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Welcome: Parents

An Important Message To Parents

Thirty-nine years ago, in 1973, we founded Wilderness Ventures, combining our love for teaching young adults with our passion for the American wilderness and adventure. Today, it is humbling for us to realize the extent and magnitude of the positive impact we have made on the lives of so many students.


Discover The Wilderness Ventures Difference


For the past 38 years we have dedicated ourselves to helping teens become responsible adults through challenging and meaningful teen outdoor adventures.


Today’s young people are inundated with video games, instant messaging, cell phones and computers. It is oftentimes difficult to convince them that escaping these comforts of home will open up to them a new world, far more fun than the one left behind. Our students experience beauty beyond description, and become valuable contributors to our small groups. They establish lifelong friendships and many discover who they really are for the first time in their lives.

 

Our active teen adventures and summer camp activities help today’s “wired generation” reconnect with the out-of-doors in ways that help them become responsible, self-confident and self-reliant, and they are continuously amazed at how much fun they can have without cell phones, computers and iPods.

 

We invite you to discover why our small, family-owned and operated teen adventure program has led the industry for the past four decades.


Please read this thorough website for a clear understanding of our goals and the most complete information about our wonderful trips, our superb leaders, and the most comprehensive reference list of any similar-appearing program.


Please also view one of our superb videos produced for television or aired on:
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DON’T MISS OUR SLIDESHOWS

We Invite you to attend one of our annual teen summer camp slide presentations and alumni reunions conducted each January in over 50 cities around the country.
Please click here for teen summer camp presentation the dates, times, and locations nearest you.

As experienced directors, but especially as parents we understand the wide range of emotions one feels when they are about to send their son or daughter off for an adventure to a far away place. We are excited about their becoming independent, more responsible and successful but we also have concerns about their safety, the qualifications of their leaders, the compatibility of their group, and the wholesomeness of their fellow trip members.

 

We pledge to you that we will plan you son or daughter’s trip, prepare their leaders, and select their trip-mates with the same thoughtfulness and care that we provided for our own sons.

 

Finally, we believe that the Wilderness Ventures experience is truly exceptional. Because our programs are such a significant investment in your daughter’s or son’s future, we have taken great care in preparing this thorough catalog. We invite you to discover Wilderness Ventures and we are hopeful that you and your son or daughter will be able to share with us the value of our life’s work through an experience with us this summer.

 

Sincerely

 

Mike and Helen Cottingham (Founders)

 

 

P.S. A Note to Prospective Students

This year we are excited to offer a wide variety of challenging and fun adventures from 16 days to 6 weeks, any of which are likely to become the finest experience of your life to date. We hope you enjoy reading about these teen summer programs and selecting your own special experience for the summer.

 
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Teen Adventure Camps by Wilderness Ventures:

Please call us for information about our teen camp adventure and teen summer programs for teens, age 12 - 18. Aside from our teen-specific teen adventure programs, we also offer adventure camps for 6th graders and adventure programs for college-age students. We look forward to talking to you about our teen summer camps, teen adventure camps and teen adventure programs.