• Wilderness Skills Sampler for ages 7-14 with no prerequisite is NOW AVAILABLE WITH NEW GROUP ADDED so register asap or email us to confirm available space, or choose camps between July 27 – Aug 24 which still have spaces available.
• Advanced FLOW Camp for returning campers ages 8-15 is also NOW AVAILABLE WITH NEW GROUP JUST ADDED, or feel free to email us to confirm space.
Join us for up to 8 wonderful camp weeks at Lake Sammamish State Park in Issaquah, utilizing the the Hans Jensen Group Camp this week, a privately-rented, eighty-acre wilderness park across from the East Lake Sammamish boat launch. Camps are lead by our skilled instructors within a hallmark 6-1 student-teacher ratio that’s critical for safe and profound outdoor experiences.
Camp Theme Descriptions for June 29 – July 3, 2026 at the Hans Jensen Group Camp:
Wilderness Skills Sampler for ages 7-14 with no prerequisite. The sampler introduces a variety of wilderness skills Wolf Camp offers. This week, campers will get very familiar with wilderness survival, wild foods, herbal medicine, wildlife tracking and all the other the practical outdoor skills in which we specialize. Now more than ever, young people need real outdoor connections, and the Wilderness Skills Sampler is a great way for students to transition from school environments to a more natural summer lifestyle.
Advanced FLOW Camp for ages 8-15 with prerequisite of any camp with us in a prior year. FLOW is WOLF spelled backwards, so we provide experienced campers great opportunity for freedom outside, like in the olden days. We’ll have a variety of stations to choose from like the meditation tree, natural music composition, silent nature walks, yoga/dance, theater, nature crafts, and a selection of our special survival, wildlife and herbal skills. Each day, participants will dive deeper into the free-flowing activity stations instructors have set up with creative outlets designed to help to let go of school routines.
We were voted both the Best Wild Day Camp and the Best Family Camp in the last ParentMap Golden Teddy Awards!
Daily Camp Schedule, Pick-Up & Drop-Off Directions for the Hans Jensen Group Camp
8:30-9:00 Check-Ins & Morning Care
9:00-9:30 Songs, Stories, Stretches & Late Check-Ins
9:30-12:00 Morning Lessons with snack break at 10:45
12:00-1:00 Lunch, Games, Archery or Swimming Option
1:00-3:00 Afternoon Lessons with water break at 2:00
3:00-4:00 Camp Crafts, Creek Time, Berry Picking & Early Check-Outs
4:00-4:30 Aftercare & Final Pick-Ups (all-staff meeting starts at 4:30)
Suggested arrival time is 8:45-9:00 am, and best departure time is right around 4:00 pm, at the Lake Sammamish Hans Jensen Group Camp, 4460 East Lake Sammamish Pkwy SE, Issaquah WA 98029. The land is managed by the state park but not generally open to the public. Look for the hard-to-spot gravel driveway ACROSS THE STREET from the East Lake Sammamish BOAT LAUNCH – by the park ranger’s house – located two miles away from main park entrance.
Camp Leaders
Kim or Chris Chisholm will be on site all week directing staff instructors at our hallmark 6-1 average student-teacher ratio that’s so critical for safe and profound outdoor experiences. Read our FAQ’s for more details and check out camp testimonials dating all the way back to 1997.
Day Camp Tuition at Lake Sammamish
Tuition is $695 for a camp week, after a $100 first-time family registration processing fee (not applied for returning families or additional children). Discounts of $15 are applied for an additional child per week, $15 for referring a family who successfully registers a child for camp this summer, and cumulative discounts of $15 are applied for each additional week a camper attends, so $680 for a second week, $665 for a third, $650 for the fourth, $635 for the fifth, $620 for the sixth, $605 for the seventh, and $590 for the eighth day camp with us at Lake Sammamish this summer. Summer camps are not subject to sales tax, and we cover the state 1.5% B&O tax and other fees. Tuition includes all expenses, except you’ll need to pack lunch and appropriate outdoor wear, and also includes complimentary organic t-shirt at your first camp with us, then at subsequent camps a choice of recommended field guides, orienteering compass, firesteel and other outdoor essentials depending on number of camps attended, age and availability. Sliding scale financial aid scholarships available via Max Davis Scholarships by emailing answers to 8 questions.
Registration Process
STEP 1 – Reserve spots with $150 deposits per camper per week via one of the following methods:
• Zelle using our email address with that “e” on skye plus try to add a note including camper name/age, camp start date/theme, plus your CONTACT INFORMATION (phone number is fine if system doesn’t allow sharing email) if we don’t already have your info since Zelle doesn’t automatically share that with us, or follow up right away with an email;
• Or use Venmo to @Chris-Chisholm-13 but again, try to add your phone number and email address, camper name and age, program theme and dates, or follow up via email;
• Or use Credit Card or Apple Pay by clicking here and please consider adding 3% using this payment method ($4.50 on a $150 deposit)
• Or call us between 9am-9pm at 425-248-0253 with a credit card to register over the phone (if we are screening for spam, leave message to have us call you back, or just text us to call you regarding camp registration)
• Or use PayPal system appearing below after January 1st.
STEP 2 – If this is your camper’s first year with us, complete our once-in-a-lifetime Registration Form within one week of making your deposit. In case you’re having trouble downloading or making a copy of our Google Doc , please email us for a Word or PDF version of the registration form, and again, complete within one week to maintain your reservation. If your camper has attended Wolf Camp in the past, a new registration form is not needed.
STEP 3 – Pay balance during your summer camp weeks. We’ll email you an invoice this spring with camp prep info and balance payment options. All payments are non-refundable unless we refuse your registration. However, if you cancel (at any time for any reason is fine) we will save your payments as credit for you to use in future years, or you can choose to have us move the funds into our scholarship account if you prefer. The best practice is to make the minimum deposits to register, and then wait to pay the remaining balances during summer, but you are also welcome to pay your balance in advance if you prefer.
Or email us to be put on our list for this program in the future. We always keep your information absolutely private, and will never share it.
Refund Policy: Payments are not refundable unless we don’t accept your application. If you cancel for any reason, you may receive a full credit good through the following calendar year on appropriate and available programs listed on our schedule, although an additional deposit may be needed to secure your spot in the future program. If a program you sign up for is canceled and not rescheduled at a time you can attend, you may receive a full refund except in cases of natural (weather, geologic, wildfire, etc) disasters, grid failures, epidemics, government shutdowns, conflicts or curfews, or other unforeseen emergencies making it unsafe for staff and/or attendees to reach or use program locations, in which case all payments made will be held by us without expiration date for your future use in appropriate/available programs of your choice. Reasons include the expenditure of funds (property rentals, advertising, materials, admin staff time, etc.) long before programs take place, i.e. deposits make it feasible for Wolf Camp to schedule programs in the first place, but our mutually understood agreement is that Wolf Camp will run the program at the safest available time in the future. Finally, no refund, nor credit, is given if a participant is a no-show without prior notice, or asked to leave a program for inappropriateness as determined by our kids, youth and adult agreements for participation.
Day Camp Preparation: Agreements, Packing List, Health Protocols and FAQ’s
Day Camp Agreements for Participation
Hygiene protocols will remain the same as last year as long as there’s still little evidence of Covid/Cold/Flu transmission in the outdoors with room to spread out. To start each day, campers must pass our health screening. If there are reports of group participants who came in contact with an infection, we may provide n95 masks to wear when less than 3-6 feet from others. As before the pandemic, we require hand sanitizing when sharing tools and materials, before entering toilets, and we train campers with proper hand washing after campers exit toilet facilities with doors left open between uses to ensure ventilation.
Full vaccinations are strongly encouraged – we follow the scientific consensus – with tetanus shot (usually given as part of the normal Tdap vaccine series) considered the most important in the field of outdoor education. Otherwise, we know that due to our 100% outdoor setting, combined with health screenings, contact tracing, supervised hand washing, bathroom ventilation, mask use when exposure has been reported in a group, and individual/family style tenting at overnight camps, the risk of disease transmission has been negligible at Wolf Camp, so other vaccination records are not required.
Read our FAQ’s for more details, check out camp testimonials dating all the way back to 1997, and register asap to give yourself or a loved one the gift of camp! Or email us to be put on our our list for this program in the future. We always keep your information absolutely private, and will never share it.