Step onto the path of leadership and adventure. Ready to grow as a leader at Trackers? The Leader-in-Training (LIT) program helps teens and tweens build mentorship, teamwork, and responsibility through hands-on adventure. LITs are campers learning to inspire younger Trackers—always guided by experienced mentors. Choose your favorite camp, from Rangers wilderness survival and Wilders farm adventures to folk crafts, role-playing, and fantastic story quests!
Leadership Skills
LITs step up as students of leadership. Passion for outdoor skills, creative arts, or storytelling shapes each day's learning. LIT campers practice awareness, empathy, and teamwork while observing how guides lead groups and care for the land. Each day, they build confidence by supporting their community and reflecting on what true leadership means.
High Expectations
LITs remain campers while exploring the deeper responsibilities of leadership. They model curiosity, respect, and stewardship under staff mentorship. The program sets clear expectations and supports each participant in meeting them. Those ready for this challenge thrive; if participation isn't the right fit, mentors reassess placement to keep every group safe and positive.
Note: LIT tuition is discounted to make this outdoor education and leadership experience more accessible.
Choose Your Focus
Grades 9–12 Basecamp Leader-in-Training (LIT): Young Kids, Education & Play! Learn how guides engage younger campers through games, outdoor discovery, and hands-on activities in Basecamp Camp .
Grades 9–12 Role-Playing Games Leader-in-Training (LIT): Dragons, Dungeons & Dice Explore storytelling, imagination, and teamwork while helping younger adventurers create characters and play tabletop quests in Role-Playing Games Camp .
Grades 9–12 Rangers Leader-in-Training (LIT): Stealth, Archery & Wilderness Survival Practice awareness, teamwork, and outdoor leadership while helping younger campers learn tracking, archery, and survival skills in Rangers Camp .
Grades 9–12 Evil Secret Agent Leader-in-Training (LIT): Spies, Plots & Sabotage Join Team Evil! Help stage secret missions, create clever schemes, and inspire young spies through action-packed adventures in Secret Agent Camp .
Grades 9–12 Contessa's Evil School for Gifted Girls Leader-in-Training (LIT) Join the Contessa's brilliant schemes! Help stage daring heists, mysterious traps, and rival adventures against Captain Nick in Treasure Hunters Camp .
Grades 9–12 Trackers Memkin Leader-in-Training (LIT) Help bring the Land of Mems to life! Guide card battles, support tracking challenges, and inspire younger campers as they discover, trade, and SHIFT their Memkin.
Grades 9–12 Realms Master-in-Training (MIT): Elves, Wizards & Dragons Help bring the Realms of Cascadia to life! Support immersive quests, develop characters, and mentor younger heroes through foam sword battles, storytelling, and outdoor adventures in Realms Role-Playing Camp .
Check-in at Camp Herms
1100 James Place, El Cerrito. A Guide checks your student in by name and the team gathers for the day's adventure.
Where the day happens
Basecamps are in-class camps held at our convenient drop-off locations, where kids learn crafts, skills, and games.
Week 2 (June 14–18)
El Cerrito camps check in at our alternate site that week, the Unitarian Church of Berkeley in Kensington, near Camp Herms.
Check-in at Camp Herms
1100 James Place, El Cerrito. A Guide checks your student in by name and the team gathers for the day's adventure.
Where the day happens
El Cerrito Adventure usually remains onsite at Camp Herms, a private nature park in the East Bay hills. When they travel, buses and vans are driven by trained drivers. Camp Herms features woods to explore, forest for archery and stealth games, and an indoor gathering hall.
Week 2 (June 14–18)
El Cerrito camps check in at our alternate site that week, the Unitarian Church of Berkeley in Kensington, near Camp Herms.
Check-in at 5000 Clarewood Dr
5000 Clarewood Dr, Oakland. A Guide checks your student in by name and the team gathers for the day.
Where the day happens
Basecamps are in-class camps held at our convenient drop-off locations, where kids learn crafts, skills, and games.
Check-in at 5000 Clarewood Dr
5000 Clarewood Dr, Oakland. A Guide checks your student in by name and the team gathers for the day's adventure.
The ride
Trained Trackers drivers, Guides on board. Songs are sung and stories are told on the way, and the Guides get the team ready for a fun adventure.
Where the bus goes
We head out to local nature parks and Camp Herms in El Cerrito, a wild site where we have private access.
Real skills. Real adventure. Real friends.
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Questions? Call (510) 575-9444 or email hello@trackersearth.com.