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Stories about Steens campers and staff: race results, records, reunions, and life after the mountain.
2026
- Homer (AK) Girls State Champs! Boys 3rdGirls 1st 157pts, more than double 2nd place. Boys Tied for a close 3rd, difference between 1st and fourth was only 52 pts
2025
- Biography of CampThe 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…
2024
2023
2022
Ella Donaghu helps set DMR World RecordElla Donaghu – an ex-camper, former camp assistant, and long time “Steens Warrior” – recently helped set the women’s DMR world record as part of the Nike Union…
2021
- 2021 XC State Championships BreakdownWowsers! What a 2021 State XC Meet(S) for Campers, Coaches, Parents and Aficionados!
- Campers Qualify for State (2021)One hundred fifty four Steens Campers have earned the right to race at Lane CC in Eugene, Oregon and Sun Willows in Pasco, Washington this Saturday November…
- “Reunion” at Oregon Relays 2021WOW! It’s going to be a Steens Camper/Camp Assistant Reunion of sorts today 4/23 and tomorrow 4/24 at the Oregon Relays held at Hayward Field.
2020
2019
Land of the Free and Home of the BraveAn impromptu rendition of the national anthem by some of the boys tents before the Cross Canyon race.
A Steens Poem by Charlie RomansCharlie Romans was our camp bus driver for 10 years during the early years of camp.This summer at the age of 94 he made the long trek from Kentucky to camp for…
- Melody Fairchild Named USA Women’s Head CoachMelody Fairchild was named Head Coach of the USA Women’s Team World Cross Country Championships which will be held March 30th in Denmark
- David Ribich helps set 4xMile World RecordFormer camper and tent assistant David Ribich helped set the 4 x Mile World Record on January 26, 2019 as part of the Brooks Beast team!
2018
2017
2016
- Cross Canyon Start on Google Maps
Alternative Summer Running CampsLooking for another running camp on the trails this summer? Check out these two other camps.
2015
Big Day – Session 2, 2015
Big Day – Session 1, 2015
- Bus Reservation Update for 2015A camp bus will provide round-trip transportation from Portland, Salem, Eugene and Bend to Burns, OR. The cost of this service is additional to the basic camp…
2014
2013
- “Steens” — A song by two Steens CampersIt’s always a pleasure to hear how Steens has affected campers in a positive way. Sienna and Ruby, from Boise High, were campers Session 2, 2012 and wrote a…
- Alberto Salazar – Establishing Easy Day PaceEasy Day Pace = no slower than a minute and a half of 5k race pace.
- Steens 2013 PreviewSteens 2013 is less than 4 weeks away! Watch this highlight video of last years camp and get excited 🙂
- Drew Jordan Wins 2013 MPSF 5,000 ChampionshipDrew Jordan, a four-time Steens camper and Camp assistant for the past couple of years, won the MPSF Championship 5,000 meter today. Jordan finished the race…
2012
- Max King Cougar Sighting“Running along through the woods today where I probably shouldn’t have been and I think to myself, ‘those look like cougar tracks’, then BOOM I scare a cougar…
- Bring List
- Melody Makes the US Mountain Running Team!(Photo by Joe Viger Photography no longer available.)
2011
Steens in “This American Land”PBS was up at Steens this summer documenting what the camp is all about. The episode is now online! Watch the video…maybe you’ll see yourself.
- Jena Winger’s Steens ExperienceJena Winger is an Oregon based runner who recently posted a blog article on Nike.com about her Steens experience. Jena was a coach at Steens this year durning…
