Beyond The Ridge – Teen Adventure & Leadership
Become a leader on the Ridge.
Find yourself on the Ridge.
Camp Harrison invites you to this exclusive teen leadership program, Beyond The Ridge (BTR)! BTR is more than just a week in the woods with fellow travelers who desire to experience life together navigating not only the trails of beautiful Herring Ridge but also the true hallways of life.
Somewhere between becoming an adult and being a kid, a teen is discovering who they are and who they want to be. Often misunderstood, teens want us to know that they are growing up. At YMCA Camp Harrison, we know that teenagers will rise to meet expectations set for them, so we set our expectations high.
Through BTR, teens will be guided through Camp Harrison's 2,160 brushy mountain acres by our skilled staff members. Our goals for this program are that teens will learn key leadership and wilderness skills, foster a respect for the environment, build strong self confidence, become an open minded team player, and become closer to God.
What does this program consist of?
| Backpacking |
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Wood Processing |
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Rock Climbing |
| Fire Building |
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Shelter Building |
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Tent Set up |
| Open Fire Cooking |
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"Leave no Trace" Education |
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Knot Skills |
| Survival Skills |
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Daily Devotions |
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Team Packing |
| Group Projects |
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Wilderness Buddy System |
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Life Lessons |
What to expect?
Our staff will put teens through various adventure activities and real life wilderness scenarios to test out their outdoor skills and leadership skills. Teens will be asked to push themselves beyond the expected and to embrace every challenge so that they can realize their full potential. Everything in this program is done with intention to show teens God's great plan, love and hope for their lives, through devotions, lessons learned and fellowship.
Typical nights will include sleeping under the stars on God's rugged and beautiful land in either tents, hammocks, their self constructed outpost, or the Tee Pee Village. While BTR is a co-ed program, genders will be separated into different areas at night and be joined by the appropriate gendered counselor. One of their last nights will be spent sleeping in a shelter that they construct themselves during the week. On their last night they will re-join Camp Harrison's traditional camp so they can participate in even more camp activities, eat meals with the entire camp and sleep in an air conditioned cabin.
The intentions of BTR are to go beyond just 1-2 weeks of life together. Those who become part of BTR will have the opportunities for quarterly reunions and accountability groups. To be a teen leader requires accountability, authenticity, teens need each other and we want to help them succeed in living out their faith.