Why Choose GMA?
Low Camper-to-Guide Ratio
All of our programs have a maximum camper-to-guide ratio of 6:1, ensuring each participant receives individualized attention and support.
Our Guides
Our guides are hand-picked from the local community based on their extensive wilderness experience and skills, intimate knowledge of the local environment and terrain, and youth service experience (as teachers, coaches, mentors, parents, etc.).
Focus on Developing Relationships
As an outdoor adventure camp in this community for over 25 years, we’ve enjoyed the opportunity to witness the personal growth of many returning campers as they develop confidence in themselves and their ability to relate with peers in a group setting. Our programs are very small and inclusive, without much room or opportunity for cliques to form. We encourage a “come as you are” ethic, where campers can be fully themselves, without external pressure to act or perform in a certain way.
Trip Options
Adventure Squad
This camp offers youngsters a taste for outdoor adventure while emphasizing safety and respect for our environment and each other. Kids will learn to paddle canoes & kayaks on one of Vermont's many beautiful waterways, rock climb on the Falls of Lana cliffs (or indoors, depending on the weather), explore swimming spots along various rivers, build sand castles, explore state parks, practice team building exercises, and nap in the van.
Co-ed, Ages 6 - 8
Once the camp is full, please call the store at 802-388-7245 to be added to the waitlist.
Monday - Friday 9AM - 4PM daily
Dates:
- July 6th - 10th
Cost: $450
Rock and River
For slightly older adventure-seekers, Rock and River offers an incredible suite of outdoor adventures. Spend the week exploring underground limestone caves by headlamp, kayaking and canoeing, tubing down mountain streams, hiking to the summit of one of Vermont's tallest peaks, and rock climbing. This camp has it all!
Co-ed, Ages 8 - 10
Once the camp is full, please call the store at 802-388-7245 to be added to the waitlist.
Monday - Friday 9am-4PM daily
Dates:
- June 22nd - 26th
- August 3rd - 7th
Cost: $450
Wilderness Challenge
Our oldest age group, offering the ultimate answer to how you spend your summer vacation. Mountain biking through some of the area's best single-track trails, tubing through rivers searching for secret swimming holes, rock climbing, hiking in the Green or White Mountains, and paddling canoes and kayaks on an inland lake to explore hidden islands.
Co-ed, Ages 11 - 15
Once the camp is full, please call the store at 802-388-7245 to be added to the waitlist.
Monday - Friday 9am-4PM daily
Dates:
- July 20th - 24th
- Mountain Bike and helmet not provided
Cost: $450
General Conditions
For all camps, a $200 non-refundable deposit is due at the time of registration.
Day camps run from 9:00am – 4:00pm.
Pick up/Drop off location:
Middlebury Mountaineer
56 Main Street Middlebury, VT 05753
For more information, give us a call at 802-388-7245!
