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Team Backcountry
Oct 3, 20242 min read
Back the Backcountry 2024
The details you need to Back the Backcountry! Each November, the Backcountry Wilderness Area Fund celebrates another year dedicated to...
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Team Backcountry
Sep 10, 20241 min read
It's 2024 Elk Bugling Season
Your chance to hear the regal call of Fall in the Backcountry Wilderness Area is now. Registration is open for Elk Bugling Hikes.
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Team Backcountry
Aug 26, 20241 min read
Summer Rewind: Camp Backcountry 2024
After 10 weeks, the summer is a wrap at Camp Backcountry. Here's a rundown of the summer of 2024!
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Team Backcountry
Aug 13, 20242 min read
Backcountry Wilderness Area Fund Receives $5000 Douglas County Health Department Sponsorship
Highlands Ranch Community Association's Backcountry Wilderness Area Fund receives $5000 sponsorship from the Douglas County Health Dept.
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Team Backcountry
Jun 14, 20241 min read
Meet the Elk of 4th Season
On a November 2023 evening in the 4th Season, we captured video of how our responsible hunting practices and determined conservation...
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Team Backcountry
May 23, 20243 min read
Food Fuel
A guide to packing your kid’s lunch for Camp Backcountry. Summer at Camp Backcountry is here, and so is the return of prepping your kid’s...
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Team Backcountry
May 2, 202413 min read
15 Years of Your Local Wild Place
The Backcountry Wilderness Area celebrates 15 years since the HRCA began managing the 13-square-mile conservation property.
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Team Backcountry
Apr 30, 20243 min read
Nurture by Nature
How unstructured time in nature plays an important role in a child's well-being.
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Team Backcountry
Apr 26, 20244 min read
Growing Girls of the Outdoors
An inside look at the impact of all-girl programs in the Backcountry Wilderness Area.
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Team Backcountry
Mar 15, 20243 min read
Embracing Leave No Trace Principles on Springtime Adventures
Seven concepts to keep in mind when you start your spring adventures outdoors.
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Team Backcountry
Feb 28, 20243 min read
Lessons from Camp: Shaping Tomorrow's Educators
How Camp Backcountry is cultivating the educators of tomorrow.
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Team Backcountry
Jan 10, 20241 min read
Do Elk in the Backcountry Wilderness Area Migrate?
Find out if the elk in the Backcountry Wilderness Area make a big seasonal move like many other ungulates. The simple answer is no....
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Team Backcountry
Sep 8, 20231 min read
Your Guide to Saturdays in the Backcountry
Have you ever wanted to explore our Base Camp in the Backcountry Wilderness Area? Come out for two new weekly programs!
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Team Backcountry
Aug 24, 20233 min read
Steady Steeds
The retirement community of horses in the Backcountry Wilderness Area is teaching a new generation of equine enthusiasts. Horses line the...
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