Colorado Yurt Company is committed to the summer camp experience. We support ACA, YMCA, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and CCCA camps with generous camp discounts and charitable giving programs such as our “Send a Child to Camp” fund. We also display at conventions and conferences.
Here is a story from the lucky camp who won an Earthworks tipi at ACA Tri-State, Camp Amy Molson in Canada:
I remember it started at the ACA Tri-state conference in March, 2011. Colorado Yurt Company was giving away a tipi at the conference. They had distributed tickets at dinner, and after what seemed to take forever, they started the raffle. When it was tipi time, they began calling out numbers to announce the winner. First call, no one comes forward with the winning ticket. Second try… no one claims it again. Then, they call out 9091146….I looked in my hands and saw that I had the winning raffle ticket. I showed the other members from my camp who were sitting with me and they all began to whoop and cheer. We could all think of the great possibilities this tipi would present to our camp and our campers. Also…it just feels great to win.
Brian, Cliff and the crew from Camp Amy Molson at ACA Tri-State.
Flash forward to 5:30 a.m. weeks later, the day a group of campers, staff and our maintenance director (Dave) would head out into the woods (or the bush as Dave affectionately refers to it) to put up the tipi. We had been talking for days with Dave about locations where we could set it up. Finally the big day came, and armed with our willpower and a camper who claimed to have a background in erecting tipis, we trudged off into the early morning.
At first, we were faced with positioning and placement of the insanely long tipi poles but in the end we figured it out. As it turns out our camper who claimed to know how to set it up really did know a thing or two.
Getting the poles in place.
The tipi has really become an integral part of our camp. For a camp that serves underprivileged kids from the city, it’s nice to have something new and exciting to offer. This is just another reason for our campers to get out of the city, away from their troubles, and to experience nature in a unique way. Most of our campers and staff have had the opportunity to visit the site and enjoy the tipi. We’ve also had our fair share of staff and campers embrace the chance to spend a night in our new accommodations. Our activity leaders have taken to using the Tipi site (dubbed site 4) for activities, offering a change of atmosphere. Our campers and staff all love it, and of course that small group of us who woke up early in the morning have something to be proud of.
Good ole 9091146…Camp Amy Molson’s lucky number.
Hooray! A tipi!
Camp Amy Molson is a residential camp for inner-city Montreal children, aged 5 to 13 years old. Their mission is to provide underprivileged children with a happy, outdoor holiday where campers can build self-esteem, develop positive relationships and learn valuable life skills in a context that promotes group learning and nurtures each child individually. Camp Amy Molson is located in Grenville-sur-la-Rouge, Quebec.
standing unit with a flexible outlet tube and set it between the lattice and screen window to vent, and we just rig the fabric and vinyl around it to make it mostly air-tight). We’re working out a balance between use of this unit and effective use of doors and windows to catch the breeze. Heating has been relatively easy, as it stays cozy and warm in the winter. Also, it fascinates us how many small spaces the bugs and spiders manage to find. It’s a good thing we don’t mind sharing our living space! We also now have a Great Dane addition to our household, who is a year old now and quite large. So that brings our total to two humans, two dogs, and two cats in a two-yurt setup!
surprised how nice it feels inside, even if they were a little skeptical before arriving. It’s fun to share our place and encourage people to explore yurt living. In response to many requests, we finally made a video tour that we could post on 
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Monarch has great ski terrain and the most amazing view from the top of the Panorama lift. From there you can see the San Juan mountains sitting way off to the south, and the Gunnison valley stretching out between. On a clear day, it does seem that you can see forever. When you point the boards down hill, it’s a long and exhilarating trip to the base. There are many routes to the bottom, and all of them are prime Colorado skiing. The other great things about Monarch Mountain include: short lift lines, plentiful annual snowfall (350 inches or more), great prices and really friendly staff.
Junior Mountain is a unique part of the Monarch ski school- a program specifically designed for 7-12 year old skiers and boarders. They spend the entire day as a group, starting at the yurt, going out to the mountain, then coming back to the yurt for lunch and other activities. The kids and their families usually had the initial reaction of “What is a yurt?!” But, by the end of the day, the young skiers and boarders thought the yurt was one of the coolest parts of the Junior Mountain experience. 
They came to see it as their private hideaway- so much more unique and personal than a room in the base lodge. After the first full season of use, the management at Monarch is also very happy with the yurt. Eric Ramsey of Monarch Mountain said, “We are very pleased with the yurt we purchased from Colorado Yurt Company. It’s been a perfect mix of form and function creating a unique environment that has enhanced our guest experience.”
