(Contributed photo) It was a summer afternoon in Santa Barbara County when the destructive 2017 Whittier Fire tore through the site of the Rancho Alegre Boy Scout camp and The Outdoor School near ...

Program Director Glen Goddard and Education Director Amanda Chick stand in front of the rebuilt staff housing for the Outdoor School at Rancho Alegre. (Serena Guentz / Noozhawk photo) The Outdoor ...

CA – Los Padres Council is thrilled to announce the reopening of its Outdoor School at Camp Rancho Alegre for the 2024-2025 school year. For over half a century, the Los Padres Council has been ...

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. - The Camp Rancho Alegre Outdoor School is back open after the 2017 Whittier Fire. "In July 2017, the Whittier Fire ravaged Camp Rancho Alegre in 45 minutes" said The ...

The Outdoor School at Camp Rancho Alegre in Santa Barbara County is reopening after a seven-year closure. The camp was destroyed in 2017 by the Whittier Fire and everything had to be rebuilt ...

Located at Camp Rancho Alegre on the San Marcos Pass in Santa Barbara County, The Outdoor School has made a monumental comeback, rising from the ashes nearly seven years to the day after the ...

The Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians has donated $100,000 to the Rancho Alegre Boy Scout Camp reconstruction project, bringing the total in the $18 million rebuild campaign to $13.5 million ...

When the Whittier Fire overran Rancho Alegre Boy Scout Camp and Outdoor School off Highway 154 near Cachuma Lake on Saturday afternoon, it left in its wake almost total devastation.