Overview

Our Adventure Week program is an extension of Field Camp for older campers aged 11-15. We generally limit these groups to 10-12 campers, and they spend 2-3 days each week going on trips to area paddling, climbing, caving, or hiking destinations. Our trips combine adventure and place-based education. We generally paddle on the Moormans, South Fork of the Rivanna, and Rockfish Rivers. Our climbing program is meant for beginners or young people with some experience, and we do both indoor training sessions and trips to outdoors destinations in George Washington National Forest. We know this area's hikes well, and usually plan outings that lead to swimming holes in the summer. The Adventure Weeks groups take trips to area outdoors destinations including local paddling rivers, hikes, and climbs, but also spend much of the week participating in regular camp activities.

Additional Information

Fees: The weekly Field Camp fees are $650/week for 1-2 weeks, $600/week for 3-4 weeks, and $550/week for 5+ weeks. The Adventure Weeks have the same fees as Field Camp with an additional $100/week. A $25 per week discount is provided for all Field Camp and Adventure Week registrations prior to April 15th. A $25 nonrefundable fee per camper is applied to online registrations. You can hold spaces for the summer by making a deposit (the deposit will be credited toward the last week's fee).

All-Inclusive One – Fee Policy: Our fees for camp are all-inclusive. As part of the one fee, we provide a daily hot lunch, shuttle rides to and from camp, Thursday overnights, 3 overnight meals, and an annual tee shirt.

Schedule: We generally hold camp at Blue Ridge (1275 Owensville Road) from Monday through Wednesday and at Camp Albemarle (1675 4-H Way) for the Thursday overnight and Friday. Camp goes from 9 to 3:30 Monday through Wednesday, with drop-off as early as 8:30 and pickup up to 4:30. For the shuttle bus, drop-off goes from 8:15 to 8:30 and pickup is available from 4 to 4:15. The overnights begin at the same times, though campers are welcome to stay the night in the cabins at Camp Albemarle. Pickup is available at Camp Albemarle any time up to 8:30 in the evening, and drop-off can take place any time after 8:30 on Friday morning.

Shuttle Bus Service: We run a shuttle bus service from Azalea Park (398 Old Lynchburg Road) in Charlottesville for any interested families (note that it does not run Thursday afternoon or Friday morning when staying overnight). Shuttle pickup is from 8:20 to 8:30 a.m. and drop-off takes place there from 4 to 4:10 in the afternoon.

Reasonable Cancellation and Change Policy: Our goal is to have a reasonable cancellation policy. We have flexibility about changing weeks of attendance prior to April 15th and as long as weeks are not full. After April 15th, however, we often cannot honor change requests. In the event of a family's change of plans after April 15th, partial refunds will be made up to 2 weeks prior to planned attendance. If requesting more than 4 weeks prior to attendance, a fee of $100 will apply per week cancelled, and in the event of refund requests between 2 and 4 weeks prior to attendance, a $300 fee per week will apply. We do not maintain formal wait lists (our experience has been that families generally make alternative plans rather than utilizing wait lists), though we do our best to accommodate all families.