Our campus, nestled in the beautiful Sierra Nevada Mountains, offers a unique and memorable experience—likely quite different from home! Students are housed in one of eight cozy cabins, each equipped with heating, indoor plumbing, private showers, and bathrooms to ensure a comfortable stay. 

 

Each cabin includes four rooms with bunk beds and cubbies for students to store their belongings. Students will have their own bunk and cubby, serving as their personal space throughout the week. Depending on the program's capacity, rooms typically accommodate between 4 and 8 students. Cabin Leaders have a separate room within the cabin.

 

We strive to maintain a calm and welcoming atmosphere in the cabins. To support students who may be sensitive to noise, each cabin includes a few pairs of headphones for quiet relief when needed.

 

All cabins are supervised by fingerprinted adult Cabin Leaders who provide a safe and supportive environment. In keeping with our values of community and inclusion, students from different schools are thoughtfully grouped together. To help students feel at ease, each cabin also includes an adult representative from each participating school.

 

Check out this Cabin Life Video and Silent Cabin Tour to get a glimpse of where you'll be staying.

• Contact us early. Reach out to our Sly Park Kitchen staff at least two weeks before you arrive at (916) 228-2320 or via email.
• Share the details. When you contact us, share your child’s full name, school name, dates of attendance, and specific dietary requirements.
• Stay connected. Please share a reliable contact number or email. We may need to reach out for additional information.

 

Staying hydrated in the mountains is essential for a successful and enjoyable week at Sly Park. All students are required to bring a refillable water bottle. If a student forgets, loses, or breaks theirs, we have loaner bottles available.

 

Our water is mountain-fresh, cold, and delicious. If your student isn’t used to drinking plain water, we encourage you to help them build the habit in the months leading up to their trip. Hydration is key to feeling great and having fun at Sly Park.

 

In addition to water, our dining hall offers milk and dairy alternatives at every meal. Students love the milk—so much so that, even decades later, many alumni say it’s one of their most vivid memories of their time at Sly Park!

The Sly Park Outdoor Education Center strives to provide students a once-in-a-lifetime outdoor education experience in the safest possible setting.  Given the nature of our program and our activities, student safety is absolutely paramount. To ensure safety and ensure every student has an equal opportunity to participate, we need to enforce these student conduct expectations.

 

Generally speaking, ANY student behavior that negatively impacts another student’s experience is not allowed.  More specifically, we ask that students:

 

More generally, we expect students to be respectful of themselves, one another, and of all adults on campus.  The LAST thing anyone wants is to send a student home.  We make every effort to support students with adults.  Adult cabin leaders maintain supervision inside cabins and support supervision during activities.  Any discipline beyond a mild reminder should be referred to a visiting teacher or Sly Park teacher.  Any physical confrontation, sexual harassment, harrassment of another student, or repeated need for direction may result in the student having to go home.