Join the Sanborn Western Camps Team

Our staff members are powerful mentors, leaders, and friends. You are able to truly impact the lives of the campers while building an amazing resume and peer relationships that last a lifetime.

Sanborn Western Camps is an outdoor adventure residential camp in Colorado. Sanborn provides a unique opportunity to benefit from quality time spent in the natural world as a teacher, mentor, and friend to kids from all over the world. We give kids the opportunity to grow as young men and women while climbing 14,000 ft peaks, riding bikes, horses, climbing rocks, canoeing and living together in the outdoors.

RATED “BEST OUTDOOR CAMP IN THE COUNTRY” BY OUTSIDE MAGAZINE YOU ARE PART OF SOMETHING BIGGER!

In the late 1940’s an idealistic young couple had a vision of a better world. In the years just after World War II, Laura and Sandy Sanborn had a dream of creating a place where young people could learn to live together in the out-of-doors.

In 1948, they welcomed four boys to Big Spring Ranch. Now, almost 70 years later, Sanborn Western Camps and its associated non-profit organizations, Colorado Outdoor Education Center, High Trails Outdoor Education Center, and The Nature Place Conference Center, provide outdoor experiences for thousands of children and adults each year.

The Space, Time and People of Sanborn are three key aspects of who we are and set the stage for life-changing experiences.

SPACE: Located on 6,000 private acres surrounded by 35,000 acres of National Forest we are the largest camp in the country land wise. The terrain in our backyard provides the ideal settings for horseback riding, mountain biking, rock climbing, backpacking and other amazing activities. Over time we have acquired more permits than any other outfitter in the state allowing us to share epic adventures in the greater Colorado wilderness and national forest areas.

TIME: Most campers come for a month, and many younger campers come for 15 days. This time at camp allows for unique expeditions but also the opportunity to come back to a strong community and develop meaningful relationships.

PEOPLE: Campers and staff come from all over the country and 6-10 foreign countries. People with all sorts of backgrounds, interests, and skills come to Sanborn to learn new skills, develop their strengths and grow as individuals within a caring, challenging and supportive community.

Our Mission: To live together in the Outdoors, developing a Sense of Self, a Sense of Community, a Sense of the Earth and a Sense of Wonder, through Fun and Adventure.

It is something we live every day, and it makes this opportunity anything but a normal summer job.