Staff Alumni — Clydehurst Christian Ranch

Clydehurst Christian Ranch · Est. 1945

Staff Alumni

Once on staff, always family.

“I thank my God every time I remember you.”

Philippians 1:3

Calling all former staff

We would love to hear from you!

If you have served on staff at Clydehurst Christian Ranch, whether last summer or many years ago, you are part of this story. We are putting together a Clydehurst Staff Alumni directory, so please fill out the form at the bottom of this page to be included and to receive future updates.

But first, grab a cup of coffee and take a trip down memory lane with us.

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’50s & ’60s

Where it all began

Dirt roads, two-tone cars & the same mountains

Clydehurst has been welcoming people up the Boulder since 1945. The cars have changed (a lot), but that road, those log cabins and that view up the valley would look familiar to anyone who has ever spent a summer here.

some things never change

A father and son by the road through camp in the 1950s — Down the lane past the cabins

Guests leaning on a 1950s car on the ranch road — Parked by the volleyball net, ’50s style

A couple under the Clydehurst-on-the-Boulder welcome sign — Welcome to Clydehurst-on-the-Boulder

’70s–’90s

Wagon wheels & big hair

Bell-bottoms, perms & matching staff shirts

The hair got bigger, the staff got bigger, and the all-staff photo became a tradition. Striped rugby shirts, teal tees, a Rubik’s Cube in the lodge. Remember sitting on that old wagon, or piling onto the yellow bus?

tag your cabin mates!

Large staff photo in matching striped shirts — Stripes were mandatory

Women staff sitting on an old wagon — The wagon crew

Staff sitting on a bench in the lodge — Who’s solving the cube?

Staff photo in matching teal shirts — Teal was very in

Staff piled on and around a yellow school bus — Everybody on the bus!

2000s

Squirt guns & costumes

Rain or shine, always a little ridiculous

A muddy road never stopped a cowboy squirt-gun ambush, and an old red Chevy hauled plenty of staff up to Blue Lake on days off. Costume nights got more elaborate every year, and the staff shirts kept coming.

who remembers that muddy road?

Staff photo in navy Clydehurst shirts on the deck — The navy shirt summer

Staff in cowboy hats waving squirt guns on a muddy road — Squirt gun posse

Staff riding in a red Chevy truck on the way to Blue Lake — Staff Blue Lake trip!

Staff in costumes in front of the cabins — Costume night

2010s

Face paint & overalls

Banjos, war paint & way too many selfies

Cameras moved into everyone’s pockets, so this decade is extremely well documented. Staff bands in overalls, green face paint, game days on the lawn, dressing up for the end-of-summer banquet on the deck.

recognize anyone?

Staff dressed up on the deck with mountains behind — Dressed up on the deck

Staff band in overalls with guitar and banjo — Hillbilly band

Staff in face paint on the summit of Lion’s Head above the valley — Top of Lion’s Head!

Four staff holding a woman sideways in a log shelter — CCR, a family affair!

Three staff screaming happily into the camera — Peak camp energy

Staff in a long piggyback line on the lawn — BUCK BUCK

Staff dressed up on the deck for steak night — Steak Night

2020s

Seventy-five years & counting

A big birthday & inflatable dinosaurs

In 2020 the ranch celebrated its 75th summer, and the staff marked it in matching green. Since then it has been hayrides packed with family campers, waterfall hikes on days off, tug-of-war in onesies, and at least one stampede of inflatable dinosaurs.

how many costumes does one ranch need?

Full staff in green 75th anniversary hoodies — The 75th summer · 2020

Staff guys in 2020 Clydehurst staff shirts — Crewboys

Wrangler with a horse at the corral — Wrangler life

Staff in stars-and-stripes outfits on the Fourth of July — The 4th! Always a CCR staple!

Staff riding inflatable dinosaurs in Staff 25 shirts — ’25 counselors ready to welcome campers!

Staff and kids on a hay wagon — Hayride crew

Staff in pig, bear and tiger costumes — Fear the pig

Staff in costumes playing tug-of-war — Tug-of-war, onesie division

Staff getting sprayed with a hose during a game — Field Riot!!

Staff holding up perfect 10 scorecards at night — Perfect 10s all around

Women staff in sundresses outside a log building — Sundress squad

Staff group on a big boulder — Counselor Backpacking Trips

Selfie of staff on a wet, hail-covered trail — Summiting Steeple, rain or shine!

Three staff smiling on the rocks — Boulder Fields Friends

Two staff hugging in the lodge — Best buds

Staff group at the waterfall — Back to the falls

Four staff standing in the river after baptisms — Baptisms

Family in 2014 Clydehurst hoodies — The whole crew

Wayne and Judy in 2009 Clydehurst shirts — Wayne and Judy

Alumni family in matching 2014 Clydehurst shirts — Matching ’14 shirts

Once staff, always family

Some summers last a lifetime

For a lot of alumni, a summer at Clydehurst was just the beginning. Friendships, marriages and whole families have grown out of time spent serving in this valley, and nothing makes us happier than seeing alumni come back in camp shirts with a few more people in tow.

Wherever life has taken you, you will always have a place here.

Since 1945

Still going strong

The faces keep changing, but the heart of it hasn’t: loving kids well, pointing them to Jesus, and having a ridiculous amount of fun along the way. Today’s staff are standing on the shoulders of every one of you.