LIFE AT CAMP

Look to see where campers stay, what activities kids do at camp, and a sample unit schedule. 

CABINS
MINI CAMP, ELEMENTARY RESIDENT CAMP, JUNIOR HIGH BRIDGE CAMP

The cabin hill is the place to be! We have six cabins located on the hill behind our Dining Hall. Elementary and Mini Campers stay in these cabins. There are two cabins over the ridge that are home to Bridge Campers. From all cabins it is a short walk to the bathhouse where campers brush their teeth and shower. Cabins are rustic with bunkbeds, screen doors, and electricity. Kids stay in cabins with same gender campers from their unit. 

HOGANS
JUNIOR HIGH RESIDENT CAMP, JUNIOR HIGH NIGHT OWL CAMP, JUNIOR HIGH TRI-CHALLENGE CAMP, SENIOR HIGH RESIDENT CAMP

Life at the hogans provides a more rustic and intimate experience. At the hogans units get to know each other better and spend time sharing meals together. There is a porta john close by. Units carry water and food to their hogan site from a set drop off point. Campers tell us what they love most about the hogans are all the shenanigans and pranks that go on out there. 

A WEEK AT CAMP

All unit schedules vary as campers get to help craft their group's schedule. Schedules and activity offerings depend on the camp your child attends. The schedule below represents a pretty typical week at Alta Mons. 

SUNDAY

CHECK-IN

Meet counselors, make name tags

MOVE IN

At cabins, set up beds

DINNER

Units eat dinner together, sing songs

WORSHIP

Meet the chaplain, rules skit, snack, bedtime

MONDAY

CRAFTS

Wake up, breakfast, morning watch, crafts

HIKE

To the waterfall with a sack lunch

CANOE

On the pond, eat dinner, sweep 

BIG GAMES

In the tractor field, worship, snack, bedtime

TUESDAY

LOW ROPES

Wake up, breakfast, morning watch, off to low ropes

CHAPLAIN TIME

Eat lunch, rest time

POOL

Swim, showers, dinner

SONG TIME

Worship, snack, and bedtime

WEDNESDAY

NATURE

Wake up, breakfast, morning watch, nature

CREEK HIKE

Eat lunch, rest time pack for HIW

GO TO HIW

Set up tarps, cook dinner, eat s'mores

WAGON RIDE

Look at the stars and listen to a Willie Jack story!

THURSDAY

HIW MORNING

Wake up, eat breakfast at your site, pack up

INTERSECTION

Return to the cabins,  archery, lunch, the Intersection

SKIT NIGHT

Dinner in the Dining Hall, skit night

WORSHIP

Snack, bedtime

FRIDAY

HIGH ROPES

Wake up, breakfast, morning watch, high ropes

ALL CAMP CLEAN

Lunch, pack up, help clean camp!

ALL CAMP SWIM

Swim and put on your new tie dye

CHECK-OUT

Sing songs, find out the winner of the spirit paddle, sign tie-dye t-shirts, say goodbye!

HOME IN THE WOODS

All campers, with the exception of day and mini campers, will be sleeping outside at least one night of their adventures with us in something that we call “Home in the Woods” night. This is a favorite night of camp for many campers and is structured so that campers can have an introductory camping experience, while still close by to bathrooms and the rest of main camp. A night together in the woods provides kids the unstructured time they need to become comfortable with one another and explore their environment. During Home in Woods campers sleep under tarps, cook their food over the fire, make s'more, and go on an evening wagon ride. In the morning kids wake up at their Home in the Woods site, eat breakfast there, and return to their cabins to change and get ready for the day. If you feel that this is something your child is not ready for, please indicate that on your registration form and we will provide an indoor sleeping location for your child on this night with staff supervision.

LOW ROPES

Just one of the ways we work to build a team amongst a group of campers is low ropes. Low ropes is a series of challenges and activities where campers must work together to accomplish a task. In doing this campers interact in new ways, take on different roles in the group, experience frustration, and celebrate success. Completion of low ropes is a requirement for older units who want to move on to high ropes. Following the principle of Challenge by Choice, we never pressure campers to do something uncomfortable but encourage them to stretch themselves and accomplish what they are capable of. 

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