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Crystalaire Camp & Camp Lookout
Coed residential camp	Frankfort, Michigan
Camp Lookout, with a capacity of 50 campers, is located on the west shore of Lower Herring Lake and on Lake Michigan. Lookout is a small, non-competitive, loosely structured, traditional summer camp located in beautiful northwestern Michigan. Crystalaire Adventures offer Adventure trips and Teen Programs through the US and Canada. Crystalaire is based out of Camp Lookout. Crystalaire and Lookout take children beyond their normal "at home" experiences.
E-mail: camp_info@crystalairecamp.com, Website: www.crystalairecamp.com/index.php, (231) 352-7589
Established in 1920

Exceptional community built on teamwork, friendships, fun, adventure, acceptance, and recreation skills campers can build on later in life. Our in camp program has over 20 activities to choose from each day, including sailing, windsurfing, horseback trail rides, wilderness skills and a full range of water park activities at our waterfront. Our wilderness tripping programs are led by certified counselors trained to lead exciting and challenging trips: canoeing in the Boundary Waters, rock climbing on the North Shore of Lake Superior, backpacking and hiking on the Superior Trail, mountain biking through National Forests, and kayaking on lakes and streams. Sessions are 1, 2 and 4 weeks.

Full range of in camp activities and wilderness expeditions from overnight up to 21 days on an extended wilderness trip to those that qualify.

Outward Bound Wilderness, a national nonprofit organization, offers over 500 adventure-based wilderness 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.

Camp Voyageur is a small private camp for boys 10-17 located next to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. We lead wilderness trips canoeing, hiking and sea kayaking; 3-16 days. 1 counselor to 4 campers.

In camp activities include waterskiing, soccer, basketball, volleyball, sailing, arts/crafts, and much more.

Outdoor Endeavors specializes in adventure trips for teens age 12-17. Participants camp out each night and participate in a variety of adventure activities: backpacking, climbing, canoeing, hiking, kayaking, mountain biking, and whitewater rafting. Our main focus is to create experiential education opportunities. Outdoor Endeavors will do this by creating difficult, but achievable, experiences. A 5:1 camper to staff ratio guarantees individual attention and instruction from excellent role models.

Customized programs are available for adult and/or youth groups such as churches, schools, boy and girl scouts, and groups of friends or families. This allows them to incorporate wilderness/adventure activities into their existing programs or simply create a program to allow their participants to experience the outdoors. All programs are designed specifically for each group based on their needs.

Connecting Kids with Nature!

Ages 8-17: DIRT, ROCKS & WORMS - ages 8-9… short session: rocks eventually become dirt, which everything is made from…where there's dirt, there's worms (includes rock-climbing & rockin' road trip).

NATURE'S NIGHTLIFE & CREPUSCULAR CREATURES - ages 10-11… explore the night to awaken all your senses and experience nocturnal wildlife, as well as animals active at dawn & dusk (includes camp-out, bird banding, high ropes, rock climbing, team building, etc).

WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE - ages 12-13… Do you have what it takes to survive in the wild? Wilderness survival skills, wild edibles, wilderness navigation, canoeing, animal tracking, a camp-out, high ropes, rock climbing, Ojibwe skills, team building.

BOUNDARY WATERS ADVENTURE - ages 14-17…test your limits while acquiring new wilderness skills. Travel via canoe and portage in this pristine wilderness. Includes ecology, phenology, geology, wildlife and fun with swimming, canoeing and hiking. The Audubon Center of the North Woods is a leader in offering meaningful nature experiences. Our NORTH

WOODS WILDERNESS SCHOOL program is a different kind of summer camp experience - an opportunity to engage kids in nature through outdoor activities that promote environmental awareness, compassion and an ethic of care for the earth.

Sail to some of the most beautiful places on the Great Lakes; explore remote, uninhabited islands; and learn about the unique environment of the largest body of freshwater in the world.

Sailing aboard the 85 ft schooner Appledore IV or the 65ft schooner Appledore V, Windward Bound is a highly unique voyaging program on the beautiful Great Lakes. Two types of voyages are offered: Seamanship and Freshwater Science. Sessions: 5 - 6 days. Ages 12 - 18.

Camp Lookout, with a capacity of 50 campers, is located on the west shore of Lower Herring Lake and on Lake Michigan. Lookout is a small, non-competitive, loosely structured, traditional summer camp located in beautiful northwestern Michigan. Crystalaire Adventures offer Adventure trips and Teen Programs through the US and Canada. Crystalaire is based out of Camp Lookout.

Crystalaire and Lookout take children beyond their normal "at home" experiences.

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