Camp Life

Camp Life

• DON'T FORGET your Bible, journal, and a pen
• **Water Bottle** As campers move into the mountains, drinking plenty of water will help avoid altitude sickness. Please make sure your camper arrives with a large, full water bottle or at least two bottles of water. 
• Campers cannot use Ranch Bank funds during travel
• For Sigma Seniors: Top of the World is an amazing hike and outdoor campout. Warm clothing will be very important for this. Also, bring your "My Story" wood round you started at Sigma Jr. last summer. If you have lost it, we will provide another one for you.

Care Packages: Make sure to read up on guidelines for bringing care packages. Sky Ranch also offers the option to purchase pre-made SkyPacks for on-camp delivery. See options and purchase pre-orders in your Online Account.

Campers travel by Charter Bus

After checking in at Van, they will depart for Colorado:

• Quest Colorado – Campers will have dinner on camp, attend the Opening Show, spend Monday on camp and depart Monday evening for Horn Creek.
• Sigma – Campers will have dinner on camp and depart Sunday evening for Horn Creek or Ute Trail.

Bus Updates

Download the Bunk1 App to receive updates on our trip to Colorado! We will send you a notification when we leave Van, in the morning on the road, and when we arrive at Horn Creek/Ute Trail. Use your Sky Ranch username and password to log in - no code is needed. Turn notification ON!

Delays

Leadership staff on the bus will contact the Leadership Camp Manager if there are any serious delays in travel due to weather, emergencies, or other unforeseen situations. Parents will be notified if there is any emergency involving the bus. Head counts of campers and staff are taken many times during stops.

Bus Rules

All campers are required to follow the guidelines and rules explained by the bus driver for the charter bus company and implemented by the Leadership Camp staff.

Schedule

Each day is jam packed with activities, fun, food, night events, and rest! Here's the general schedule for our time together.

Quest Colorado:

• Monday
  • Spend the day in Van participating in the awesome activities there, then head to Horn Creek Monday evening.
• Tuesday - Monday
  • Time at Horn Creek. Activities, fun, small group time, awesome night events. The possibilities are endless!
• Monday Night
  • Depart for Dallas. Closing Show at Citizen's Church in Plano.

Sigma

• Sunday Evening
  • Depart for Horn Creek and Ute Trail

• Monday - Monday
  
  • Time together in the mountains!
  • Sigma Senior will hike to Top of the World all day on Friday to camp out and catch the sunrise on Saturday morning. Be sure to bring your 30-degree-rated sleeping bag!
• Monday Afternoon - Tuesday Afternoon
  
  • Noah's Ark! We'll sleep at Noah's Ark, as well.
  • Don't forget your Noah's Ark waivers.
    • Sigma Junior
    • Sigma Senior
• Tuesday
  •  Check into Colorado Christian University
    
    • Here we will introduce the Sigma Defense, which is a time of prepping and equipping Sigma to learn to defend their faith. 
• Wednesday
  
  • Sigma Junior will volunteer at The Food Bank of the Rockies.
  • Sigma Senior will volunteer at the City of Golden Community Garden.
  • We'll end the night with a campfire.

• Thursday
  • More details to come!
  • That evening, we'll load up on the buses and head towards Van.
• Friday
  • Arrive in Van and hang out for the day!
• Saturday Closing Shows 
  • Sigma Senior will have Sigma Brunch at 8:30 to commemorate their time as Sigmas and their experience with Sky Ranch!
  • Sigma Junior's Closing Show will be in Frontier Hall at 9:00

Roommate Requests

Skip the Roommate Requests for our Colorado campers! The counselors at camp will assign them their bunks!

Ranch Bank

Each camper will be given a wristband that is linked to their Ranch Bank (aka Store Card). Campers are not allowed to carry cash on camp, so they use their Ranch Bank to purchase snacks, souvenirs, gifts, books, apparel, and more.

For Colorado Leadership, we recommend adding $125 to your camper’s Ranch Bank. You can do this before camp by logging into your online account, selecting your camper’s registration, and clicking on Ranch Bank.

At the end of the session, any unused funds can be donated to the Sky Ranch Scholarship Program to help other campers experience the fun of camp. If not donated, any remaining balance over $5 will be refunded within two weeks after your camper’s session. 

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