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Crystalaire Adventures

MULTI-DAY  WILDERNESS TRIPS & ADVENTURE PROGRAM FOR TEENS & KIDS

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Explore the outdoors this summer with Crystalaire. We are not your ordinary summer camp – our program focuses on creating an inclusive leadership & team building experience that empowers campers to learn and explore. Our programs includes camping, hiking, biking, sailing,  kayaking and other outdoor activities in the Midwest’s most beautiful locations

Crystalaire Adventures

Where You Create your Own Experience!

Multi-day wilderness adventures in the Midwest’s most beautiful locations. Explore your identity, build community and gain valuable “life skills through outdoor skills!”

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What parents and participants say

[My son] has actually jumped on the bike repair and supply volunteer work for local charities. His sister is doing a school project to help raise funds for supplies to repair the bikes and get helmets, locks, and lights for recipients. This all started because of your [program] last year.

-Parent, Build Your Own Bike

"My daughter talks a lot about the fellowships between participants and being able to share with the trip leaders. She also loved the fact that the leaders gave them the opportunities to lead. What I loved most was the fact that they brought the campers to their level - as peers."
- Parent, Cojourn

“I think we’re different from other programs because we minimize the barriers between guides and participants. We tread the line of partners and leaders, and that’s where the magic happens.”

- Cal, guide 2018-19

Our Blog

On Agency and Working with Youth

On Agency and Working with Youth

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Perhaps one of the biggest bummers I can remember from being a teenager was feeling that my emotions were not valid, being made to feel invalid or just young and naȉve,’ as some might say. I was a gawky, semi- (or not so semi) dorky kid; I wore t-shirts that read “Metallica” and “Black Sabbath,”

2020 Trip: Manistee River

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2020 Trip: Manistee River June 21st-June 26th, August 3rd-August 8th, Age 12-14 Click to Register Now! Come paddle a nice winding stretch of one of Michigan’s most beloved (and sung-about) rivers. Hone your paddling and current-reading skills while navigating around bends and the occasional obstacle. Stop for dips when it gets hot. Keep your eyes

2020 Spring Break: Zion!

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2020 Spring Break: Backpacking Zion Click here to register now! Where: Zion National Park and surrounding area. When: March 29th- April 3rd, 2020 and April 5th- April 10th 2020. Who: 12-17 year olds. We can take up to 8 participants for each trip. How: You will fly into Las Vegas on the first day of

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Meet Our Staff

Charlie Burnett
Charlie Burnett
Director
Tanner Ruegg
Tanner Ruegg
Guide
Derik Ng
Derik Ng
Guide
Carol Gross
Carol Gross
Guide
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Our Partners

Our sister programs, Camp Lookout and Camp Carvela, operate under the same philosophical umbrella as Crystalaire. What we do in the wilderness, they do in a residential setting. Many trip participants start with a camp session but continue their experience through Crystalaire Adventures. Both camps also offer add-on adventures, meaning campers can participate in a session at Camp Lookout or Carvela, then participate in a two-night Crystalaire Adventure.

For more information or to view the camps’ complete summer schedule visit Camp Carvela here and Camp Lookout here.

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