Welcome
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, DVD players, Ipods, and other technos just invented.)
Camp Status: Closed
2012 camp is full in record time!
Both sessions are closed
2012 Camp Dates
- Session One: July 15-21 (Closed)
- Session Two: July 22-28 (Closed)
Registration for 2013 camp begins January 2013.
Camp Photos
Steens News
And you thought the “Big Day” was hard…
Photo by SalernoPhoto.com
Max King just raced the 2012 Zegama-Aizkorri Marathon in Northern Spain on a cold and wet course that went up and down the Basque mountains, climbing and descending 17,700 ft of elevation. Max placed 16th with a time of 4 hours 24 minutes; to put that in perspective, Max’s marathon PR is 2:14 (which he set at the beginning of this year). In Max’s words, “[that was] the hardest 4:20 marathon I have ever done. I feel like I’ve been hit by a truck…” This is coming from a guy that runs all over Steens Mountains like a gazelle. Just goes to show, running is never easy. It will always take hard work and dedication. Way show us how it’s done Max!
Race Results
Read post-race article by Max King
View race photos by SalernoPhoto.com
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.
Steens Illustrations by John Hlavacs
Remember those awesome hand-drawn illustrations from camp? Well you can now get your hands on as many copies as you would like.
Jena Winger’s Steens Experience
Jena 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 session one. In the article she talks about the BIG DAY and her thoughts and involvement during that difficult day. Check it out here!
Max King won the 2011 World Mountain Championship!
Congratulations to Max King, the 2011 World Mountain Champion! He ran the 12.7km hilly Albania course in 52:06 (about 6:35/mile) triumphing over Turkey’s Ahmet Arslan by over a half a minute. Nice job Max!
