Adventure
Adventure is calling
The “Adventure” courses are a sample of many challenging and fun aspects of the outdoors. This is the perfect summer camp for teens who are looking for an unforgettable and challenging experience.
Beyond the physical challenges, teens also learn how to work as a team, communicate effectively and embrace leadership in challenging situations. And most importantly, they’ll have a blast exploring the wilderness with new friends.
Courses for Summer 2024 available now!
Adventure Courses
What you’ll learn
Essential outdoor skills like fire building, map reading, and surviving a night in the wilderness as well as true leadership skills. But this is no ordinary camp! Teens here push themselves with challenging activities like working within a team towards common goals, and pushing individual limits.
- Staying comfortable in the outdoors
- Fire building
- Outdoor cooking with fire and camp stoves
- Map reading
- Navigating and Hiking in the backcountry
- Selecting and using equipment
- Using knives and cord
- Introduction to survival skills
What to expect
This course takes place at our campus overlooking the Matanuska Glacier and in the nearby backcountry of the Talkeetna Mountains. We start with training at our Base Camp that includes hands-on practice with knives, fire and cord as well as “class room” time around the campfire.
Alaska is the classroom. Adventure is your teacher.