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Colorado Summer Camps and Adventure Programs for Youth
Outward Bound
Wilderness adventure programs worldwide
Outward Bound, a national nonprofit organization, offers over 500 adventure-based courses - year round - serving adults, teens and youth (ages 12+).
Course activities include rock climbing, sea kayaking, backpacking, mountaineering, sailing, dogsledding, canoeing and rafting in some of the most untouched wilderness areas across the nation. No matter the activity, courses focus on learning through experience, compassion, leadership and responsibility to both team and the environment. Courses range in length from 4 days to three months in length. Scholarships are available.
Since 1962, over 500,000 students have returned from an Outward Bound experience with a deeper knowledge of themselves and the world in which we live.
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SK Horses
Horseback Riding ProgramSK Horses are horseback riding stables located in Estes Park, Colorado. We own operate two public stables that offer horseback riding tours through Rocky Mountain National Park and Roosevelt National Forest. We provide a safe, fun, memoriable experience to our customers, creating a highlight for their vacation.
We specialize in all ages. With people visiting from all over the world, our staff (wranglers) never know who they will meet next on their trail rides to help them become a "cowboy" for a while.
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Moondance Adventures
Wilderness Adventure Program
Moondance is an adventure travel program offering teenagers a variety of carefully crafted experiential summer adventures both domestically and internationally. We design a hands on, learn by doing program for young people who want to see the world in unique and inspiring ways. Activities include backpacking, whitewater rafting, rock climbing, mountaineering, fly fishing, surfing, SCUBA, sea kayaking, cultural immersion and community service.
We operate our programs in North Carolina, Colorado, Wyoming, Washington, Alaska, Hawaii, California, Costa Rica, Peru, Ecuador, Galapagos Islands, Spain, France and Tanzania. When new friends, radiant sunrises, shared accomplishments, and thrilling activities combine and intermingle, the result is indescribable. We call it the "Spirit of the Moondance."
Girls' Wilderness Program - The Women's Wilderness Institute
Wilderness adventure programWilderness courses in Colorado and Wyoming for adventurous girls. The Girls' Wilderness Program offers courses that strengthen the courage, confidence and leadership skills of teen girls through outdoor skills, expressive arts and solid friendships, in a "girl-positive" environment.
Four- to 12-day courses include backpacking, rock climbing, hiking and expressive arts in Colorado and southern Wyoming. Mature female staff with safety focus. Tuition includes food, gear and clothing. Generous full and partial scholarships available. Ages 8-18. Courses run June-August. Accredited by the Association for Experiential Education.
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Eagle's Nest Day Camp
Coed Day CampEagle's Nest Day Camp is a children's summer day program unlike any other in the Colorado Springs area! Located on the 800 acre gated property of the historic Glen Eyrie, campers will get a bird's-eye view of the outdoors where native wildlife and beautiful scenery abound. Eagle's Nest offers a unique and exciting program full of fun adventures and spiritual growth opportunities for kids ages 7 to 12.
Our highly trained staff will lead campers in fun activities such as archery, tennis, basketball, crafts, hiking, biking, high ropes, Bible studies, music and more. Campers take weekly field trips to Eagle Lake Camp where they get a chance to ride the 1/4 mile zip-line, launch off the blob, splash on the waterslide, swim and canoe in the lake, as well as visit other cool places around the Front Range! Eagle's Nest is so much more than just a day camp; it's a life changing adventure?Come to the Nest this summer!
Champions Science Adventures Summer Day Camps
Coed Day Camps
Champions Science Adventures Summer Day Camps engage children ages 6-12 in action-packed science fun!
Each week long camp program is filled with fun experiments, individual projects and engaging science. Better yet, kids get to take home the amazing projects they build providing fun science-oriented play for years to come.
Over 92% of parents surveyed said they would recommend Champions Science Adventures Camps to a friend. As the largest provider of science enrichment programs in the United States with 30 years of experience, your child is sure to enjoy an unforgettable summer experience.
Join us this summer for the WILDEST Champions Science Adventures summer camp season yet! 2010 camp topics include Mystery of the Pharaoh’s Treasure- solve an Egyptian Mystery, Go Wild- meet live animals, Space and Rocketry- build and launch an eco-friendly hydro-rocket, and Gizmo’s Robot Factory- build a walking K’Nex robot.
Enroll Today! Call 888-458-1812 or visit www.scienceadventures.com.
Crow Canyon Teen Archaeology Summer Camps & Field School
Coed Camp with Residential & Day Camp SessionsExplore the exciting field of archaeology in the middle of the richest archaeological region in the United States while contributing to our research into Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi) culture. Our one and three-week camps offer teens the chance to explore the full realm of archaeology from developing a research design, to excavating in the field with professional archaeologists, analyzing artifacts, and recording data in the laboratory.
At our pithouse and pueblo learning centers, girls and boys can try their hand at spear-throwing with an atlatl, making fire without matches, making pottery, and playing traditional American Indian games. Friendships made at this camp can last a lifetime!
Blue Mountain Ranch
Residential coed summer camp
Since 1946, a private coeducational camp which emphasizes knowing the campers as individuals and strives to make each one a member of a greater "camp family". Many returning staff and campers ensure a true camp experience. Experience Colorado mountain camping in a nurturing environment created by same family for over 60 years. Mountain campus surrounded by Pike National Forest.
Activities include: traditional and adventure activities offered in a non-competitive environment: sports of all types, horseback, hiking, archery, trout lake, ropes course. Two 16 day sessions, one 25 day session.
Colvig Silver Camps
Residential coed summer campCSC is a coed, residential summer camp located in the beautiful San Juan mountains near Durango, CO. We offer a strong mix of traditional camp programs and wilderness trips. Our camp's philosophy is environmentally oriented and non-competitive and its choice based format is designed to develop self esteem, leadership skills, responsibility, and teamwork. Above all, campers and staff members should expect a summer of fun and adventure.
Activities include: alpine and desert backpacking, canoeing, horseback riding, archery, riflery, rockclimbing, arts and crafts, campfires, songs and skits, non-competitive sports.
Adventure Experiences, Inc.
Wilderness adventure program
Adventure Experiences is seeking you! Are you seeking an Adventure Experience?
Wilderness adventures, teambuilding opportunities, character building, leadership training, challenging, life-changing.... Since 1984, Adventure Experiences, Inc. has provided adventure programs for adults, teens, churches, families, corporate offices, educators and colleges. Our program is designed around your goals and your schedule. We are located at 10,000 feet above sea level in the grandeur of the Rocky Mountains. The spectacular scenery of our back country base camp is the perfect site for your wilderness experience.
Activities include: Backpacking, rock climbing, whitewater rafting, inflatable kayaking, fly fishing, low and high challenge course, climbing tower, orienteering, adventure racing, day hikes, peak ascents, leave-no-trace ethics, mission opportunities, and more.
American Dance Training Camp
Girls' Camp with Residential & Day Camp Sessions
Have tons of fun learning the latest jazz, funk and hip-hop moves. ADTC has four great locations: California, Colorado, North Carolina, and Vermont. We offer the ultimate overnight dance camps!
Traditional camp activities as well as many adventure experiences in whitewater rafting, canoeing, horseback riding, alpine slides, trampolines, ice skating and more!
Eagle Lake Camps
Residential coed summer camp and wilderness adventuresAt Eagle Lake Camps relationships, loving counselors and a safe environment offer an experience that brings campers back year after year. Our goal is to inspire Christ-centered love and commitment in the midst of exciting outdoor experiences. There has never been a more exciting time to belong at Eagle Lake.
Programs:
-- Collision (Ages: 8-14)- Transform your summer into a thrilling theme based adventure! Your week is packed with team games, challenging skills, relevant bible studies, and awesome friendships!
-- Shock (Ages: 14-18)- Prepare yourself for a week of fun, relationships and spiritual growth designed just for high schoolers! Stay up late, sleep in, hang out over coffee...not your ordinary camp experience!
-- Crew (Ages: 15-18) - Immerse yourself in five weeks of working, growing, and laughing with Eagle Lake's most in-depth discipleship program.
-- Excursions (Ages: 10-20) - Satisfy your appetite for adventure with one of our backpacking or multisport excursions! Grow in courage, skill, fitness and faith in the great outdoors!
-- Horse (Ages: 12-18) - With stunning trail rides, skilled instruction, and loving counselors, Horse Camp challenges you to grow as a rider AND as a Christian. Open to beginners through advanced riders.
Eagle Lake Camps. . . You belong here!
SuperCamp
Residential coed summer camp
SuperCamp is an academic and life skills camp that provides powerful, lifelong learning skills and builds motivation, confidence and self-esteem for students 11-18. We help create a roadmap toward success that students take back to school after camp. SuperCamp is a place of nonstop work and play, learning and growing, classes and outdoor challenges.
Held at 9 prestigious U.S. school campuses: Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA; UCLA and Loyola Marymount, Los Angeles, CA; Cal State San Marcos, San Marcos, CA: University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO; Lake Forest Academy, Chicago, IL; Brown University,Providence, RI; Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC. 7-day programs are available for middle school students, 10-day programs for high school students and an 8-day program is available for current & incoming college students.
Wellspring Texas
Residential Coed Fitness and Weight Loss Camp
Wellspring Texas campers are young males and females with a common goal: to lose weight while having fun. Boys and girls ages 11-18 enjoy an amazing summer of weight loss, fun, and friendships. Rapid and dramatic weight loss is achieved through a proven and comprehensive program provided by a staff of trained professionals. Set against the incredible backdrop of the Big Hill Country, on the sprawling 200-acre campus of San Marcos Baptist Academy outside of Austin, Texas.
Team sports like soccer, football, tennis, and kickball along with swimming, hiking, canoeing, biking, rafting, kayaking, climbing, and aerobics are just some of the activities that campers enjoy in a very supportive environment. Nutrition and culinary classes paired with the delicious food served in the dining hall guarantee knowledge of and love for new foods. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with a "BC" (Behavioral Coach) in group and individual sessions knits these elements together into comprehensive lifestyle change for rapid weight loss and long-term weight control.
Cheley Colorado Camps
Residential coed summer camp
Cheley Colorado Camps own 1300 spectacular high-country acres surrounded by snow-capped peaks that soar to 14,000 feet. The historic campus, 75 miles northwest of Denver, borders Rocky Mountain National Park and the Roosevelt National Forest. Cheley Camps provides 9 to 17 year-olds the summer of their lives.
Activities include hiking, backpacking, horseback riding, outcamping, rock climbing, mountain biking, crafts, and sports and white water rafting .
Tomahawk Ranch/ Sky High Ranch / Magic Sky Ranch
Girls' Residential CampsGirl Scout overnight camps located in the Colorado Rockies... building girls with "Courage, Confidence, Character". A feeling of community, self-reliance, exploration and FUN are some of the life skills shared through a variety of programs. These include hiking, outdoor skills, challenge course, crafts, dance/drama, horseback riding, archery and sports.
Power Chord Academy Music Camp
Residential and Day coed music camp
Second to none in amateur musician training, Power Chord Academy is the premiere music camp for teenage musicians & game-musicians, offering a variety of high-energy, exciting, professional learning experiences.
At Power Chord Academy, dedicated musicians ages 12-18 are put through the most inspirational, educational, and intensive programs of their young careers. Over the last 11 years, we have perfected the art of teen musician training, while providing a highly focused, fun, learning environment. We currently offer several programs for teenage musicians.
Power Chord Academy currently offers 38 Sessions in 17 US locations with teenage musicians attending from across the world. Be sure to reserve your space immediately as Session Space has Sold Out for the last 11 consecutive years! Please visit us at http://www.powerchordacademy.com for more information!
Colorado Youth Program Mountain Summer Camp
Residential coed summer campCome explore nature in the mountains of western Boulder County, Colorado! Enjoy whitewater rafting, banding birds, fishing, volunteering for the environment, canoeing, playing in the snow, campfires & much more! This ten-day coed backcountry tent camp focuses on environmental education, conservation, friendships and FUN! Scholarships available.
Activities include: whitewater rafting, wildlife watching, fishing, astronomy, conservation work, bird banding, games & more. Ten-day sessions run throughout the summer. Ages 11 to 16.
iD Tech Summer Computer Camps
Residential and Day Coed Computer Camps
"I've been to this camp for 6 years now. The counselors are amazing and the whole experience is something that I wish I could do year round. I learn more in a week at iD than I do in a year at my school." -Spencer, Student
Experience North America's most reputable and distinguished summer technology program for beginner to advanced students. Over 100,000 kids and teens worldwide have learned to create 2D and 3D video games, websites with Flash, C++ and Java programs, iPhone and Facebook apps, graphic designs with Photoshop and Illustrator, 3D models and animations with Maya, digital movies, robots, all with products experts use in their professions.
Enroll in these fun and challenging, weeklong, day and residential summer camps, located at over 60 prestigious universities in the U.S. and Canada. Juniors and Seniors can even earn Continuing Education Units. Alumni can hone their skills before and after summer with iD 365 - Endless Summer, complimentary online workshops led by live instructors year round.
Additional multi-week summer camp teen programs for ages 13-18 include: iD Gaming Academy, iD Visual Arts Academy and iD Programming Academy.
Save $50 through March 15th with the Online Early Bird Special (use promo code WD27).
Deer Hill Expeditions Inc.
Wilderness adventure and service program
Deer Hill Expeditions offers a unique and powerful blend of wilderness expeditions and community service programs in the Southwest United States and Costa Rica. Since 1984, Deer Hill's purpose has been to enhance an individual's appreciation of the natural world, teach the skills of living in the wilderness with minimum impact, promote stewardship of our Earth, and foster a tradition of service to our native lands and peoples. Deer Hill provides a safe, yet challenging atmosphere in which people can grow as individuals and be an integral member of a small group.
Students from the United States and the international community engage in activities, including whitewater rafting, backpacking, rock climbing, inflatable kayaking, mountain biking, canoeing, surfing, leadership development, cross-cultural living with Native Americans, and conservation projects with the U.S. Forest Service. Spanish Language immersion is central to our Costa Rica expeditions. Field staff average 28-30 years of age and have extensive experience leading young people in the backcountry. Programs are specifically designed for 7th-8th grade introductory expeditions, as well as 9th-12th grade individuals. Our expeditions launch from our 128-acre base camp facility located near Durango, Colorado. Deer Hill is accredited by the Association for Experiential Education. You don't need previous experience, and you can rent all the equipment you need from our outfitting store. As long as you are physically fit and eager to be part of a dynamic group, you'll have the adventure of a lifetime.
AAVE - All About Visiting Earth
Adventure Travel Programs
The worldwide leader in adventure travel since 1976! If you are interested in fun, community service, cultural and language immersion, adventure and travel then this is the camp for you. Zip-line through towering jungle trees, raft world class rivers, climb peaks, dive the Great Barrier Reef, hike the great wall of China, visit Machu Picchu or surf the warm blue waters of Hawaii!
AAVE has something for everyone, from beginner to expert! Our leaders are the best in the industry with over 80+ hours of backcountry first aid and extensive experience working with students. Their first priority is safety and the second is FUN! The goal of AAVE is to teach skills which will lead to a lifetime of exploration, friendship and enjoyment.
Geneva Glen Camp
Residential coed summer camp
Geneva Glen Camp has operated for 85 consecutive summers in the majestic beauty of the Colorado Rockies. Just 30 minutes from Denver, a wide range of activities are offered for campers 6-16. Children have made life-long friends and experienced enriching, fun and magial summers for generations as part of Geneva Glen's rich tradition. 2 week to 8 week themed programs are available.
Activities include: horseback riding, swimming, hiking, climbing, ropes course, drama, arts & crafts, sports and many more.
-GameBreaker Lacrosse Camps
Day Camps with separate sessions for boys and girlsGameBreaker Lacrosse Camps offer 125 locations across the country directed by the top college coaches and pro players in lacrosse.
Our camps were developed to provide athletes with the opportunity to become better lacrosse players by learning from the best coaches and players in the game today.
-NBC Basketball & Volleyball Camps
Residential summer camps for boys and girlsNBC Camps is the largest, most popular residential basketball camp in the world. Since 1971, we have trained over 150,000 athletes. Located in the United States, Canada, UK, and Italy NBC Camps provides a camp experience unlike any other. Programs include Complete Skills Camp, Crowell's Intensity Camp, Pure Shooting and Attack Moves Camp, All-Star and Elite Camp, Guard and Post Camp, Team Camps, Family Hoops and much more.
NBC VOLLEYBALL CAMPS were founded in 1979. NBC Volleyball camps are located in Alaska, California, Montana, Alberta, Colorado, Oregon and Washington. NBC Camps is designed to encourage athletes to lead a life of physical, mental, relational, and spiritual excellence. We hope to challenge our campers physically by providing the best instruction and technical training for their sport.
Outward Bound
Wilderness adventure programs worldwide
Outward Bound, a national nonprofit organization, offers over 500 adventure-based courses - year round - serving adults, teens and youth (ages 12+).
Course activities include rock climbing, sea kayaking, backpacking, mountaineering, sailing, dogsledding, canoeing and rafting in some of the most untouched wilderness areas across the nation. No matter the activity, courses focus on learning through experience, compassion, leadership and responsibility to both team and the environment. Courses range in length from 4 days to three months in length. Scholarships are available.
Since 1962, over 500,000 students have returned from an Outward Bound experience with a deeper knowledge of themselves and the world in which we live.
