Cragged Summer Camp (6-11 year-olds)
The camp program for elementary-school-aged campers is predominantly focused on in-camp fun! That means there will be a lot of time for swimming, runaround games and sports, arts and crafts, drama productions, playing musical instruments, and much more. These campers will also go on overnight backpacking and canoeing trips, but typically they will not be out of camp for more than 2-3 days at a time each week.
To get a better picture of what our Wilderness Programming for this age group is like, click here!
Cragged Summer Camp (12-14 year olds)
The camp program for middle-school-aged campers starts to increase the amount of time spent out of camp on overnight backpacking and canoeing trips. These trips will typically be 3-4 days each week. That said, when these campers are in camp they get to experience everything the younger kids do, but they get to be role models in the process. That means plenty of time for swimming, runaround games and sports, arts and crafts, drama productions, playing musical instruments, and much more while spending time with the younger campers in camp.
To get a better picture of what our Wilderness Programming for this age group is like, click here!
Cragged Summer Camp (15 year olds)
Our Wilderness Program is the culmination of a camper’s outdoor experience at Cragged Mountain Farm. These trips allow campers to spend more time out of camp than they normally do; they are able to stretch themselves and spend longer periods of time in the wilderness honing their backpacking and canoeing skills. At age 15 these groups of campers have a choice to make. How do they want to spend their summer adventuring with CMF?
As campers move through our in-camp tripping program we strive to create a program that is best suited to their age, their specific cabin group, their ability, and their personal aspirations. For this reason when it comes time for campers to participate in the Wilderness Program we gauge what is going to be best for that particular group of kids. This being said, it is possible that trips will not repeat year after year.
Historically these trips have revolved around weeks spent on the Allagash Wilderness Waterway or on the East Branch of the Penobscot River and an ascent of Mount Katahdin in Baxter State Park. While these are always options for the 15 year olds, as stated above, they may not be offered every year.
