Week Long Summer Camps

 

3 River Challenge   The Backpacker Paluza   Trips for for Individuals   Shorter 1-4 day camps

 

The Three River Challenge

A week long Adventure at Rock-N-Water in Northern California.
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Basic Itinerary:

(The chronological order of this may vary)

Day 1: Arrive Monday between 10 and 10:30 am for our Team Challenge day. Work both mind and body as you stretch to complete together a series of low element problem solving games. (Sunday evening arrivals available for an additional charge -- see "options" below.)

Day 2: Off to our first river canyon where perfect granite waits to be climbed. Spend the day top-roping, rappelling, boldering and hiking this amazing valley. Swim and explore pools and small water caves. A challenge at all levels and a total blast!!

Day 3: Put-in from our camp's beach to experience "The Gorge" run on The South Fork of the American River! A 10 mile stretch of river with great class III rapids.

Day 4: Experience the beauty of the Rubicon River in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. It is the place to take in a breath of God's handiwork and to be surrounded by wet, adventurous canyoneering.

Day 5: One of the most popular white water runs in California -- the "Upper" run of The South Fork of the American River. Our last day together is a splash through class III rapids. "Meat Grinder", "Triple Threat", and "Trouble Maker" to name a few. We will take out our boats at camp for your easy departure by 5 pm.

Now That's A Great Week!!!

Price: $398

(Includes 5 days, 4 nights, and 13 meals. Options)

The Four River Challenge

For those going into 9th grade or above. (minimum 10 people)
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Go wild by adding Class IV rapids like Tunnel Chute (Tunnel Shoot), Kanaka Falls, Chunder, and Parallel Parking to the Three River Challenge. We replace the second day of rafting with Class IV rafting on a 16 mile section of the Middle Fork of the American River.

Price: $426

(High School or older, minimum 10 people. Includes 5 days, 4 nights, and 13 meals. Options)

The Backpacker Paluza

5 days of backpacking, hiking, rock climbing, rafting, and fellowship.
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Quality relationship building time makes this trip our favorite. We'll spend four days back packing, climbing and day hiking the back country of the Sierras. Then we'll celebrate the week with a final day of class III white water rafting on the South Fork of the American River. We'll explore God's playground, and challenge ourselves by climbing rock faces and rappelling a 90ft. cliff. We provide all of the meals, camping, and offer a theme-oriented program with campfire talks and devotions at no extra cost. We believe this trip is simply... Unbeatable! Requires a minimum of twelve people, maximum of twenty.

Price: $303

(12-20 people. Includes camping Sunday through Thursday nights and Monday breakfast through Friday lunch. Options)

The Backpacker Paluza Chuck

For those backpackers wanting a little more splash (Class IV)
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Same great team building backpacking trip, but finish it off with class IV whitewater river rafting on a 16 mile stretch of rapids on the Middle Fork of the American River.

Price: $335

(High School or older, 12-20 people. Includes camping Sunday through Thursday nights and Monday breakfast through Friday lunch. Options)

Guide School

No experience required for this two week course (10 days of instruction) designed to provide students with the foundational skills and information necessary to become a class III white water guide and top-rope climbing instructor. Since Rock-N-Water's beginning in 1989 we have enjoyed training and hiring dozens of guides each year. We are thrilled to invest our knowledge of guiding and outdoor youth ministry into students enthusiastic about this ministry and industry. The course will focus on basic skills, safety, injury/incident prevention, communication, the big picture, environmental concerns, equipment rigging/care and encouraging the pursuit of further experience after the course. Graduates of this Guide School are eligible to apply for summer employment at Rock-N-Water.

Price: $750 - Partial scholarships available for potential staff

Schedule: 2009 - Only open to returning staff for 2009

More Details: Limited to students 18 years and older. Monday Lunch through Friday lunch provided both weeks. (Saturday and Sunday the 7th and 8th are free time) Expect to camp out with own sleeping gear and car pool with other students to some training locations. There will be an optional Standard First Aid/CPR class on Saturday June 14th for those interested (Cost: $45)

Options

You may customize your trip by recombining most one day adventures, adding camping, and additional meals to better fit the goals and time frame of your youth group. See our summer adventures page for a more detailed description of the individual adventure you can customize, and other "how to" questions.

Our staff is super excited to provide you with Bible-based campfire or devotional programming at no charge, or to assist you in any way we can with your own campfire program ideas. Ask about T-shirts ($8) before you come and expect to add wetsuits ($8) to any Spring or Early June rafting trips.

Prices are subject to change.

The above day by day itineraries are given as examples. What we do on each specific day may change.