By Stacey Rice, logistics coordinator Sunday marked the official start of spring. Flowers are blooming, leaf buds are opening, and temperatures are warming. With that, millions of travelers are beginning to think about their summer plans, including Adventure Treks families looking to book cost-effective plane tickets for their child’s trip! But what day of the […]
By Kate Brown, logistics coordinator and trip leader Planning a meal for a backpacking trip can be intimidating. When you type “backpacking meals” into Google, the hundreds of images of pre-packaged meal kits or Ziploc bags filled with different kinds of trail mix is overwhelming. While meal kits work for some people, there are countless […]
By Josh Goldbach, associate director Name: Alex Coffin University Attended: Alex holds a Bachelor’s degree in Biology and Mathematics from Colgate University. Years with AT: This will be Alex’s 2nd year with Adventure Treks. Favorite AT activity: Rock Climbing What do you do when you’re not working for AT? I am a high school math teacher. This is […]
When people ask me what other programs we compete with, I don’t first think of other outdoor or youth development companies—our competition is actually video games and technology. Twenty years ago, most kids spent their summer outdoors—it was what kids did. Now programs like ours are reserved for the adventurous few as people move away […]
You don’t have to be a professional photographer to capture a fantastic shot. What’s more, you don’t even have to have a fancy or expensive camera. Today’s point and shoot cameras come equipped with systems that rival more expensive options (think digital SLRs), so you’ve got what you need to create a beautiful photograph. The […]
By Amanda Fox, marketing director Unless you’ve spent any length of time in western North Carolina, it can be hard to imagine why so many folks—from north and south AND west—flock to this region in warmer months. Outside magazine gets it: In their recent annual Best of Travel’s “30 Best Trips of 2015,” they named […]
Name: Erica Van Steenis University attended: Erica has a bachelor’s degree from the University of California Berkeley, and master’s degree in community development from University of California Davis. Years with AT: This will be Erica’s sixth summer. Erica, what’s your favorite AT activity? Backpacking! I know a lot of our new students come in nervous […]
We’d like to share an observation that we have made over the years, a phenomenon that often happens to students between their first and second summer of Adventure Treks: After the first adventure ends, a student enthusiastically registers for next summer and a brand-new adventure destination. They are excited to come back to see their […]
Our instructors say thank you to our parents for sharing absolutely wonderful students with us! We miss them! Although summer is behind us, Adventure Treks is still going strong, with 24 of our summer instructors here in North Carolina. Two different schools join us each week in Pisgah National Forest or at our very own […]
The boarding announcement interrupted a nice conversation in Portland. Our last student of 2015, Gaetan, quickly hopped on his Delta plane to Paris and just like that… the summer was over… and so was the magic of Adventure Treks. This summer ended as strongly as I can remember. The students formed close and inclusive communities, […]