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