Are you ready to step powerfully into the next stage of your life? For 50+ years, we have been guiding youth, adults and elders through life transitions, restoring rites of passage and building multi-generational community.

RITE OF PASSAGES
FOR AGES 8 - 18

Our summer youth programs, for ages 8 – 18, help young people navigate the journey from childhood to adulthood in a supported, mentored way. Led by a team of experienced wilderness mentors, participants will safely experience the physical challenges of demanding mountain backpacking as well as the interpersonal themes of self-reliance, responsibility to self and others, group dynamics and conflict resolution.

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EXPERIENCES
FOR AGES 18+

Our adult programs, for ages 18 and older, grew out of the strong need we saw to guide adults through their own rites of passage — for transition does not, of course, end at age 18 (in many ways, that’s when it begins!). Our programs for adults include solo time in nature, powerful ritual and ceremony and individual and community mentorship and reflection.

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Experiences &
Trainings

The time that we are living in now requires a deep sense of self, community, place and the sacred — the very basis on which all of our programs are designed. These programs foster the presence necessary for authentic connections, which are essential in our communities, families, friendships and relationships with all beings.

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Rites of Passage for Ages 8 - 18

Explorer’s Journey (Ages 8 - 10)
June 24 - 28, 2019
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Call to Adventure (Ages 10 - 12)
June 23 - 29, 2019
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Call to Adventure (Ages 10 - 12)
August 12 - 18, 2019
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Moon Rise: For Young Women (Ages 12 - 14)
July 28 - August 3, 2019
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Mountain Quest: For Young Women (Ages 12 - 15)
June 30 - July 13, 2019
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Mountain Quest: For Young Men (Ages 12 - 15)
June 30 - July 13, 2019
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Mountain Quest: For Young Men (Ages 12 - 15)
July 21 - August 10, 2019
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Fire on the Mountain (Ages 14 - 18)
July 7 - 14, 2019
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Solo Crossing (Ages 15 - 18)
July 20 - August 9, 2019
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Queer Mountain Quest (LGBTQ2IA+ Ages 13 - 18)
August 11 - 24, 2019
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Experiences for Ages 18 +

Restoring Rites of Passage for Youth (Ages 18 +)
June 2 - 15, 2019
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Adult Wilderness Quest (Ages 18 +)
August 19 - 29, 2019
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Adult Mountain Quest (Ages 18 +)
August 20 - 30, 2019
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Trainings, Workshops & Events

Crucible of Youth: Supporting Adolescent Transformation
February 9 - 10, 2019
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Creating Soulful Ritual
March 16 - 17, 2019
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Threads of the Past: Why did Rites of Passage Disappear?
April 6 - 7, 2019
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Designing Transformative Ritual
May 4 - 6, 2019
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Counselor Camp
September 20 - 22, 2019
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Dream Tending Council
First Thursdays, 7 to 9pm
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