California SUMMER 2021 Challenge California Challenge 2021
Explore the grandeur of northern California for 24 days! Hike through the Shasta-Trinity Alps, one of the most beautiful wilderness areas we visit. Experience immense bonding with your new friends while whitewater rafting the Middle and Upper Klamath River. Mountain bike and Current rock climb in the shadows of Mt. Shasta before grades preparing for a summit attempt of this famous 10th-11th California 14er. Discover why the Lost Coast is aptly named while backpacking along secluded Length beaches. Finish your trip with a day hike among 24 DAYS the world’s most majestic trees in Humboldt For the past two years, Jess’ AT Redwoods State Park. experiences have been the highlight of her summer. With each trip, we have been confident that Jess has had a safe, fun, and challenging experience that Activities has helped shape her into a independent and confident young woman. She loves Backpacking Inflatable kayaking Mountain biking the AT community and has made many lasting friendships!” Joanna King, parent Mountaineering Rock climbing Whitewater rafting from Barrington, RI California Challenge 2021
ITINERARY
Day 1 Day 2 Days 3–7 ARRIVAL day hike BACKPACK IN SHASTA-TRINITY Fly or drive into Sacramento Students will split up into NATIONAL FOREST International Airport (SMF) and meet smaller groups to hike different The Trinity Alps range was named after its more famous your group and instructors! Once all trails around Boulder Lake European counterpart due to its chiseled granite peaks students and their luggage have arrived, in Shasta-Trinity National and domes. Spend five days wandering through lush, we’ll drive up to Shasta-Trinity National Forest. Everyone will hike to green valleys carved by glaciers long ago, beneath one Forest, where we’ll have our delicious a stunning alpine lake, where of the greatest conifer forests in the world. Black bear, “Yahoo!” dinner (chicken, steak, veggie we’ll eat lunch and get to swim! bobcats, blacktailed deer, pine marten, wolverine, and burgers, cheesy mashed potatoes, and many more species of wildlife call the Trinity Alps fruit salad) and spend our first night home. In the afternoon, cool off with a refreshing swim playing games and getting to know in one of the region’s hundreds of alpine lakes! At night, each other. settle in with your new best friends, blanketed by the brightest stars you’ve ever seen. » California Challenge 2021
Day 8 Day 9 Day 10 MOUNTAIN BIKE AT WHITEWATER RAFT THE ROCK CLIMB AT CANTARA ROCKS LAKE SISKIYOU UPPER KLAMATH RIVER This beautiful riverside crag has routes No matter your skill level, all students Head a bit north to southern Oregon for all abilities. Progress in difficulty as love to ride around Lake Siskiyou. to ride the nonstop flow of the Upper you feel ready, and when it’s time to cool Nestled at the foot of 14,179-foot Mt. Klamath. Drop down more than 30 off, jump into one of several swimming Shasta, you can choose to ride the fun class III and IV rapids on this Wild holes in the Sacramento River just a few downhills or take a mellower approach and Scenic River, surrounded by the yards away. on more beginner-friendly tracks as volcano-peppered Cascade Range. you alternately wind through thickly This one is a thrill ride! forested areas and wide-open trails. » California Challenge 2021
DAYS 11–13 DAY 14 DAYS 15–17 DAY 18 CLIMB MT. SHASTA (14,162 FEET) LOGISTICS AND TRAVEL WHITEWATER RAFT THE MIDDLE TRAVEL DAY We’ll spend three memorable days on this Laundry day! Students and KLAMATH RIVER After coming off the river, we’ll mammoth mountain that commands the instructors will work together Spend three days bonding with your pack up and head to our second landscape of northern California. First, to get laundry done, refresh friends paddling inflatable kayaks and backpack along the Lost Coast. learn how to use ice axes and crampons our food supply, and do a rafts down the Middle Klamath, the in “snow school.” Then for our summit thorough van clean-up. Then second-largest river in the state. Hop attempt, we wake up when it’s still dark we’ll head to the Middle out of your raft and hike to some of the to start our hike—our reward is the most Klamath River for rafting. coolest waterfalls you’ve ever splashed vibrant sunrise you’ve ever seen. around in, and gather around beautiful campsites at night. Top it all off with splash wars while you’re surrounded by dramatic, lush greenery! This is one of the most memorable and fun experiences of California Challenge. California Challenge 2021
It’s hard to believe that Ivan has completed his fourth trip with AT. He’s developed friendships with students across the country and respect for his instructors. After each trip, we see positive signs that his horizon is growing. AT provides a safe environment for Ivan to be independent DAYS 19–22 DAY 23 DAY 24 of his family and do BACKPACK THE LOST COAST HIKE IN HUMBOLDT DEPARTURE new things and have Immerse yourself in the wildness of the REDWOODS STATE PARK We promise you this: You won’t experiences that are most untouched stretch of beach in the Famously known for its “Avenue want to leave! But it’ll be time for solely his. I appreciate country. Journey for four days among of the Giants” tour, this 53,000- our adventure to come to an end. all the work and black sand and pebbly beaches and hop acre park contains the largest Relive every memory the night dedication of the AT over barnacled boulders. Learn how expanse of ancient redwoods in before with a celebratory dinner, staff. I feel so blessed to read a tide table, with steep cliffs on the entire world. It’s home to the and exchange contact info with that this is available one side, and the vast expanse of the Dyerville Giant, which at 362 all of your new best friends so for Ivan. Sydney Pacific on the other. Some days may have feet tall was once the world’s you can stay in touch. Axtell, parent from bluebird skies, while on others you’ll stroll tallest tree until it fell in 1991. Springfield, OH in and out of mystical fog. This is one magical hike you and your friends will never, ever forget. California Challenge 2021 TRAVEL INFO
Adventure Treks is a Arrive and depart great program and an from awesome experience Sacramento, CA for any child. The instructors are awesome, and so is the main leadership. They genuinely care about all of the kids and want them to learn, have fun, and gain confidence. SMF Sonia had a great time and seems more *Please do not book Transportation to and from the adventure is the responsibility flights until your confident about herself of the family. Our instructors will be eagerly awaiting each of our students’ child has been since returning home. officially accepted She said her community arrivals at the Sacramento International Airport. We try our best to meet every and enrolled on the was nice, caring, and student as they walk off the plane, but in the rare event we are unable California Challenge helpful! You all did a trip. However, if to, we will call and text your child to guide them to a meeting place. Students great job—thank you! you’d like to look call home as soon as they meet with our instructors and gather their baggage. up flight options, Tuba Alam, parent from all students need Sterling, VA to arrive to SMF between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. the first day of Weather info the trip, and depart Our main concern about California is getting too much sun and not drinking SMF between 6 a.m. enough water. While it will likely be sunny and warm the entire trip, we’ll and 1 p.m. the last probably experience chilly temperatures while on Mt. Shasta, and possibly day of the trip. fog and drizzle along the Lost Coast. One ill-prepared person can negatively affect the safety and fun of the whole group, so please come prepared. California Challenge 2021 Logistics DATES 6/23/21 – 7/16/21 7/6/21 – 7/29/21 7/19/21 – 8/11/21
PRICE $5,595
Included in tuition: » All food and lodging
» All group and technical equipment (tent, sleeping bag, sleeping pad, backpacking pack, mess kit, etc.)
» Guided activities
Not Included in tuition: » Trip insurance
» Airfare to and from
» Personal clothing and items
Going to Adventure Treks after being at Camp Pinnacle was probably the best decision of my life. I’ve learned a lot about nature and how to live in it, and I made a ton of friends. And I learned you don’t have to be “comfortable” to have fun! I loved how excited everyone was for activities and how close we got in only a few days.” Bella, student from Winter Park, FL California Challenge 2021
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