Letters

from Alpine Camp

A Mountain Day to Remember

I don’t remember better weather for a Mountain Day celebration than yesterday. In the shade it was cool all day. Even in the bright sun at the Olympic...

A Walk Around Camp

It’s midday in mid July and the temperature at camp is 77 degrees with almost no humidity! Spirits are high this morning as we enjoy this great gift. ...

Dancing Into the Weekend

Our trips all returned safe and sound and on time yesterday evening. The AT hikers were weary and in great spirits. And excited for a shower! We’ll ha...

Mrs. Crow

From Mr. O: Eighty-three years ago, a 19-year-old Beatrice Kerby walked nearly 20 miles from Sand Mountain to interview for a job at Alpine Lodge Camp...

Adventurous Trips!

No news from our Chief 2’s which is good news. It looks like they’ve had nice weather today in Western North Carolina. They’re in the Nantahala Nation...

Nighttime Fun

A few days ago I described a typical day at camp up until supper time. Our nights are action packed as well. Alpine at dusk might be my favorite time ...

Weekend Fun

Saturdays are action packed activity days just like Monday through Friday around here. We woke at 7 Central like normal. At 7:15 sleepy campers make t...

A Task of Exceeding Difficulty

Wednesday and Thursday have been rain free except for a tiny little shower during lunch today. By the time we filed down the ramps of the dining hall ...

Food at Alpine

Sunny skies have abounded these last couple days. The heat has climbed back a bit but humidity has remained low. All in all, great camp days for early...

Cool Weather Weekend

First, our apologies for no photos being posted yesterday and today. We’ve had some technical difficulties with our upload program. Our media crew has...