Sticker Contest – 2020
Finalists for the 2020 Sticker Competition We need your help selecting the official Crow's Path sticker for 2020. You can vote until January 31, 2020. Vote Now! Submissions for the 2020 Sticker Competition
Welcome to our new staff
Welcome to our new staff Staff going over medical kits in prep for the start of the Field School The turkey vultures are soaring overhead, like slow whilrling dervishes circling their way south. The meadows are alive with the sweet yellows of goldenrods and the happy purples of loosestrife. And the [...]
Bread-on-a-stick
Bread-on-a-stick Making dough for bread on a stick. At our Winter Thrival vacation camp for middle schoolers we hiked off the slope and got a small fire going to cook on of our favorite Crow's Path fireside treats: bread on a stick. It's super simple and super tasty. And while I [...]
Shredding the Gnarwhal
Winter Thrival's first run Having a good time around the fire making s'mores and bread on a stick Going into this week I was all nerves. We partnered with our friends at Powe Snowboards to pilot a slope-based program Winter Thrival, which combines our typical approach to Crow's Path program [...]
The ID Club: Inaugural wander
The ID Club: Inaugural wander The inaugural gathering of the ID Club. Looking at the finer points of our winter trees. On a snowy, windy, and cold January day the ID club met for the first time as we set our noses fiercely against the wind and talked lenticels, stomata, fascicles, [...]
End of summer, beginning of fall
One of my favorite times of year is during the middle of winter when we decide what summer camps we're going to run. We try and create different themes that cater to our staffs' various interests and offer unique opportunities for kids to get outside and play while learning awesome skills. We added [...]
What it takes to run 100km
When I started Crow's Path back in 2010, I had a rough sense of what our programs would initially look like: kids running through the woods, playing games, starting fires, building shelters, making bows, carving spoons, and singing songs. But my bigger vision was always to create a strong, vibrant and supportive container [...]
The Art of Paying Attention
The Art of Paying Attention
Survival 101
How to survive in the woods.
Fundraiser
Long-time staff, Lauren Akin is back from sabbatical and in addition to starting a new program with Britt (The Dandelions Program), will be working with our staff and other organizations in the Burlington-area to put us in closer alignment to our mission when it comes to fighting issues of racial and social justice. We're "running" [...]
