Located on the east side of our 2,700-acre property, the pond is accessible to students via several wilderness trails. The pond is fed both by cold springs and Mountain Brook, which cascades down the south side of Ragged Mountain. Cut by the Wisconsin Glacier, Elbow Pond is deep and narrow.

The school maintains a boathouse, swim dock, rope swing and wood-fired sauna on the shoreline. Most prominent is the Mountain Classroom building, a multi-purpose dormitory and classroom space with a full kitchen. Here, students live and work before their wilderness adventures out West.

The sauna gets plenty of use throughout the year, as “Polar Swimmers” warm themselves before jumping in (through the ice!) on chilly Friday mornings. It’s a tradition that is only growing in popularity!