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...
Posts tagged with boys camp
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...
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...
Cowboy Boots: One Camper’s Experience at Teton Valley Ranch Camp
Pax Lindenmayer has attended Teton Valley Ranch Camp for the past three summers and is a Wrangler Candidate for 2026. In a recent essay assignment, he...
The Gift They’ll Remember: Why Experiences Outlast Every Present Under the Tree
As the holidays get closer, so many of us start doing the same thing: scrolling for ideas, trying to find something meaningful for our kids, and hopin...
Comfort Food: How Gathering Around a Table Creates Community
As many of us sat around our tables yesterday—sharing favorite dishes, lingering over second helpings, and enjoying the comfortable rhythm of conversa...