Health & Wellness at High Trails Outdoor Education Center

 High Trails Outdoor Education Center is committed to creating meaningful opportunities for students in the outdoors in the safest ways possible.

The HTOEC works alongside it’s school districts, their counties, Teller County, Colorado state, and federal health protocols, mandates, and regulations. With all of these different entities in mind, the leadership team is poised and ready to adjust to the safest and best practices from any and all of these partners.


Health & Wellness Info:

  • At Camp:

    • As an Outdoor Education Center, our time and experiences will mainly take place outside in the fresh air

    • Traditional HTOEC activities that have occurred inside will now have an outdoor or cohort based location is needed

    • We have installed new seasonally available, hand-washing station near the lodge for hand washing before each meal

  • Our Team:

    • HTOEC Leadership & Field Instructors are fully vaccinated

    • Staff will be trained on best practices for Health & Wellness at camp

    • We have full time nurses on staff for the season and one on call through the night *See their bios on our staff tab

    • We have contracted with Dr. Jeremy DeWall to serve as our medical director

  • In Cabins:

    • Students have their own individual locker for their items and bed for their sleeping spaces in a bunk room layout

    • Ventilation will be increased weather permitting in the cabins

    • We have installed MERV-13 filters in our sleeping cabins

  • In the Lodge:

    • Students will be sitting with their cabin groups

    • Students will have a full understanding and explanation of family style meal sharing when arriving on property