Camp Raymond

For the first time in 55 years, Camp Raymond 30 miles west of downtown Flagstaff will not be hosting its six-week scout summer camp, though it will continue to offer its other year-round programs.

Price said the summer camp was down by more than 3,400 participants from last year – a $700,000 loss in revenue.

“Camp Raymond had been largely utilized for the summer camp program by our LDS troops and other troops local to Flagstaff. With the loss of those LDS troops, I think it would be difficult to operate that summer camp again, but no decisions have been made yet,” Price said.

Of the troops that enrolled in the camp prior to the closure, 86% have been transferred to Camp Geronimo in Payson, with the others seeking alternative options.

“Unfortunately, when you combine two camps, you have overlap and you fill the camp up. To switch to a different week to go to Geronimo when they had space wasn’t possible, so I asked if we could just rent a campsite,” Troop 7134 Scoutmaster Marc Braatz said.

His troop will partner with three other groups who were not able to transfer to Geronimo to put on their own “very full summer camp experience” with mountain biking, fishing and wilderness survival activities.