Yellowstone Teton SUMMER 2021 Adventure Yellowstone teton Adventure 2021

Embrace the stunning beauty of ’s for two weeks this summer! Backpack through Yellowstone National Park— famous for its concentration of wildlife—keeping an eye out for bison, black bears, lynx, elk, Current grades mountain goats, and more. Become an Alzar 8th-9th School student for a four-day introduction to river Length leadership rafting trip down the stunning Salmon 14 DAYS River. Finally, flow down the trails on a mountain Adventure Treks provides a great bike on Brundage Mountain’s exciting trails. opportunity for kids to reconnect with nature, have fun in an active, challenging way, and be a part of a close community. Every kid needs time away from the modern world to be reminded of the beauty of our world and the people Activities we walk through life with. AT is a great Backpacking Mountain biking Whitewater rafting way to do that.” Laura Cattabriga, third- year parent from Miami, FL

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Day 1 Day 2 Days 3–6 NOTE: Each session of the ARRIVAL day hike WHITEWATER RAFT THE SALMON RIVER Fly or drive into Jackson Hole Airport For trips starting in Boise, Adventure Treks works with the renowned Alzar School, Yellowstone Teton (JAC) or Boise Airport (BOI)* and meet students will day hike near Blue a semester leadership school based in Idaho, to guide Adventure may your group and instructors! Once all Lake in Payette National Forest, this fun introduction to river leadership course on the complete their students and their luggage have arrived, surrounded by wildflowers, magnificent Salmon River. During their four days on the activities in a we’ll drive to our first campsite where conifer forests, and alpine Salmon, students will learn how to navigate downriver different order; we’ll have our delicious “Yahoo!” dinner ponds. For trips starting in as a team and look at environmental issues related parents will (chicken, steak, veggie burgers, cheesy Jackson Hole, students will hike to riparian ecosystems. And, of course, they’ll tackle receive daily, mashed potatoes, and fruit salad) and to Bradley and Taggart lakes exciting rapids and camp on river beaches at night. detailed itineraries spend our first night playing games and in National Park, Bonus: Alzar School provides a semester of electives of their child’s getting to know each other. enjoying stunning views of the credit that can be incorporated onto students’ transcripts specific trip in spectacular Grand Teton above. at their traditional school. This is a huge highlight of the May 2020. * See page 7 Yellowstone Teton Adventure experience. » Yellowstone teton Adventure 2021

Day 7 Day 8 DayS 9-12 MOUNTAIN BIKE AT LOGISTICS AND TRAVEL BACKPACK IN YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK BRUNDAGE MOUNTAIN Laundry day! Students Set your sights upon Yellowstone’s spectacular Rocky Brundage Mountain pulls double and instructors will work Mountains during a four-day backpacking trip. Avoiding duty: a ski resort in the winter, and a together to get laundry the crowds and heading into more secluded territory, we’ll mountain bike haven in the summer! done, refresh our food wander past some of the more than 500 geysers scattered With 20+ miles of trails that are perfect supply, and do a thorough throughout America’s first national park—the largest for beginner to advanced riders (and van clean-up. Then we’ll concentration of active geysers anywhere in the world! everyone in between), Brundage’s head east to Yellowstone This area also boasts tremendous biodiversity, and it’s likely rolling terrain offers plenty of thrills and National Park for our you’ll spot some of its famous wildlife on your hike. Ancient scenic views of Payette National Forest. backpack. violent volcanic activity shaped these mountains into the gorgeous and unique landscape they are today. » Yellowstone teton Adventure 2021

DAY 13 DAY 14 SUMMIT HIKE IN GRAND TETON DEPARTURE Summer looks forward to her Adventure Treks experience We promise you this: You NATIONAL PARK all year long. Despite the concerns about COVID, we Set your sights upon a stunning subalpine lake won’t want to leave! But it’ll trusted that the staff and other families were going in the Tetons. Amphitheater Lake lies at 9,698 be time for our adventure to do the best job they could at keeping the kids safe feet, and you’ll pass through a conifer forest to come to an end. Relive and healthy. This year, our daughter had an incredible with countless views of surrounding peaks every memory the night experience. What makes her time at AT so special is the during your ascent, like the famous Grand before with a celebratory way she connects with her instructors and the other kids on the trip. In a relatively short amount of time, she felt Teton, Disappointment Peak, , and dinner, and exchange comfortable and confident to open up with her new friends Teewinot Mountain. Bonus: You’ll get uninhibited contact info with all of your like never before. Our daughter truly feels she has made views of Bradley and Taggart lakes—where you new best friends so you lifelong friends with her AT group and can’t wait for next did your day hike—and miles of green, rolling can stay in touch. summer when she can join many of them again on another prairie lands. Keep your eyes peeled for black adventure.” Laura Sklenicka, parent from Atlantic Beach, FL bear in the distance, mule deer, or grouse! Yellowstone teton Adventure 2021 TRAVEL INFO

June 22 session: I wanted to say how Arrive to Boise, ID (BOI), and depart from much Eli enjoyed his Jackson Hole, WY (JAC) trip. The kid couldn’t have been happier and July 10 session: is still going on about Arrive to Boise, ID (BOI), what a great group of and depart from Jackson Hole, WY (JAC) kids and instructors he had. We are very July 29 session: grateful AT came up Arrive to Jackson Hole, with an alternative WY (JAC), and depart from Boise, ID (BOI) plan and he could have this much- needed experience Transportation to and from the adventure is the responsibility this summer. Thanks of the family. Our instructors will be eagerly awaiting each of our students’ to everyone there for arrivals at either Jackson Hole or Boise airports. We try our best to meet every making it happen.” Valerie Busch, parent student as they walk off the plane, but in the rare event we are unable to, we from Charlotte, NC will call and text your child to guide them to a meeting place. Students call BOI home as soon as they meet with our instructors and gather their baggage.

Weather info JAC Summers in Yellowstone and Idaho are generally nice, with daytime highs *Please do not book flights until your child has been officially in the 70s and 80s. Evenings are typically cool, and we may experience an accepted and enrolled on the Yellowstone Teton Adventure afternoon thunderstorm once or twice. While hiking at higher altitudes, it may trip. However, if you’d like to look up flight options, please be chilly and breezy on some days. One ill-prepared person can negatively call us for specific arrival and departure windows. affect the safety and fun of the whole group. Yellowstone teton Adventure 2021 Logistics DATES 6/22/21 – 7/5/21 7/10/21 – 7/23/21 7/29/21 – 8/11/21

PRICE $3,995

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

I wish the trip had been longer and that we’d had more time together! I felt like I had a really special bond with the instructors; each relationship was different but all were amazing. I like how easily everyone ‘clicked.’ Adventure Treks is super fun, and I’ve made so many lifelong friends. And it’s taught me so many things!” Remi, student from Columbus, GA Yellowstone teton Adventure 2021

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