Off-grid.
On purpose.
A Backcountry Retreat Site in development: rebuilding a historic camp into a low-impact gathering place for veterans, leaders, and hunters.
Sponsor the Rebuild
A working cow camp
Cow Camp was a base for ranching operations on this land for generations: hand-hewn logs, wood-stove warmth, riders coming and going with the seasons. It sat within one of the only parcels of our conservation easement that allows structures.
Time, weather, fire risk
Decades of weather, shifting use, and post-fire watershed pressure left the original structure beyond safe use. Rather than romanticize ruins, we're honoring the site by rebuilding what it was always meant to be: a low-impact backcountry basecamp.
A backcountry retreat site
A planned yurt, tent platforms, and a rustic pavilion. Cold plunge in Cedar Creek. No cell signal. Fire circles that run late. As it's built out, a home for veteran healing, leadership work, tracker & primitive skills, and connection to our RT3D archery and HUNT programs.
A rare, high-integrity backcountry experience
Cow Camp is designed for small groups doing meaningful work, with themselves, with each other, and with the land. Minimal infrastructure. Maximum presence.
- Up Cedar Creek, surrounded by National Forest and easement-protected land
- Off-grid, no connectivity: deliberate space to unplug
- Cold plunge in Cedar Creek after a day of work
- Campfires that don't end until they do
- Six tent platforms, one main yurt, a 20×30 timber pavilion
- Hub for turkey hunts, elk hunts, and the RT3D archery corridor
A phased plan: from seed build toward $150K+ per year, if projections hold
Figures below are early planning projections, not guaranteed revenue or a confirmed schedule.
Seed build: $60,000
- · 6 low-impact tent platforms
- · 1 large gathering yurt
- · 20×30 open-air pavilion
- · Composting toilet systems
Pilot season
- · 3-5 veteran retreats, potentially in partnership with veteran-serving organizations
- · 2-3 tracking / bushcraft immersions
- · 1-2 leadership retreats
- · Projected revenue: $60K-$90K (unconfirmed)
Full operations
- · 8-10 veteran retreats
- · 6-8 tracking programs
- · 4-6 leadership retreats
- · Projected revenue: $150K-$250K+ (unconfirmed)
Build it. Or book it
Two ways to move Cow Camp forward: underwrite a piece of the buildout, or bring a team, a family, or a program up Cedar Creek.