Growing up Director & Founder of Keely’s Camp, Keely Kelleher didn’t experience a female coach until she was 19 years old. After she retired from her World Cup Ski Racing career she wanted to change that.
Keely’s Camp was founded in 2011 as the first ski racing camp for girls in North America. In addition to ski racing camps we now provide backcountry skiing, ski mountaineering, and big mountain ski camps for girls. We’ve been running camps for over a decade and have coached & inspired thousands of girls and supported female coaches entering a male dominated industry. We believe every girl deserves a female coach and that girls need opportunities and access to outdoor sports to live healthy, active, productive lives.
Our mission is to empower, inspire, educate, and connect the next generation of girls in skiing by giving girls what Keely and many women in sport didn’t have growing up, FEMALE COACHES!
U.S. Ski Team Member and Keely’s Camp Alumna
“Those who pursue outdoor recreation demonstrate higher levels of self-esteem, self-trust, self-worth, assertiveness, self-sufficiency, independence, confidence, empowerment, and body image as well as a greater sense of community and stress relief through interaction with the natural environment [3,10,11,12]. The benefits outdoor recreation participation can offer to females paints a clear picture of the importance of not only exposing girls to the outdoors but in helping them build the skills to experience sustained participation in outdoor recreation.”
Mt. Hood is known as the best summer training and skiing in the United States. The girls will be skiing on the Palmer Snow-field on salted snow to provide firm and optimal training conditions. Keely’s Camp all female coaches offer world-class visuals by training with and coaching the girls.
A girls-only intro to ski mountaineering camp on Mount Hood, Oregon. This camp will include an all-female professional guide team and education on ski touring fundamentals, outdoor leadership skills, and steep skiing skills including usage of important ski mountaineering gear.
We offer backcountry ski camps for girls in both Montana and Idaho. During our backcountry ski camps girls will learn avalanche rescue techniques and backcountry travel as a team. Girls will be able to ski fun terrain in a safe and fun environment with their all female guide team!
Keely’s Camp is comprised of an all-star female staff of Olympians, World Cup Skiers, and Guides who coach, mentor, and empower girls in skiing and outdoor sports. Keely’s Camp Coaches are proud to give girls what they didn’t have growing up – FEMALE COACHES!
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Keely’s Camp for Girls is owned and operated by Keely’s Camp, LLC
