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Washington Girls Camps         Girls Summer Camps in Washington

This Washington girls adventure camp has been full every summer! It is a great choice for your first Alpengirl adventure, or if you are a returning Alpengirl that started in Montana last summer. This is an excellent adventure for you if this is your first camp away from home. The green lush rainforest and Pacific Ocean landscape of our Washington Olympics trip is not at all similar to the rugged landscape of rocky mountain Montana and also different from the Washington Cascades trip. When you have completed this trip, you'll feel like an Olympic winner!

Sea Kayaking & Blueberry Picking: Paddling 2-person sea kayaks is a stable and leisurely way to catch a glimpse of eagles, herons, otters and seals with pups! We start off our adventurous itinerary by sea kayaking on Chimacum Creek. At high tide, often eight feet above low, the estuary is an extension of Port Townsend Bay, an offshoot of Puget Sound. U-pick blueberries at a local organic farm ends a berry awesome day of camp introductions and sea kayaking with your new Alpengirl friends! Our second day of sea kayaking takes place near the end of our adventures together, we'll explore the beautifully rugged shoreline on the Straits of Juan de Fuca near Pt Angeles, WA. Paddling in Washington is a favorite activity of past Alpengirls, these two days will inspire you to join us again for sea kayaking in Washington Cascades, Alaska or Norway in your near future with Alpengirl.

Rainforest/Alpine Backpacking & Hot Springs: Wilderness travel basics and Leave No Trace skills are taught right from the beginning on all Alpengirl trips and are relied upon throughout this 14-day adventure. Backpacking in the Olympic Mountains of Olympic National Park, a Biosphere Reserve and World Heritage Site, is a daily discovery from panoramic ocean and Mount Olympus views. The mountains here stand almost as high above the Pacific Ocean as do the Rocky Mountains above the Great Plains. Five days of lush green forest and alpine backpacking 4-8 miles each day will transform us into Olympic Alpengirl Goddesses! Each of you will carry your own gear plus some group gear; your load is about 30% of your body weight. The weight you carry is dependent on your physical size and ability. Backpacking will feel difficult to if you have never tried it before. This backpacking trip is meant to challenge you and allow you to feel the rewards of your efforts as well as prove to you that it is FUN! An evening soak at Sol Duc Hot Springs upon our return to the trailhead is long awaited and the fun has just begun!

Beach Backpacking & Tide Pooling: For three days we'll enjoy leisurely backpacking, camping under the stars on a sand beach just above the waves of the ocean, making sand candles, and cooking over a beach bonfire on Rialto Beach in Olympic National Park at legendary hole-in-the-wall. The tide pools here are one of the world's richest most diverse habitats for inter tidal marine wildlife. Expect dramatic colors - pink sunsets, green sea anemones, purple starfish, and bright orange sea cucumbers! Yoga on the beach here is wonderful, and so is the ultimate Frisbee Alpenolympic event!

Victoria, BC: Canada is just a 1 hour ferry ride away. The European atmosphere of Victoria beckons from across the strait, and we'll spend the entire day touring this provincial capital, shopping, and celebrating our final evening together.