A 4-Week Summer Program
HIDDEN VALLEY ADVENTURES
Since 1994, HVA (Hidden Valley’s teen adventure summer program) has provided young people with these exciting, safe, and challenging opportunities:
- Wilderness Canoe Trips (Allagash & St. Croix Rivers)
- Rock Climbing • Whitewater Rafting
- Tours of Quebec City and Provincial Parks
- Adventure-Ropes Course
- Hiking
- Mt. Biking in Acadia National Park
- Climbing Mount Katahdin
- Sea Kayaking
- Other water and land-based adventures
Participants challenge their physical abilities in a well-supervised, upbeat atmosphere and develop friendships, self-confidence and leadership skills in the process.
HVA Leadership
Trip leaders are college-trained, experienced in outdoor adventures, and support the Hidden Valley philosophy of personal growth through group interaction. Leaders are professionally trained facilitators who possess relevant outdoor and safety certification, and enjoy work with this dynamic, energetic group of campers.
Based In A Log Cabin
Groups of 7-10 teenaged boys and girls set out on adventures lasting up to a week. Between trips, Hidden Valley Adventures is based in a log cabin on the summit of Ledge Mountain located on the 300-acre grounds of Hidden Valley Camp. A short hike from the camp’s facilities – dining hall, health lodge, lake, etc. – the log cabin is well isolated from the sights and sounds of civilization.
A Life-Changing Experience
Hidden Valley Adventures meets the needs of teens who want more than a summer vacation away from home with their peers. The program promises to be different, memorable, challenging and fun. Those who take part often find they return home as different people. They have benefited from working and living together with their companions and communing with the great outdoors.
"Hidden Valley Adventures was the single most trying experience of my life. It is the hardest I have ever had to push myself, the strongest I have ever had to be, and the most fun I have ever had. I wholeheartedly believe that who I am today was greatly impacted by my HVA experience; I am stronger, more confident, and more outgoing."
