Second Wind | JH Ranch

Student Leadership Adventures

This is a place to grow, to restart, to find your second wind.

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Challenge was more than I imagined it would be- I made great friends, the coaches were amazing, we were always doing fun things...I already signed up to come back next year!” Hannah, AL

2023 Program Dates
Session One: June 18 – June 30
Session Two: July 17 – July 29

Program Eligibility
Completed 10th Grade

Grow Your Leadership

We haven’t sped up the film or added special effects. It’s the special effect Second Wind has on our students’ spirits that inspires them to blob into the lake, go down rapids and sail through treetops on zip lines. You can hear their breathless excitement, as they get ready for their wilderness solo, whitewater adventure or just get in the thick of a Rodeo chicken race. It’s amazing how an experience that leaves you laughing and short of breath is the perfect opportunity to get your second wind.

The Details

PROGRAM SUMMARY:
Location: JH Ranch, Klamath River, Russian Wilderness
Length: 13 days
Eligibility: Completed 10th grade
2023 Tuition: $4,500
Program Max: 150 students per session
Highlights: Ropes Courses, Whitewater Rafting, Lake Activities, Rodeo Games, Hiking, Map & Compass Training, and Sports Night!

Food

Good Eating Makes For A Better Meeting

Every day, you will enjoy great meals created by the wonderful Chef Bob, while sitting with the rest of your team in the gorgeous, open-air dining pavilion. With a wide range of options throughout the week, you’ll chow down on biscuits, sausage, and grits at the rodeo, a barbecue picnic on the lake lawn, and everything from pita sandwiches to chicken fingers the rest of the week.

During your adventures off property, you’ll be eating food prepared on a campfire, a picnic lunch on a river bank, and trail mix on your hikes. Oh, and don’t forget the snack bar full of milkshakes, pretzels and hot nachos. You won’t go hungry and you might not want to leave.

Adventure

Adventure Based

The first morning you wake you’ll head down to the rodeo where you’ll get to jump in and participate in a variety of activities from three-legged races to an egg-toss, followed after lunch by an afternoon at the lake where’ll you get to zip-line into the lake, grapple on the gladiator bole, bounce on the blob, and work on your flips off of the 40-foot super swing. And that’s just day one!

The rest of the week you and your team will challenge yourselves on the ropes courses, perfect your team skit, and learn how to read a map and use a compass. Having conquered the first week on property, you’ll head out to go whitewater rafting for two days, followed by a three day back-country camping experience where you will have to apply the leadership and team lessons you’ve been learning all week in order to successfully make it through as a team.

Program

Content Driven

JH Ranch is not your typical summer camp – it’s a leadership experience. You won’t be doing arts and crafts and signing up for other camp activities. Instead, you’ll be on a team, conquering the challenges put in front of you while learning about what it takes to truly succeed in life.

As you finish the ropes courses and enjoy the adventures, you’ll be experiencing a program that intentionally teaches biblical life principles about life, leadership and relationships through every challenging adventure. And at night, you’ll head down to the big circus tent we call the Big Top for some laughter and a thought-provoking Big Top Talk, including topics such as:

Your Life Purpose
The Love of God
The Abiding Journey
The Parent Talk
How To Rate A Date and Choose A Mate (“Dating”)
Highlights and Wrap-Up

Place

Undistracted Beauty

JH Ranch is perfectly located for the adventure you are looking for. Spread over nearly 1000 remote acres, the Ranch is found fourteen miles outside of the town of Etna, CA, population 560. The Ranch is in the mountains and most summers, you’ll be able to look up and see snow still covering the peaks.

Every day will be spent largely outside enjoying the sun, shade, and fresh mountain air, and when you go off property you’ll be hiking into the Russian Wilderness backcountry, visiting an alpine lake, and rafting the Klamath River. All in all, you’ll find that the Ranch is one of those idyllic places where you can find truly find your Second Wind and learn how to be a stronger leader for the rest of your life.