Apr
22
2026
Meet your 2026 Tent Assistants
Learn about camp ❯
Camp
Base camp sits at 7,000 ft in the bottom of Lake Creek Canyon
Day 1
Acclimation and a tour of the mountain
Day 2
The "Big Day" – 28 miles of dirt, sweat, and tears
Day 3
Rest, recovery, and team building
Day 4
The gnarliest 5k you'll likely ever race
Day 5
Steens Mountain Olympics
Staff
Cooks, medics, bus drivers, camp assistants – a lot goes into making camp run
Camp
Base camp sits at 7,000 ft in the bottom of Lake Creek Canyon
Day 1
Acclimation and a tour of the mountain
Day 2
The "Big Day" – 28 miles of dirt, sweat, and tears
Day 3
Rest, recovery, and team building
Day 4
The gnarliest 5k you'll likely ever race
Day 5
Steens Mountain Olympics
Staff
Cooks, medics, bus drivers, camp assistants – a lot goes into making camp run
2026
Session 1
July 12-18, 2026 fullSession 2
July 19-25, 2026 fullCamp at a Glance
This unique camp is designed to give campers (ages 13-18) a realistic wilderness running and camping experience. To enjoy and respect wilderness beauty through running, hiking and exploring, at high altitudes are the major objectives of this camp. Group and individual instruction will be given in all areas of distance training and racing, with emphasis on performance improvement through self reliance, personal accountability and teamwork strategies. To enhance personal growth, campers must be willing to adapt to lack of urban conveniences not found in the great outdoors. (i.e. cell phones, iPods, tablets, DVD players, and other technos just invented.)
News
Dec
08
2025
Biography of Camp
The Oregon Desert Land Trust out of Bend, OR wrote a very Cool Biography on Steens Camp titled “Be the Mountain” that we’d like to share! From Basque Sheepherding to “how it all started” to Camp Life today, this article summarizes things very well.
We highly encourage you to take a look when you can, we think it’s worth your time!