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Crystalaire Adventures

Small group wilderness trips for teens, youth and groups.

Hike, bike, canoe or sail your way through the Midwest’s most beautiful landscapes. Work as a group to chart your course, prepare your meals and have fun. Build an inclusive community, learn to lead and find yourself along the way.

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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
“Its not about getting away from it all. Its about getting ready for it all. Learning to live better as you”  
- Micah Leinbach

Our Blog

On Identity Based Leadership

On Identity Based Leadership

November 9, 2016 1903

If you’ve been on a Crystalaire trip you know we talk about a lot of boxes. We draw them in the sand, lay them out in rocks and twigs, or draw them on small portable whiteboards. And then, often, we break them. It’s part of what we call “identity-based dynamics,” and it’s our own twist

Home Visits

Home Visits

January 30, 2018 819

Spring 2018 Home Visits This spring, we are working with Crystalaire Families to host “home visits” all over the midwest. This has proven, by far, to be our most effective means of reaching new families. For those who haven’t hosted or been to a home visit in the past, here’s how it typically goes: We

2019 Trip: The Boundary Waters

November 28, 2018 142

2019 Trip: The Boundary Waters July 7th-July 20th, 2019, Age 14-17 Click to Register Now! We will arrive in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area on the evening of July 8th to commence this twelve day canoe voyage. As on any Crystalaire trip, the participants will work together to set an itinerary for the trip, but

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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 a wilderness setting, 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 on a Crystalaire Adventures.

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

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