High Peaks

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High Peaks has been restrained from operating its outdoor youth program by the State of Utah and has lost it's license. The program was reportedly operating in Montana where there are reportedly no known regulations where they are operating. Please research this further.

BUTTE - Minors taken into protective custody after they were removed from a wilderness therapy camp were picked up by parents or guardians this week, state officials said. Shirley Tiernan, training bureau chief for the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, said the last of the teens headed home Thursday."Our big concern was making sure that the children were safe, getting them to their parents and guardians. We have done that as of today," Tiernan said. The teens were enrolled in the Utah-based High Peaks Wilderness Program, which was shut down by Utah officials on July 30. A landowner in Ramsay called authorities last week after he noticed the teens camping in cold and rain for several days with only makeshift shelter. Social workers who visited the group last week reported that the teens had very limited food, some of which had spoiled. Most of the kids also did not have proper clothing for the weather, Tiernan said. Tiernan said the kids were "cold and dirty," but appeared unhurt. They were taken into protective custody on Friday.

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