Cold Snow and Hot Springs

A group of young men and women from Turning Winds Academic Institute took an overnight retreat to Bighorn Christian Campground - the campground specializes in promoting outdoor education.  The campus was covered in snow as a storm had just come through the day before.  The cabins were comfortable; the food was great and the staff were friendly. Furthermore, we were provided with our own private conference room which had a wood burning fireplace.

We spent the evening at Hot Springs, Montana at Symes soaking in the mineral pools.  Just like goldilocks had to try all three porridges, our students had to try all three hot springs with each one a bit warmer than the other.  One of the students even rolled in the powdery snow and jumped backed into the hot springs.  We all had a delightful time!

Once back at Bighorn Campground, we filled up on hot chocolate, played board games and enjoyed the warmth from the crackling fire inside the conference room.  At about midnight, we retired for the evening as we knew that breakfast would be served early in the morning.

The following day, our group snowshoed up to Cascade Falls which was about a 3 mile roundtrip hike.  The scenery was beautiful as there was about one foot of freshly fallen snow.  The trees and bushes were all covered in white and the surroundings were quieted because of all the snow.  Once we reached Cascade Falls, the view was breathtaking and surreal.

At Turning Winds Academic Institute, we strive to bridge the gap of failure with success.  We accomplish this task through a variety of modalities of treatment: outdoor education, leadership
development, character education and creating progress through therapy and educational achievement.  For more information on our therapeutic boarding school, please contact us at:  800-845-1380.