stories, Stretches & Late Check-Ins; 9:30-12:00 Morning Lessons with snack break at 10:45; 12:00-1:00 Lunch, Games, Archery or Swimming Option; 1:00-3:00 Afternoon Lessons with water break at 2:00; 3:00-4:00 Camp Crafts, Creek Time, Berry Picking & Early Check-Outs; 4:00-4:30 Aftercare & Final Pick-Ups.

About the provider

The program is led by Directors Kim and Chris Chisholm, with camp leaders Kim or Chris Chisholm and skilled instructors on site all week. Its mission is to provide safe, exciting outdoor adventures and real, practical life skills, with connections to nature and resiliency for healthy living in the future. The program says it has been running nature and survival summer camps since 1997, with the first overnight youth camp in 1998, and it was voted Best Wild Nature Day Camp and Best Wild Day Camp in the last ParentMap Golden Teddy Awards.

No prerequisite for several day camps; some advanced camps require prior camps or workshops. Space status varies by week and some camps are waitlisted. First-year campers must complete a Registration Form within one week of deposit. Payments are non-refundable unless registration is refused; canceled registrations may be kept as credit for future years. Campers may be asked to leave for inappropriateness as determined by participation agreements.

Last updated September 11, 2026.