Offering teen survival trips throughout the United States, Adventure Treks aims to teach community-building, leadership skills and self-confidence through wilderness expeditions in a variety of landscapes. Trips last anywhere from 16 to 29 days. Destinations include the Blue Ridge Mountains, the Oregon Cascades and the Pacific Northwest. Trips are organized by age and experience level, with offerings for beginners and advanced adventurers, ages ranging from 12 to 18. An individual group will be limited to ages within a two to three-year range. The trips cost between $2,695 to $4,750. Highlights include backpacking, rock climbing, caving, mountain biking, sea kayaking and whitewater rafting.
Adventure Treks
P.O. Box 1321
Flat Rock, NC 28731
888-954-5555
adventuretreks.com
Offered by Colorado-based Poulter Camps, the High Adventure teen program offers four-week wilderness exploration for teens ages 15 to 17. Activities include rafting and caving as well as wilderness navigation by compass and camp survival skills, such as camp set-up and campfire cookery. Outdoor preparation and training builds up to two-night solo hikes in the third week and a group hike in the final week. The program costs $3,300 and runs from early July to early August.
Poulter Camp
P.O. box 770969
Steamboat Springs, Colorado 80477
888-879-4816
poultercamps.com/highAdventure.php
Kroka Expeditions was founded in 1996 in affiliation with the Hilltop Montessori School to offer wilderness adventures to its students. It later partnered with the Waldorf schools and adopted much of the Waldorf school's philosophy, with instructors trained in Waldorf singing, art and movement activities. Kroka offers both semester-long and summer programs in wilderness activities and survival. Dozens of individual sessions, each lasting two to three weeks, offer hands-on learning on wilderness topics including bow hunting, Native American traditions, birch bark canoe building, canoeing, wilderness writing, rock climbing and whitewater paddling. Tuition is on a sliding scale, and individual sessions range from $560 to $1,990.
Kroka Expeditions
767 Forest Road
Marlow, NH 03431
603-835-9087
kroka.org
Wilderness Adventure at Eagle Crossing offers teen, adult and corporate adventure activities based in New Castle, Virginia. Summer activities for teenagers include the two-week Classic Adventure camp for youths 11 to 17 as well as the Outdoor Discovery camp for campers ages 8 to 12. Similar programs are also offered for a week during spring break. The Classic Adventure camp is a cornerstone of the program, running for over 20 years, and offering a broad range of wilderness and adventure activities. Highlights include rock climbing, kayaking, whitewater rafting, tent camping, outdoor living skills, mountain biking, caving, rappelling and a 900 foot zip line. Both Classic Adventure and Outdoor Discovery camps cost $1,895 for the full two weeks or $895 for one week. Wilderness Adventure also offers specialty camps, with added focus on an adventure theme, including mountain biking, whitewater rafting and rock climbing.
Wilderness Adventure at Eagle Crossing
New Castle, VA
800-782-0779
wilderness-adventure.com
