Deer Hill Foundation

Deer Hill is a Colorado based adventure camp that has been facilitating wilderness and service expeditions in the American Southwest since 1984. Our programming focuses on themes of group and community development, self-realization, sense of place, and individual empowerment. Deer Hill provides unique and unparalleled outdoor courses for teens, with a mission to connection each student to themselves, others, and to place.

Through backcountry travel and a cultural exchange service learning element on the Navajo Nation or Hopi and Zuni Pueblos, we implement a holistic learning experience using a curriculum based on both hard and soft skills.

We are a small wilderness adventure camp based in Colorado that delivers a personalized experience. We maintain a staff to participant ratio of 1:5, and cap enrollment for each summer expedition team at 15. This gives participants the space and opportunity to shine as individuals.

Field staff are licensed river guides and climbing instructors, many of whom return year after year to work at Deer Hill. In the off-seasons, they work in a variety of fields all around the country, and bring these experiences to their work with Deer Hill.