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events, retreats & Programs

Ekone Calendar of Events

Not just Summer Camp! Ekone is a busy place year-round, and you’re invited. We host and offer a wide variety of programs for kids, adults, and families, all with the participatory, land-based, inclusive community flavor of all of our work.

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  • The 3 nights we spent at Ekone were some of the most impactful for our youth.

    I personally saw them turn a corner and sink into the day to day life at the ranch. Feeling good about being disconnected from their phone, social media and the internet. Enjoying exercise and fresh air. And above all forming new friendships and solidifying old ones. 

    The experience of trying new things, working on team activities and literally being each other’s own community for an entire week bonded our youth.

Ekone Events Calendar

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Spring
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Summer
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Fall
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Winter

You can also host your own program, event or school trip at Ekone. Contact Michelle at michelle@ekone.org to discuss your event.

Winter ‘25 Events at Ekone & White Eagle

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Winter Solstice Forestry Workparty

December 19-21, 2025

For anyone who wants to get hands-on with Ekone’s human-powered forest stewardship, learn about our use of prescribed fire, learn to run a chainsaw, and celebrate the winter solstice with community and fires.

Here’s everything you need to know about Ekone workparties

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Spring ‘26 Events at Ekone & White Eagle

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Spring Workparty

March 13-15, 2026

Help us shake out the cobwebs and get the ranch ready for action! 

Here’s everything you need to know about Ekone workparties.

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Animas Valley Institute Quest for Women: Into the Dark Womb

April 8-19, 2026

This is a unique ceremonial gathering designed specifically and intentionally for women-identified humans seeking greater connection, depth, and clarity about life purpose and meaning.

Application deadline is January 30, 2026

This program is offered in partnership with Animas Valley Institute and facilitated by Laura Gunion and Palika Wilding.

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Adult Horse Connection Camp

May 14-17, 2026

Ages 18+

Tuition $600 base rate, $750 restoration rate

For anyone wanting to foster a more connective relationship with these wonderful, intuitive, reflective, wise, and relational creatures! And go deep with Ekone’s #1 horse fan, advocate, caretaker, and self-proclaimed nerd, Jenna Milton.

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Memorial Day Sunday Open House at White Eagle Memorial Preserve

May 24, 2026

This annual Open House is a great opportunity to spend some low-key time on the land, and to learn more about natural green burial and White Eagle. This event will be held on Sunday, to allow people to be more flexible with their travel plans and traffic...

  • We gather in the Ekone Ranch valley to begin the day with a tour of Ekone Ranch and some lunch at the Yummy Tummy, then walk or drive out to White Eagle. WEMP stewards will host a guided tour of the cemetery in the afternoon.

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Summer ‘26 Events at Ekone & White Eagle

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Family Camp

August 20-23, 2026

All Ages! Bring your babies, bring your grandmas!

Base Tuition $350; Restoration Rate $500; per person aged 6+

Bring your whole family to Ekone for a long weekend of forest walks, ponies, rope swings, music night, and delicious meals! “Family” could include parents, kids, grandparents, pals, coworkers—whoever you want to share some Ekone Magic with. (Kids are most welcome but not required! You can also come solo!)

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Sacred Groves Spirit n’ Soul Quests

August 27-September 1, 2026

A gentle, lightly-facilitated time of quiet on Ekone land. The intention is to feel a sense of being held, nurtured, and “be-longing” with the earth, the group, the land, the plants, trees, and creatures, and the spirits.

This program is offered in partnership with Therese Charvet & Tere Carranza of Sacred Groves.

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Fall ‘26 Events at Ekone & White Eagle

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Ekone’s Barbed Wire Ball

September 26, 2026

It's a family festival and hootenanny and the best party of the year, with 300 of our favorite people (you!) come together to celebrate stewardship, community, and a little bit of something right in the world. Pony rides for kids, beer garden for grownups, and games, home-cookin', live music, hikes, and fun times for everyone. The auction and pledge drive support Ekone's work, but there is no ticket price to attend. Come for the day or camp overnight!

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Forestry & Gravedigging Workparty

November 6-8, 2026

For anyone who wants to get hands-on with Ekone’s human-powered forest stewardship, learn about our use of prescribed fire, learn to run a chainsaw, or participate in the sacred labor of gravedigging. 

Here’s everything you need to know about Ekone workparties.

Link Goes Live in August
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Remembrance Day at White Eagle Memorial Preserve

November 8, 2026, 11am-4pm

This gathering in service to the land and the spirits of our loved ones is a yearly tradition. All are welcome; join us to honor a loved one in the earth at White Eagle, celebrate your ancestors in a simple, non-denominational way, learn more about our natural burial practices, or just to spend some time on the land.

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Coming to an Event at Ekone?

Here’s everything you need to know to get ready.

Finding Ekone Ranch

We are located east of Goldendale, in south-central Washington State just north of the Columbia River Gorge, in the homelands of the Kah-Milt-Pah, now one of the confederated bands and tribes of the Yakima Nation.

Google maps sometimes sends you down a goat trail - so please see step by step directions here.

Step by step directions