THE FOREST PATH

Nature Connection for Kids of all ages

Connect to the wild, to within, with each other

🌿🌞Summer Camps 2026 👣🐾

Welcome the 10th year of Forest Path summer daycamps,
of deep nature and people connection in the Nelson area!

“Nature connection is not just fun for children, it is absolutely vital to their healthy development.” Wisdom of the Earth, Saltspring Island

“Kids develop authentic resiliency through real world challenges and traditional earth based skills as they experience the deep peace of the natural world.”
Twin Eagles Wilderness School, Idaho

We believe in the benefits of mixed age groups for fostering life skills and learning from each other. Through the day, the children will be able to chose some of their activities or challenge level.
Child to adult ratio 1-7 or less. Most camps run 9 am – 3 pm.
If your child has an EA at school, contact us to see if this camp is a fit.
Limited spots available. Your spot will be secured with registration form, payment and a confirmation email from Malin.

For kids age 12-15, we have a mentor in training program, contact us for details.

1. Register Here

2. Pay with debit or credit at the link below ($340/camp)
or
send an e-transfer ($330/camp) to forestpathnelson@gmail.com

Grizzly Camp: Adventure and Cook. July 6-9. Cottonwood Lake. Age 5-11

Coyote Camp: Camoflage and Paint. July 13-16. Johnstone Park. Age 5-11.

Elves & Warriors DnD camp. July 20-23. Cottonwood Lake. Age 10-13.

Racoon Camp: Wild food and Survival. August 10-13. Mountain Station. Age 5-11.

Muskrat Camp: Build and Craft. August 10-13. Cottonwood Lake. Age 9-11.
There are younger kids too but only 2 spots left for age 9-11.

Wild Sisters: Girls Overnight Camp. Aug 17-20 Salmo. Age 10-12. $550 with e-transfer. $575 with credit card.

8 REASONS TO JOIN US

1. FUN: Engaging active games, friendships and free play.

2. HEALTH: Nature time is essential for physical and mental wellbeing.

3. RELATIONSHIPS: Feelng welcomed and belonging are fundamental to learning and development. Many kids come back every year to our community of Elders, guest teachers and teen alumni mentors.

4. LEARNING: Real outdoor survival skills, naturalist knowledge as well as the creative arts, mentored in an engaging way.

5. SAFETY: High physical and emotional safety standard.

6. TEACHERS: Caring and knowledgeable staff and small group sizes.

7. NEEDED and NECESSARY. In a time of ecological disasters (6th mass extinction, climate change, forest fires, pollution), we need the next generations to love the Earth and to know what to care for.

8. WHOLENESS: We tend to all part of the child – physical challenges, mindfulness invitations, singing and rhythms, emotional skills and connection with the more than human world.

GRATITUDE AND ACTION

We would like to acknowledge that we live and work on the traditional, ancestral and unceded tmxʷulaʔxʷ (homeland) of the Sinixt Peoples. We feel privileged and grateful to be here and honour the ongoing presence of Sinixt on this land. We are mindful of how we carry ourselves, so as to demonstrate our intentions to honour this land, water, and all beings.

CLICK HERE to apply for scholarship for Global Majority People (Black, Indigenous and people of Colour), LGBTQ+ and low income families.

We are thankful for our ancestors, our teachers, the families and staff that create our programs. We aim to honour this place by minimize our footprint and contribute as stewards to land regeneration.

COYOTE MENTORING

The Forest Path follows an approach called COYOTE MENTORING: not only nature education or outdoor recreation, but mostly deep connection modeling. This is inspired by First Nations’ parenting and how kids were raised during 90% of human history. Read more research on that on the EVOLVED NEST.

‘Access to active play in nature and outdoors—with its risks—is essential for healthy child development.‘
OUTDOOR PLAY CANADA

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WARMTH & WEATHER

Kids and adults quality wool clothes and rain gear.

OUTDOOR SCHOOLSHOP

Rain gear, snow gear and other forest school gear.
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