by Bryce Baca | Apr 6, 2019 | April 2019
Summer is almost here! The snow is melting. The birds are chirping. And staff training is just 2 months away! We are so excited for summer to start! We love the ski season, but it is the warm summer sun and the cool nighttime breeze that puts the breathe in our lungs....
by Mary | Apr 4, 2019 | April 2019
What We’re Up To Summer is coming! Snow still covers the Sonlight meadow, but while we patiently wait for summer (our favorite season!) here is a snapshot in to what some staff are thinking about and reading! Emrys What I look forward to: Seeing our rock...
by Winston | Apr 3, 2019 | April 2019, Stories by Winston
Belmont is stuck in the mudIn 1984, we purchased a brand new mobile home for Winston and Mary to live in at Sonlight Camp. The company delivered it to Sonlight on a very rough and muddy road in May. They asked, “where do you want it ?” I told them and we walked to the...
by Winston | Mar 22, 2019 | Alumni, March 2019, Stories by Winston
Stepping down off the snow to get to the roof of the bath houseBack in the days of heavy snow winters, the area between the lodge and Winchester Cathedral would get buried in snow. Deep snow. Snow would avalanche off both roofs. The little building in between was...
by Mary | Mar 16, 2019 | March 2019
So much winter! The moisture has ramped up, and Sonlight has received so much snow and moisture. Rain on snow has made things slpppy but we’re grateful to see so much white piled up everywhere. Snowpack in the San Juan basin is over 159% of normal, which is so...
by Winston | Mar 13, 2019 | Alumni, March 2019, Stories by Winston
Two charter busses miss the turn off Four Mile Rd to Sonlight Placecirca early 1990’sIt was Christmas break and Brian Land brought his youth group from Katy, TX with two busses full of high school kids to Sonlight for a ski trip. After a good day of skiing, the...
