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A collage of adventurous women during the Wild Women River Retreat, featuring river dips, plant foraging, map reading, fire tending, and joyful moments in lush mountain landscapes.
A woman with long hair, identified as Jacks, crouches on the ground working with a bow drill to start a fire, with a canvas tent and mountains in the background during golden hour.
Jacks crouches in the forest with a big smile, setting up a tarp shelter using natural materials during the Wild Women River Retreat.
Jess smiles with arms outstretched in a natural swimming hole surrounded by red rock canyon walls, as two other women enjoy the water beneath a small waterfall.
Jess sits outdoors on a patterned blanket under dappled sunlight, wearing a wide-brimmed hat, a red bikini top, and a green tie-dye skirt. Behind her, tents and gear suggest a riverside camping retreat.
Two women pose for a sunny selfie during a river retreat. One wears a navy swimsuit and dark sunglasses with her hair up, while the other wears a tan sunhat and a red bikini top. The background is lush with green foliage and dappled sunlight.
A woman wearing a forest green "Breathe In Good Juju" shirt and cap smiles while holding up a nature-crafted dreamcatcher made of twigs, leaves, and lichen, standing beside a large tree trunk in the woods.
Two smiling women in a canopy tent hold balls of bread dough with gloved hands. A prep table in front of them is covered with parchment paper, measuring tools, and baking supplies.
Two women smile while standing in a calm mountain river, waist-deep in the water. One wears a colorful floral swimsuit and the other a black swimsuit with a ballcap. They're surrounded by smooth boulders and lush greenery under a bright blue sky.
A group of women stands smiling in ankle-deep river water during the Wild Women River Retreat, surrounded by towering red canyon walls and sunlit greenery.
A woman smiles with her eyes closed at dusk, wearing a handmade crown of wildflowers, herbs, and forest plants during the Wild Women River Retreat.
A woman relaxes in a clear mountain stream, smiling under the bright sun. She wears a floral swimsuit and a patterned cap, surrounded by lush green foliage and rocky terrain in the background.
A woman wearing sunglasses and a navy blue tank swimsuit stands knee-deep in a calm river, gazing to the side. Tall green grasses line the riverbank in the sunlit background.

Wild Women’s River Camping Retreat

$895.00

Wild Women’s River Camping Retreat with Wildkind Jess and Wildcard Jacks

Welcome in aliveness, resiliency, connection, laughter and the celebration of sisterhood in the beauty of the backcountry in Colorado. We will be remote camping on pristine wild land at the Historic Chapman Ranch with daily yoga, river bathing, backcountry hiking and campfire cooking. The course will also include resilience training through nature skills, wild foraging, basic bushcraft and nature crafting. Reset your nervous system, enjoy nature immersion and feel your senses awaken!

Description

Wild Women’s River Camping Retreat

(For Women to Gather and Connect with self, nature and community)

A Nature Immersion Experience for Women to Reconnect, Rewild, and Restore

Step into the wild with us for a weekend of soulful connection, practical wilderness skills, and outdoor sisterhood. The Wild Women’s River Camping Retreat is a unique opportunity for women to unplug, slow down, and reconnect with themselves, the natural world, and a supportive community of like-minded adventurers.

Whether you’re an experienced backpacker or simply feeling the call to be in nature, this retreat is designed to welcome all women who want to deepen their connection to the outdoors while embracing healing, movement, and joyful reconnection.

Experience Aliveness and the profound effects of nature immersion at the beautiful Chapman Ranch with Wildkind Jess and Wildcard Jacks. Set up camp on the river with no cell service and plenty of good times. This rewilding retreat will be a reset for the nervous system as we rest, laugh, hike in the backcountry, swim at Mermaid Cove, make campfire meals together, learn fire-craft, enjoy yoga, share stories, and welcome holistic healing of mind, body, and spirit.

Nature skills will be shared including wild foraging, how to make fire from natural materials, and some basic blade school and bushcraft. We will also make dream catchers from harvesting willow and scavenging for small nature treasures!

“In this unique time of modern living, we are being called to live in greater communion with ourselves, humanity and the natural world. Through wilderness immersion, we can awaken our senses to engage life in a more meaningful way. Through embodiment we will feel greater aliveness and through the love and presence of fellow nature lovers, we find ourselves held in the nourishing web of community.”
~ Jess Caldwell

Course Highlights

  • Remote camping in pristine Colorado wilderness

  • Daily swimming, hiking, and nature immersion

  • Wilderness survival and backcountry skills for women

  • Campfire cooking and shared meals

  • Bushcraft, foraging, and nature crafting

  • Fire-making from natural materials

  • Nervous system reset through rest and presence

  • Daily yoga, embodiment practices, and quiet reflection

  • Journaling, sit spots, and story sharing

  • Connection and community with like-minded women

This women’s camping retreat is designed to nurture your wild heart and strengthen your connection to the land, yourself, and others. It is an invitation to awaken your senses, practice useful outdoor skills, and find peace and joy in a rhythm that flows with nature.

Join us at the river’s edge for a weekend of rewilding, renewal, and radiant connection—where every woman is welcome, and every story matters.

The Women’s Retreat beings at 3:00PM MT on Day 1.  Please arrive in Cripple Creek by this time.  The exact meeting location for the first day will be provided upon registration.

LENGTH:

4 days / 3 nights

REMOTE CAMPING:

  • Sleeping system of your choice: Tent, hammock or tarp
  • Sleeping pad
  • Sleeping bag & pillow

FOOD AND WATER:

This is remote camping and participants will need to bring their own food and water.

SUGGESTED GEAR LIST:

Upon registration you will be sent a gear and clothing list to help successfully pack for this backcountry adventure.