Why Resilience in Parents Matters
As Camp Professionals at Teton Valley Ranch Camp, we are well equipped for helping campers work through their homesickness. We see it every summer; ca...
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An Open Letter to the Parents of Our Staff
Teton Valley Ranch Camp | Summer 2026 Dear Parents and Families, Here we are again—a new summer just around the corner, and once more we find ourselve...
The Trip Leader You Don’t See: What happens behind the scenes
Backcountry trips are a significant part of Teton Valley Ranch Camp, as they bring magic to the culture and depth to the experience of Camp. You may k...
Cowboy Culture: How TVRC Builds Grit and Gratitude in Our Community
In the more than 200 staff interviews I have conducted in the last seven months, one of the most common questions I am asked by prospective staff hope...
Getting Ready for Camp: Electronically, Logistically, and Mentally
Extracurricular activities, school emails, preparing for Middle School and High School (and college!); parents today are overwhelmed with the amount o...
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Courageous, Not Foolish: How Learning to Manage Risk Builds Resilient Kids
At Teton Valley Ranch Camp, we take kids into some of the most remote wilderness in the lower 48. In their month at camp, they hike steep trails, ride...
15 Years Later, the Same Lessons Found Me Again
by Libby Thompson I never expected that a place had the power to mean as much to me in the way that TVRC now does. In 2011, I walked into my first sum...
2025-2026 Roundup Recap
Our Teton Valley Ranch Camp team spent much of the off-season thus far on the road— every trip reminded us how special the TVRC community truly is. Ea...
Choice and Responsibility: A Programmatic Model for Building Independence
We often say, with a sense of fondness, that Teton Valley Ranch Camp has one of the most complicated camp programs in the entirety of the camping indu...
How Social Discomfort Produces Deeper Connections
For many first time camp parents, the idea of enrolling their child at a sleepaway camp for four weeks brings a mix of excitement and anxiety. Questio...