2013 Summer Camps

July 22-26
July 29 - Aug 2nd

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Explore Nature

Ages 4-6 years
Cost: $450

Your younger children will enjoy exploring spectacular Donner Summit…mountain meadows, granite outcrops, alpine lakes and forests, all while being guided by top environmental educators. Adventure activities include easy hiking, rock climbing, water play (lifeguard supervised), coupled with nature art making, storytelling, active games, and yoga.

Adventure in Nature

Ages 7-9 years
Cost: $550

Donner Summit is the perfect location for exciting mountain adventures! Our week combines spectacular hiking, rock climbing, kayaking, and mountain biking (New this year!), and whitewater rafting. Camp Sugar Bowl balances adventure with learning, providing campers with educational activities, art, and games that emphasize the stunning natural history, geology, and human history of the Summit.

Mountain Adventure - Sports Tracks

Ages 10-12 years
Cost: $650

New this year! Youth can choose a mountain sport focus: mountain biking or rock climbing. Mornings will be spent on progressive challenges on spectacular bike trails, or the world class climbing spots around Donner Summit. Afternoons will be spent exploring the natural history wonders of the summit and swimming in alpine lakes. All participants will also do a whitewater day with inflatable kayaks.

Mountain Adventure – Sport Tracks plus Field Science and Environmental Service

Ages 13-15 years
Cost: $650

Youth can choose a mountain sport focus: mountain biking or rock climbing. Mornings will be spent on progressive challenges on spectacular bike trails, or the world class climbing spots around Donner Summit. All participants will also do a whitewater day with inflatable kayaks.
After the morning of mountain biking or rock climbing, youth will work with Gateway’s field science instructors to collect data for our long- term study of Van Norden meadow, and work on restoration projects to enhance meadow habitat. This is a perfect preparation for future AP biology classes, and environmental service.

Overnight Option
Cost $500 plus regular day camp fees.
For Week Two, we are offering an overnight option for the middle and older age groups (ages 8-15). When day camp ends at 4:00pm, the overnighters will stay with our counselor-educators for an evening of fun activities, tasty food, and great accommodations at the Sugar Bowl Academy. Evenings will include adventure film night, night walks, yoga class, crafts and more.To book the Overnight Option, once you add your preferred camp to the shopping cart, click the box that reads '2013 Overnight Camper.'

Bar-B-Que and Campfire: On Thursday evening of both weeks we will have a bar-b-q and campfire at Lake Mary. Cost is included for campers, additional family members are welcome and encouraged for an additional fee.

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