Texas summer camp Camp Mystic will reopen one year after flash floods killed 27 people, despite strong opposition from the grieving families of victims.
Camp Mystic, a long-running private Christian girls’ summer camp where 27 girls and counselors died in Texas flooding on the Fourth of July, will reopen next year, according to the camp’s operators.
The camp will reopen in conjunction with its 100th anniversary and one year after the deadly flash floods that swept through the site along the Guadalupe River in Kerr County this summer.
The summer camp made the announcement on Monday in an email to families enrolled in the 2025 camp. Some families have criticized the camp over its safety measures and preparedness in the wake of the tragedy.
Leaders said they will reopen Camp Mystic Cypress Lake, a sister site opened in 2020 that was not destroyed by the flood. The original campus, which is located along the Guadalupe River and suffered « devastating damage », will remain closed, and is not expected to reopen next year, officials added.
« As we work to finalize plans, we will do so in a way that is mindful of those we have lost », the letter said, according to The Associated Press.
