From Feb. 24 through 26, young adventurers explored the snowy woods during Winter Camp at the Harris Center, enjoying three days of snowshoeing, games, campfires, songs, art, and winter fun.

Kindergarten through second graders played games like “Fox in the Snow,” sang nature songs, and tunneled through deep drifts.

Third and fourth graders carved snow slides, scrambled up boulders, and gathered around a fire to roast marshmallows. 

Older campers focused on wilderness survival skills, practicing fire building, first aid, and water collection, and cooking apples and potato pancakes over an open flame. They also snowshoed to the summit of Mount Skatutakee.

The week concluded with a puppet show about a woodpecker and his sleep-deprived owl neighbor. 

For information about the Harris Center for Conservation Education, go to harriscenter.org.

A camper learning about “leapers and waddlers.” Credit: MICHELLE ALDREDGE / Courtesy
Nature educator Jazimina Creamer-MacNeil plays the “Fox Game” with children at last week’s winter vacation camp. Credit: MICHELLE ALDREDGE / Courtesy

Harris Center for Conservation Education campers building a snowman. Credit: MICHELLE ALDREDGE / Courtesy
Harris Center for Conservation Education campers learning to snowshoe at Winter Camp. Credit: KAREN RENT / Courtesy
Winter vacation camp participants in grades 5-8 learned winter survival techniques. Credit: KAREN RENT / Courtesy
A camper playing the “Fox Game ” at Winter Camp. Credit: MICHELLE ALDREDGE / Courtesy
A Winter Camp camper chilling in a snowbank. Credit: MICHELLE ALDREDGE / Courtesy
Campers relax in the snow last week at vacation camp at the Harris Center in Hancock. Credit: MICHELLE ALDREDGE / Courtesy
Harris Center for Conservation Education winter campers on top of Mt. Skatutakee in Hancock. Credit: KAREN RENT / Courtesy
Two campers creating a puppet show. Credit: MICHELLE ALDREDGE / Courtesy
Naturalist and teacher Kara Reynolds with campers at winter vacation camp at the Harris Center for Conservation Education in Hancock. Credit: MICHELLE ALDREDGE / Courtesy
A camper tests out a “snow slide.” Credit: COURTESY/ Harris Center for Conservation Education