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BSA Summer Camps in Northern Colorado & Wyoming

For troops that want to experience a summer camp in the Rocky Mountain West, here is a list of the BSA summer camps located in northern Colorado and Wyoming. These offer cooler summer temperatures and higher elevations with both standard summer camp for all Scouts and usually also a Council high adventure base experience for older Scouts. Regular summer camps also usually offer programs for Cub Scouts and Webelos.

Note that aquatic offerings may be limited or absent (noted below), and high-altitude lakes can be chilly (though some camps have a heated pool as well as a lake).

Besides the high adventure bases, the regular summer camps also offer older-Scout programs that may include canoeing or white water rafting, horseback riding, backpacking, rock climbing/rappelling, COPE, shooting sports (rifle, shotgun, muzzle-loader), and more.

A link to the camp's webpage, if available, or to the Council's webpage is given with each camp listing, so you can find out more.

Northern Colorado

Ben Delatour Scout Ranch, Red Feather Lakes, CO
[operated by Adventure West Council, Greeley, CO (970-330-6305)]

3400 acres
about 6800 ft elevation
limited aquatics (Rowing & Canoeing only)
See Elkhorn High Adventure Base for High Adventure activities for older Scouts.

Camp Jeffrey

dining hall
provides 2-person tents
Camp Jeffrey page

Note that Adventure West Council's patrol cooking summer camp (Soaring Eagle) and their Elkhorn High Adventure Base are closed for 2023, but hope to reopen for 2024 if there is enough troop interest.

Camp Cris Dobbins at McNeil Scout Ranch at Peaceful Valley, Elbert, CO
[operated by Greater Colorado Council, Denver, CO (303-455-5522)]

3300 acres
about 7000 ft elevation
dining hall
provides 2-person tents
lake plus heated swimming pool
Camp Cris Dobbins page

Note that Greater Colorado Council's former patrol cooking summer camp (Camp Cortlandt Dietler) and their troop-based summer camp operation (at Camp Tahosa) are both closed indefinitely.

Wyoming

Camp Buffalo Bill, Cody, WY (along the Shoshone River 8 miles from the Yellowstone National Park East Gate)
[operated by Adventure West Council, Greeley, CO (970-330-6305) or Casper, WY, office (307-234-7329)]

about 6400 ft elevation
limited aquatics (Rowing & Canoeing only)
See Yellowstone High Adventure Outpost for High Adventure activities for older Scouts.
Camp Buffalo Bill page

Yellowstone High Adventure Outpost (YHAO), Cody, WY
[operated by Adventure West Council, Greeley, CO (970-330-6305) or Casper, WY, office (307-234-7329)]

co-located on the Camp Buffalo Bill property
High Adventure options can include backpacking in Yellowstone National Park.
See Camp Buffalo Bill for regular summer camp offerings.
YHAO page

Note that Adventure West Council's Camp Laramie Peak near Wheatland, WY, is closed for 2023, and hopes to reopen for 2024.