Steens Mountain Running Camp

Meet your 2026 Tent Assistants!

https://steens.camp/2026-tent-assistants

Quaken AspenTheater Shoutout! 📣 Former Boise Brave (Coach Aaron Olswanger) and Class of 2021 Steens Camper, Samantha Smith representing Team USA 🇺🇸 in XC Skiing! Good Luck Samantha! We are Cheering For You! ⛰️

Hip-Hip…Hooray! We Are Officially Full for Year 52! This Summer’s Team features Campers from: California, Washington, Idaho, Rhode Island, Texas, Colorado, Alaska, South Dakota, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Montana, North Dakota, and all regions of Oregon (from Burns to Gold Beach). 🏖️ The Boise Braves 🪶set a new Camp Record for Out of State Teams with 30 Athletes coming Up. The Summit Storm set an In State Camp Record with 35 Athletes in attendance! Welcome Team Steens! 🏕️⛰️⭐️

We Are Filling Up Faster Than Normal! 191 in Session 1 and 132 in Session 2 in just 30 hours after opening registration (40 or so ahead of last year at this time). Fun to see names on a bunch of Returners and exciting to see new names too! Team Steens Looking “Tough”! Plans Are Well Underway for Your Adventure! 🌻👍🏼💪🏼⛰️🏹

📣 AspenTheater Special Announcement 📣 The 2025-2026 Steens Raffle Winners Have Been Drawn! *Swag will be sent out tomorrow to address provided on entry, no returns please, on the house! *Camp discount Winners still need to Register (Opens Jan. 1st). *Bus Fares can be shared with Teammates! We had over 160 Entries! “And The Winners Are”…….🥾 Nike Pegasus Trail Shoes- Elsie Baumann (Klamath Union), Luke Bruce (Boise), Owen Ray (Valley Catholic), Angelo Pedrini (North Bend). 🎽 Nike Camp Trail Shirts- Alexa Garcia (Phoenix), Merril Humphrey (Sherwood), Grace Sappenfield (Sherwood), Kyra Brown (Enterprise), Simone Halpern (Bend), Evie Woodward (Thurston), Scarlet Owens, Xavier Olivares (Lincoln), Damien Kiser (Tillamook), Nate Koroush (Monroe), Maddie Tookey (Boise). 🕺🏻Nike Camp Trail Sweatshirts- Julia Olivares (Lincoln), Liv Brady (Sunset), Calla Shaff (Corvallis), Hazel Hurley (Boise), Rosalie Kiser (Tillamook), William Kilner (Enterprise), Cayden Dean (Stayton), Wyatt Nash (Enterprise). 🏕️ Nike Backpack: Kole Norman (Sherwood). 😎 PitViper Sunglasses: Miles Andrus (Capital). 💫 $100 Camp Discount: Calvin Staley (Bend), Hallie Pyfer (Klamath Union), Belen Hoobing (Boise), Ian Garlitz (Union/Cove), Fielder Davis (Burns) - 💃🏽 $250 Camp Discount: Evylee Bugher (Sherwood) ⛰️ 50% Camp Discount: Mary Jane Hill (Marist Catholic), Aiden Koroush (Monroe), Evelyn Crooks (North Medford). 🎁 Full Camp Discount: Ella Henthorn (Coquille). 🚍Round Trip Bus Fare: James Dahlgren (Sunset), Ellie Baker (Sunset), Harlen Sampson (Valley Catholic), Geneveve Robinson (Cleveland), Lexie Mobley (West Linn). 🌻 50% Team Discount (up to 7 Girls/Boys): The Stayton Eagles! 💐 25% Team Discount (up to 7 Girls/Boys): The West Linn Lions, The Boise Braves, and The Owyhee Storm (Meridian, ID).

The Oregon Desert Land Trust out of Bend, OR wrote a cool Biography on Steens Camp we’d like to Share! From Basque Sheepherding to “how it all started” to Camp Life today, this summarizes it perfectly!

Link: https://www.oregondesertlandtrust.org/be-the-mountain/

Feel free to drop comments or questions! ⛰️🐑🏃🏻‍♂️🏃🏽‍♀️ Shoutout to Ellen Waterston and Kharli Rose for the Fine Work! You’re invited to Basque Dinner Nite anytime you can make it! 🙏🏼🌻

Our Annual Tent Setup Crew, members from Burns HS Football team, face Cascade Christian in the 3A Championship Football Game tomorrow at Summit HS at 4:30 pm. Good Luck Gents! 🍀 Fun fact, Harland Yriarte played RB for Burns a few years ago! 😉 Photo Brandon McMullen