It is on the south shore of Lake Sterling on leased land owned by the U.S. Forest Service and Pacific Gas & Electric Company .

The camp is located at an altitude of 7,200 feet (2,200 m)[2] in the Tahoe National Forest next to Lake Sterling.

[3] The waterfront program included swimming, canoeing, snorkeling, small boats, and board-sailing.

[6] The camp provided a limited number of Scouts with a series of activities that helped them satisfy many of the requirements for First Class rank.

There are two marked trail systems, red and blue, accessible by crossing the dam, and staying to the right around a helipad.

[1] The Golden Empire Council closed the Glacial Trails Scout Ranch in 2003 and 2004 when they were unable to pay for improvements required by the Placer County health dept and the U.S. Forest Service.

Robert L. Cole, President of Goodwin-Cole Company, contributed $260,000 in a matching grant to help pay for the necessary upgrades.

[12] The camp had a mountain biking program during the 1980s that was featured in an article in Boys' Life magazine in May 1989.