About camp
Camp
Base camp sits at 7,500 feet near Fish Lake, on the wildest mountain in Oregon.
Location
Steens Mountain is located in southeastern Oregon, 60 miles southwest of Burns on Highway 205. The mountain rises to 9,773 feet above sea level, affording a breathtaking view; four western states can be sighted from the mountain's crest.
Base camp, located near Fish Lake at the 7,500-foot level of the mountain, provides a beautiful living and training environment.
Training sites
Training sites include Blitzen and Big Indian Gorges, Kiger Ridge and McCoy Creek Canyon, which allow running and backpacking known only to a few.
Be prepared
Steens Mountain can be home to drastic weather changes. It is not uncommon for a 75° day to turn into a cold, rainy day in just a matter of hours. So come prepared.
We hope the conditions will be ideal, but in case they are not, come equipped with everything on the packing list.
Cooks and food
Our 2027 menu is being planned, coordinated and updated by our camp cooks, who turn a mountainside kitchen into the best restaurant in Harney County 😉
Steens campers will find fast service, great food and plenty of it (for the carnivore, vegetarian or gluten free). Athletes and coaches will also be treated to a special Basque-style dinner prepared by Claudio and Maria Iturriaga. All meals served with smiles bigger than Kiger Gorge.
The staff
Cooks, medics, bus drivers, camp assistants – a lot goes into making camp run.
Your challenge is to absorb the strength and the wisdom of the mountain, take it with you down to Flatland America, and infect your team and family with it.
