Colorado SUMMER 2021 Explorer EXPLORER 2021

Spend two magical weeks exploring the diverse terrain of Colorful

Colorado. In Rocky Mountain National Park, walk through fields

laden with blue and purple wildflowers. Near Salida, become familiar

with the alpine desert landscape while rock climbing and mountain

biking with the massive 14,000-foot peaks of the Sawatch Range

as your backdrop. Navigate the rapids in Browns Canyon on the Current grades River, considered the best stretch of whitewater rafting 7th-8th in Colorado. Hike your way to unbeatable views on the 12,713-foot

Hallett Peak, and finish your trip with rafting on the Clear Creek Length River’s nonstop rollercoaster rapids! 13 DAYS

Talia had an incredible time on her second Adventure Treks trip! She loved every minute and formed an instant Activities community with the kids on her trip and said they were open, loving, and very Backpacking Mountain biking Mountain summit inclusive. Talia loved her instructors, challenged herself, and brought back the skills she learned with her. She is Rock climbing Whitewater rafting confident, smiling, and content and already talking about which trip to do next year!” Rachel Berger, parent from Cabin John, MD COLORADO EXPLORER 2021

ITINERARY

Day 1 Day 2 Days 3–6 ARRIVAL day hike BACKPACK IN ROCKY MOUNTAIN Fly or drive into Denver Students will split up into NATIONAL PARK International Airport (DEN) and smaller groups to explore Spend four days hiking in the Rocky meet your group and instructors! different trails in the eastern Mountains during peak wildflower season. Once all students and their part of Rocky Mountain (If you keep your eyes peeled, you may even luggage have arrived, we’ll drive National Park. Everyone will see bighorn sheep, mule deer, marmots, and up to Rocky Mountain National hike to a stunning alpine possibly even elk!) As you wind through Park, where we’ll have our lake, where we’ll eat lunch dense pine and aspen forests, past green- delicious “Yahoo!” dinner (chicken, and continue getting to blue alpine lakes, and beneath stunning steak, veggie burgers, cheesy know each other. ridgelines, you and your new friends will mashed potatoes, and fruit salad) play fun games like hide and seek and and spend our first night. “camouflage.” By the end of the four days, it’ll feel like you’ve been friends for years. » COLORADO EXPLORER 2021

Day 7 Day 8 Day 9 Day 10 WHITEWATER RAFT THE ROCK CLIMB IN SALIDA MOUNTAIN BIKE IN SALIDA LOGISTICS AND TRAVEL ARKANSAS RIVER Transition from high meadow Blast down trails near the Laundry day! Students and Browns Canyon is considered one valleys and evergreen forests to Continental Divide, surrounded instructors will work together of the best sections of whitewater an alpine desert landscape that’s by aspen groves, grasslands, and to get laundry done, refresh rafting in the world. Exciting littered with dramatic 14,000-foot views of the breathtaking Sangre our food supply, and do a rapids carry you through a peaks. Tall granite domes await de Cristo mountain range. thorough van clean-up. Then riparian canyon (see if you can you in the “Heart of the Rockies.” Perfect for riders of all levels! we’ll head back north to Rocky catch a glimpse of bighorn sheep Learn the basics of climbing and Mountain National Park scrambling up the steep walls!). belaying, and challenge yourself There’s nothing more thrilling than on harder and harder routes as the bouncing down big drops with day goes on. your crew. » COLORADO EXPLORER 2021

Our son returned for his third year because Adventure Treks is thoughtful, supportive, positive, and fun! Daniel loves it so much. AT provides a safe and yet challenging space for teenagers to take risks and make friends outside of school, sports, etc. EVERYTHING at AT has been carefully considered and is done for a reason. Making connections with other Day 11 Day 12 Day 13 teenagers outside of CLIMB WHITEWATER RAFT THE DEPARTURE school has been so Venture back into Rocky Mountain CLEAR CREEK RIVER We promise you this: You won’t valuable. AT gives him National Park, this time to hike up Hallett Experience a river that became want to leave! But it’ll be time for the chance to really Peak (12,324 feet), where the 360-degree famous for mining during our adventure to come to an end. connect with other kids views will leave you speechless. At the the Colorado Gold Rush! Relive every memory the night in meaningful ways summit, you’ll feel like you’re walking on Continuous, action-packed before with a celebratory dinner, that he just doesn’t do top of the world; everywhere you look rapids will keep you laughing and exchange contact info with at school. AT is heaven are gorgeous mountains, including Longs as you rush down Clear Creek all of your new best friends so for him. Thank you. Peak (the tallest mountain in the park surrounded by sheer cliffs and you can stay in touch. Thank you. Thank at 14,259 feet), Flattop Mountain (12,362 tall peaks. you.” Laura Miller, feet), and several other 12,000- and parent from Cabin 13,000-foot peaks. John, MD COLORADO EXPLORER 2021 TRAVEL INFO

Arrive and depart from Denver, CO A summer without AT is not a summer at all. Adventure Treks is pure magic... Children get an opportunity to be just that—children, within a structure DEN premised on safety, respect, community, *Please do not book Transportation to and from the adventure is the responsibility flights until your acceptance, and child has been fun. The selection of the family. Our instructors will be eagerly awaiting each of our officially accepted of destinations, students’ arrivals at the Denver International Airport. We try our best to meet and enrolled on the peers, instructors, Colorado Explorer food, activities, etc. every student as they walk off the plane, but in the rare event we are unable trip. However, if have large doses to, we will call your child to guide him/her to a meeting place. Students call you’d like to look of thought and up flight options, care and love. This home as soon as they meet with our instructors and gather their baggage. all students need to arrive to DEN summer was the between 8 a.m. and best escape from 1 p.m. the first day of the pandemic.” – the trip, and depart Sanjani Varkey, Weather info DEN between 6 a.m. parent from Summers in Colorado are generally very pleasant. At higher elevations, and 1 p.m. the last Berkeley, CA you’ll likely experience temperatures in the upper 60s and 70s, while day of the trip. at lower elevations it can climb into the 80s. You may still see snow on mountaintops in June, while in July and August there may be a few afternoon thunderstorms. Our packing list will prepare you for every possible scenario to keep you comfortable, warm, and dry no matter the conditions! COLORADO EXPLORER 2021 Logistics DATES 6/23/21 - 7/05/21 7/11/21 - 7/23/21 7/29/21 - 8/10/21

PRICE $3,695

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

Y’all killed it. Lee was game but dubious going in, motivated in no small part to keep up with his sister. His first night home, he spent about an hour and a half describing each and every day in detail, from first to last. As he got to the end, he observed through teary eyes, ‘I didn’t know I could form such strong relationships in such a short period of time.’ If that’s not a win, I don’t know what is.” – Matt Bailey, parent from Greensboro, NC COLORADO EXPLORER 2021

Ready to sign up? There are three ways:

» Apply online at adventuretreks.com/enroll » Call us at 888-954-5555 » Or email Amanda Fox-McGlashan, our marketing director, at [email protected]

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