PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Our culminating summer experience is for older kids (6th-8th grade). While our other camps are centered in Burlington and rooted in one geographic place, our Adventurers program gets kids out into the vast Vermont wilderness. This year’s two trips will respectively hike the Long Trail and paddle the Winooski River. Inspired by the adventures of the great naturalists of the 19th century, we will spend three days (9am-3:30pm) at Bent Birch Base Camp at Rock Point in Burlington introducing basic camping skills (setting up camp, cooking over a fire, orienteering, natural navigation, wilderness first aid, wild edibles, paddling, and more). Using our newly acquired skills, the group will head out on a 3-day, 2-night wilderness trip. No previous camping or backpacking experience necessary.
SCHEDULE:
- Monday-Tuesday (9am-3:30pm): At Rock Point in Burlington
- Wednesday (9am): Arrive at Rock Point with backpacks packed and ready to go, leave for the Long Trail
- Friday (afternoon): Return to Rock Point around 2-3pm (will call parents as we leave the trailhead)
Two Groups, Two Trips:
Backpacking the long trail
We’ll hit some of the most beautiful mountain trail in Vermont for three days and two nights of backpacking. Our pace is modest allowing ample time to enjoy the trail and settle into to each days rhythm with a sense of joy and excitement. This hills are big, but so are the veiws!
Paddling the Winooski:
In this trip we’ll canoe down the river by day and camp on the shore by night. We’ll enjoy overhead sightings of bald eagles and ospreys in our long stretches of paddling along with plenty of time to play in the water.
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