Kids Camps
Now in our 14th season, Green Mountain Adventures offers a variety of outdoor adventure day camps uniquely designed to safely lead children and young adults (age 6-16) into the vast playground of rocks, rivers, and mountains surrounding our Central Vermont community. Participants engage in multi-activity wilderness adventures including canoeing and kayaking, mountain biking, geocaching, river-tubing, and rock climbing. Each of our camps provide imaginative and unforgettable journeys into some of the most beautiful backcountry wilderness areas in and around the Green Mountains. We'd love to have you join us this summer!
Why Choose GMA?
Low Camper-to-Guide Ratio
All of our programs have a maximum camper-to-guide ratio of 5:1, ensuring each participant receives individualized attention and support.
Our Guides
Our guides are hand-picked from the local community based on their extensive wilderness experience and skills, intimate knowledge of the local environment and terrain, and youth service experience (as teachers, coaches, mentors, parents, etc.).
Focus on Developing Relationships
As an outdoor adventure camp in the local community for 14 years, we’ve enjoyed the opportunity to witness the personal growth of many returning campers as they develop confidence in themselves and their ability to relate with peers in a group setting. Our programs are very small and inclusive, without much room or opportunity for cliques to form. We encourage a “come as you are” ethic where campers can be fully themselves, without external pressure to act or perform in a certain way.
Flexible to your Personal Needs
Worried about your camper's food allergies, UV sensitivity? Another advantage of being a small operation is our ability to meet most reasonable needs particular to each camper.
ADVENTURE SQUAD (June 18th- 22nd, or August 13th-17th); Co-ed, Ages 6-8
This camp offers youngsters a taste for outdoor adventure while emphasizing safety and respect for our environment and each other. Kids will learn to paddle in canoes & kayaks on Lake Dunmore, rock climb on the Falls of Llana cliffs, build sand castles, visit state parks, practice team building exercises, use GPS devices to track down a treasure chest once belonging to Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys (rumored to contain gold coins minted in chocolate), and much more! Cost $395
WILDERNESS CHALLENGE (July 2nd- 6th); Co-ed, Ages 9-12
Earn the ultimate answer to how you spent your summer vacation: “Wheeling down mountains, tubing through rivers searching for secret swimming holes, and hunting for treasure using Gps. Climbing up cliff faces and learning to rappel back down, paddling canoes and kayaks on the lake, exploring private islands, and napping in the van”.
Cost $395 (Mountain bike & helmet not provided)
LADIES FIRST (July 16th- 20th); Girls Only, Ages 9-15
This one is just for the girls! Call up your courage as we rock climb and rappel on the cliffs above Lake Dunmore, hike up some of the region’s highest peaks, tube down beautiful mountain streams, explore local swimming holes, paddle scenic lakes and rivers, and use GPS devices to track down treasures hidden amidst the beautiful landscape of the Green Mountains. Cost $395
STARRY NIGHTS (July 30th-August 3rd); Co-ed, Ages 12-16 (includes 2 overnights)
This camp will split your time between the famous High Peaks region of the Adirondacks and the Green Mountains. We will spend a day paddling along the shores of Lake Champlain, then head down to Pine Hill Park to take advantage of the areas best single track mountain biking. The first two days will be structured as a traditional day camp, from 9:00am-4:00pm. On Day 3, we’ll embark on an extended overnight adventure in the Adirondacks, spending two nights camping under the stars along the banks of the legendary Ausable River. Our guides will teach Leave No Trace camping skills and catch & release fly fishing techniques as we spend the afternoon stalking wild trout. Next its over to Keene Valley where we'll be hiking to the summit of one of the ADK 46'ers.
This camp has it all! Cost $495(Mountain bike & helmet not provided)
