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Rock Climbing Camp | Ages 9-13

Youth will build confidence in themselves and appreciate the importance of teamwork, safety, setting goals, and supporting others.  The skills learned on the rock wall will transfer into their daily lives.

Summer 2023 Camp Registration is open!  Summer 2023 details below.   

If your desired Camp week is full, please join the waitlist and we will contact you if and when an opening is available.

Summer 2023 Camps Calendar at a Glance

Transferable Skills

Youth will build confidence in themselves and appreciate the importance of teamwork, safety, setting goals, and supporting others.  

Transferable Skills

Youth will build confidence in themselves and appreciate the importance of teamwork, safety, setting goals, and supporting others.  

Bouldering

Learn specific climbing techniques like how to tie climbing knots, difference between top rope climbing & bouldering, climbing terminology & equipment & injury prevention.

Goals and Challenges

Campers are supported to create individual goals and celebrate those achievements at end of the week through Final Day Challenges like who can get up the highest route

Golden Shoe

The "Golden Shoe" is awarded weekly to the camper that has exemplified 'Being a Gryphon' through supporting others both physically & verbally.  These characteristics include a positive attitude, continually supporting others & accomplishing set goals.

Transferable Skills
Bouldering
Goals and Challenges
Golden Shoe

Rock Climbing Camp | Ages 9-13

Our Rock Wall tops out at 40' in height and boasts up to 17 different routes, which allows for lots of room to spread out for climbing.  Small Groups allow campers with same ability to progress at a pace right for them through a mixture of top rope climbing routes with Auto-Belay systems and bouldering routes to strengthen climbing abilities.  While participating on the climbing wall, youth will build confidence in themselves and appreciate the importance of teamwork, safety, setting goals, and supporting others, all skills that transfer into their daily lives.  Throughout each day, campers will participate in outdoor group initiatives that support teamwork.

Learn specific climbing techniques

  • Tie climbing knots
  • Distinguish between top rope climbing & bouldering
  • Become familiar with climbing terminology & equipment
  • Climbing preparation exercises
  • Learn how to warm up
  • Injury prevention
  • Supervised by trained climbing staff who facilitate climbing routes & belay

Equipment

  • Climbing harnesses provided for each climber
  • Participants are required to bring their indoor shoes or climbing shoes 
  • Participants can climb in socks, but preference is for climbing shoes or running shoes that are flexible

Rock Climbing Camp will have recreational swimming on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

Rock Climbing Camp - July 3-7/23 - Group #1

In addition to the Rock Climbing Camp specific programming, campers will participate in general activities that connect to our weekly camp theme. ----Theme: Mighty Gryphon Campers ---- Gryphon Campers to the rescue! This week at camp, we will rescue Gryph as we learn new fun skills that will make us "mighty". Campers will learn aspects of how a camper can use their skills to help others, learn about leaders, create their own fun second identity to use in the search for Gryph, and recognize how the "I Am A Gryphon" motto can be used in our daily lives and become innovators.

Activity Details

31354 - July 3, 2023 to July 7, 2023

Rock Climbing Camp - July 17-21/23 - Group #1

In addition to the Rock Climbing Camp specific programming, campers will participate in general activities that connect to our weekly camp theme. ----Theme: Lights, Camera, Action ---- We will visit our favourite movies or movie characters during this week. We will enjoy our own Hollywood fun in all of our activities and showcase our own movie talents. Gryphon Camps will become Hollywood for the week. Maybe we'll have the Oscars? Or visit our favourite movie sets? It will be a week of showstopping fun!

Activity Details

32133 - July 17, 2023 to July 21, 2023

Rock Climbing Camp - July 24-28/23 - Group #1

In addition to the Rock Climbing Camp specific programming, campers will participate in general activities that connect to our weekly camp theme. ----Theme: The Great Outdoors ---- Time to explore the outdoors. During this week at camp, we will focus our activities on being outside, connecting with nature, and learning about outdoor skills. It's going to be a week where the outdoors will be our strong focus in our activities.

Activity Details

31355 - July 24, 2023 to July 28, 2023

Rock Climbing Camp - Aug. 8-11/23 - Group #1

In addition to the Rock Climbing Camp specific programming, campers will participate in general activities that connect to our weekly camp theme. ----Theme: What's the Story? ---- Let's get creative! What's your favourite story? We will use stories in our activities and games during the week. All programs will have a connection to stories that we know or creating our own story. Campers may have a mystery story to solve during the week. Note: This is a four day week camp due to the Civic Holiday Monday (No Camp on Monday).

Activity Details

32134 - August 8, 2023 to August 11, 2023

Rock Climbing Camp - Aug. 14-18/23 - Group #1

In addition to the Rock Climbing Camp specific programming, campers will participate in general activities that connect to our weekly camp theme. ----Theme: Mash It Up! ---- Imagine if you took two of your favourite things to do and mashed them together so you could do it at the same time or it becomes a brand new activity? This week will be about mashing up our favourite activities to create new and exciting ones. It's going to be a week full of surprises and imagination.

Activity Details

31352 - August 14, 2023 to August 18, 2023

Rock Climbing Camp - Aug. 21-25/23 - Group #1

In addition to the Rock Climbing Camp specific programming, campers will participate in general activities that connect to our weekly camp theme. ----Theme: Gryphons Time Travel ---- Back to the Future! During this week, we will hop into the Gryphons Time Machine and travel through different time periods as we follow Gryph on some fun adventures. Each day will bring us to a new era.

Activity Details

32135 - August 21, 2023 to August 25, 2023

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