Participants must be entering grades 7 to 8.
Male
Who: Rising 7th & 8th graders
What: Backpacking camp–2 days prep work (while staying at home / with family), 4 days, 3 nights on backpacking trip. (Monday-Saturday).
Where: Prep days at Brevard Academy (Monday-Tuesday), Backpacking in local Wilderness (Wed-Saturday)
When: June 26-July 1, 2023
Why: To embrace the opportunities to learn basic backpacking skills–including camp set up (tarps), outdoor cooking, sanitation, Leave No Trace, traveling and navigating in the wilderness, small group skills, safety and risk management, packing a pack, a range of backcountry knots and general skills. And because why not, when you can sleep under the stars, traveling through the Forest with new friends, learning and growing while soaking in incredible scenery, and developing a stronger connection to the natural world?!
Please contact Mountain Roots if you have any questions.