Letters

from Alpine Camp

First Term 2018 Begins

Today we welcomed 267 campers for our First full term for 2018, a tradition dating back to 1959. That summer Mr. O (founder and director emeritus) hos...

Picture Perfect Day

A cool breeze swept through camp yesterday evening, bringing with it a cool front. This morning we awoke to cool temps and blue skies. The humidity wa...

Weekend News from Alpine

I haven’t posted in a few days - we’ve been too busy having fun out in camp! As far as night programs go, this weekend exceeded expectations. Friday n...

Summer Sunshine

We walked to breakfast this morning to angles of sunlight streaming through the leaves. Once again an 80% rain forecast has been proven wrong and we a...

A Glorious Mountain Day

A day like today is why we have camp in the Mountains. First of all, no rain all day!!! A gift from God considering the forecast. It was a typical ear...

Alpine Opens Gates for 60th Summer!

Subtropical storm Alberto could not dampen the spirits of 241 campers and 70 counselors as Alpine opened it’s gates for it’s 60th summer high atop Loo...

Idyllic Weather Wraps up 2nd Term

I truly don’t remember an end of summer weather pattern like the last few days. This morning it was in the high 50’s as we walked to morning watch and...