A dormitory under construction at Rancho Alegre and the Outdoor School in the Santa Ynez Valley. (Contributed photo) “We’re about 60% done with the project,” Goddard told Noozhawk.

The Outdoor School at Rancho Alegre, which burned in the 2017 Whittier Fire, is nearly finished being rebuilt and plans to welcome students back in April with an updated curriculum as well as ...

More than six years after the Whittier Fire nearly destroyed The Outdoor School at Rancho Alegre, the beloved environmental education program is close to reopening to students.

The Camp Rancho Alegre Outdoor School is back open after the 2017 Whittier Fire.

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.

Over 60 volunteers rallied at Camp Rancho Alegre for a camp cleanup day on Nov. 5 in preparation for The Outdoor School's fall 2023 reopening.

Eight months ago, Rancho Alegre Boy Scout Camp and Outdoor School was a smoking ruin of blackened trees and brush, the gutted hulks of what had been vehicles and mounds of debris — twisted sheet ...

Rancho Alegre hosted thousands of children and their families each year through scouting camps, church retreats, and community gatherings as well as at The Outdoor School.

Whittier Fire burns 90 percent of buildings at The Outdoor School at Rancho Alegre; blaze rages out of control since starting near Lake Cachuma on July 8, 2017.

Proceeds from the event will support more than 3,500 youth involved in scouting on the Central Coast – Scouting America Los ...

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 ...