Four-Week Sessions
The Deer Crossing program is built around a two-week rhythm, but a four-week session (the standard length back East) is much more than two, two-week sessions back to back. Campers get more time to develop skills in their chosen activities of course, and many of our best climbers, sailors, and kayakers come for four weeks. They get to choose two different out-trips whether canoeing, rock climbing, or backpacking (to different areas). The biggest difference is the opportunity to develop significantly greater independence and self-confidence.
Many of us are familiar with the time it takes to transition from a busy time at home to vacation mode. It takes multiple days for the body to adjust physically and mentally. With four weeks, campers get through that transition, settle into camp routine, and still have time to try multiple activities while diving deeply into a couple. The four-week time frame also helps build the self-reliance for successful transitions to college, etc.
Your four weeks at Deer Crossing are packed with everything that camp has to offer: tons of activities, campfire, whitewater rafting, out-trips, and more. Campers attending four weeks sessions may stay at camp between the sessions. Parents can also pick up their camper at the end of their first two weeks and return them to Loon Lake the next day for their second two weeks.
Here is the basic schedule of our four-week sessions.
| Four week session schedule | |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | |
| Sunday | Arrive, hike in, orientation |
| Monday | Swim test, activities |
| Tuesday-Friday | Activities |
| Saturday | Activities, campfire |
| Week 2 | |
| Sunday | Rest day: sleep in, brunch, no activities, open beach |
| Monday | Activities, whitewater rafting |
| Tuesday | Activities, Out-trip prep |
| Wednesday-Friday | Out-trips |
| Friday | Out-trips return, End of session BBQ |
| Saturday | Individual activities (Departure day for 2-week campers) |
| Week 3 | |
| Sunday | Rest day: sleep in, brunch, individual activities (Connect with new campers in evening) |
| Monday-Friday | Intermediate-Advanced Activities |
| Saturday | Activities, campfire |
| Week 4 | |
| Sunday | Rest day: sleep in, brunch, no activities, open beach |
| Monday | Activities, whitewater rafting |
| Tuesday | Activities, Out-trip prep |
| Wednesday-Friday | Out-trips |
| Friday | Out-trips return, End of session BBQ |
| Saturday | Departure day, hike out |
See Dates & Rates for session dates.