Logistics

Transportation to Camp

How to Know When
"Everyone Made It to Camp!”

We understand how nerve-wracking it may be between seeing your children off and waiting to hear that everyone has arrived safely.

Although campers are welcome to call home from the Denver airport, our airport team’s primary focus is getting the campers from their arrival gates to baggage claim, collecting bags, loading them onto trucks, and ensuring all campers are on the shuttle buses for the ride to camp.

So they can focus on the children in their care, our staff don’t call families from the airport. They are in constant communication with our office, notifying us of any issues and keeping us updated on the location of shuttles. Our team will contact families if there are problems. Families should assume no news is good news.

Once all campers have reached the chava (ranch), we will send an email to families letting them know that everyone has arrived safely.

Please view our Camper Transportation Quick Facts to learn more.

Campers flying to Denver

Please also include a change of clothing, water bottle, sweatshirt, snacks for the flight, and any toiletries or medicine your camper might need on travel day in their carry-on bag in case your checked baggage is delayed. You may also want to give your camper a pre-paid ($25) credit card to use at the airport.

Flights should land

in Denver between 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM

Flights should depart

Denver between 10:00 AM – 2:15 PM

Designated Pickup Person: first name: Camp last name: Ramah

Camp Name: Ramah in the Rockies

Address: 300 S Dahlia Street, Denver, CO 80246

Camp Phone: (303) 261-8214


Secondary Contact, if necessary
: Zach Usmani
Camp Name: Ramah in the Rockies
Address: 300 S Dahlia Street, Denver, CO 80246
Phone(303) 261-8218

Campers should leave larger electronic devices (iPads, tablets, laptops) at home, even when traveling by plane. These items are more prone to damage and harder for us to store securely.

If your camper needs a device for travel and doesn’t have a cell phone, we recommend borrowing an old smartphone instead. Thanks for helping us keep camp simple, safe, and screen-free!

Denver Shuttle

Ramah in the Rockies has a shuttle bus for Denver area campers. The bus will depart the Hebrew Educational Alliance (HEA) at 11:00 am on the first day of camp. On the final day of camp, the bus arrives back at HEA by 10:30 am. Hebrew Educational Alliance is located at 3600 S. Ivanhoe St, Denver, CO 80237.

Driving to Camp

The camp is approximately 1.5 – 2-hour drive from Denver.
Please email transportation@ramahoutdoors.org to receive driving directions. Campers may be dropped off at camp between 11:30 am and 1:00 pm on arrival day and picked up between 9:30 am and 11:00 am on departure day.

Travel Updates/Changes

If your camper’s travel or UM (unaccompanied minor) status changes at any time before travel day, please update the online Travel Survey in CampMinder.

If the changes/updates occur on travel day, please call our office at (303) 261-8214.

Have questions about transportation?

Families are read our Camper Transportation Quick Facts for a complete run down of our transportation systems.

Please contact transportation@ramahoutdoors.org with any questions about your child’s travel arrangements.

Have questions about transportation?

Families are highly encouraged to download and read our Camper Transportation Quick Facts for a complete run down of our transportation systems.

Please contact transportation@ramahoutdoors.org 

with any questions about your child’s travel arrangements.

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Campers flying to Denver

Please check our Transportation Quick Facts for our recommended flights.  Our staff will meet all campers on the recommended flights.  Campers flying in on other flights should collect their bags and meet at the Ramah rally point in the Westin Hotel Plaza.

There will be campers wearing their camp shirts arriving from all over the US and overseas at Denver International Airport on arrival day. Campers should look for Ramah in the Rockies staff who will be wearing bright, neon yellow shirts that say “Camp Ramah Staff”. Camp staff will meet any arriving Southwest plane that lands between 9:00 and 11:30 am on the first day of camp.
If there is no suitable Southwest flight during those hours, but there is a flight on another carrier, please email transportation@ramahoutdoors.org to confirm that we can meet the other flight.

Many flights arrive very closely together and our staff may just be a few gates down meeting other campers before coming to your child’s gate; so please instruct your child to wait at their gate for us. Campers and staff will then go together to baggage claim, where staff will help campers claim their luggage.

If your camper is mature enough to go to baggage claim on their own, or if you are dropping your camper off at the airport, the Ramah Rally Point is located in the Westin Promenade on the west side of the airport. Ramah staff will be waiting here to meet campers as well. Campers travel to camp in vans or a bus depending on when they arrive.

Campers will get a snack at the meeting point and are encouraged to fill their water bottles. Campers also will receive lunch once they arrive at camp, or for late arriving campers, on the van on the way to camp.