ACTIVITIES & ACTIVITY MANAGEMENT
Activities at Leading Weight Loss Camp for Boys and Girls
Regimented "exercise" is often ineffective for campers because it's boring, and traditional sports may not be fun because of negative past experiences. As a result, Wellspring campers learn to love being outdoors, being active, and getting in shape through a range of exciting adventure activities.
At the Adventure Camp, inactive behavior is reduced in a safe, supportive and exciting environment, primarily through adventure activities such as whitewater rafting, paddling, rock climbing, rappelling, mountain biking, hiking and camping.
Where skills need to be built in order to participate, the Adventure Camp's specialists and instructors make sure all campers are fully trained and prepared before commencing the activity.
While activities and sports are sometimes competitive, the environment is non-judgmental and the action is fast and thrilling. Before the summer is over, the fitness level of campers has skyrocketed – without spending hours in the gym.
Schedule of Activities
Adventure expeditions
Every other week is spent on adventure expeditions into the surrounding areas of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Trips are taken in the Nantahala and Pisgah National Forests.
Adventure expedition activities include:
- White Water Rafting on the Nantahala and Pigeon Rivers
- Mountain Biking Lessons and Trips
- Backpacking in the Blue Ridge Mountains
- Paddling kayaks and “duckies” on the Nantahala and Pigeon Rivers
- Beginner and Intermediate Rock Climbing and Rappelling at Looking Glass
- Natural water slide at Sliding Rock
- Hiking and Camping
At camp
When we’re not on adventure expeditions, we are at Camp Hope, a beautiful camp located in a valley in the Blue Ridge Mountains, with the East Fork of the Pigeon River flowing through Camp. Camp Hope is a perfect base for our adventure expeditions and also allows for a range of more traditional camp activities.
Camp activities include:
- Swimming
- Basketball
- Street Hockey
- Scavenger Hunts
- Capture the Flag
- Hiking
- Fitness Video Games like "Dance Dance Revolution" and "Eye Toy" on the Sony Playstation
- Soccer
- Tie Dye
- Football
- Talent Show
- Mountain Biking
- Slip and Slide
- Wellspring Adventure Challenge
- Karaoke
- Dances
- Frisbee Golf
- Relays
- Shuffleboard
- Tetherball
- Arts and Crafts
- Morning Walks
- Dodgeball
Camp Hope is a great place to participate in a variety of fun activities and get in shape while making friendships to last a lifetime. Whether cheering one another on in basketball, karaoke, or while hiking up a mountain trail, new bonds will be formed and strengthened over the summer.
Wellspring Adventure Camp is permitted by the United States Forest Service to operate in Pisgah and Nantahala National Forests.
