Rock & Raft Mountaineers

Some programs are beloved for a reason. Rock & Raft has been one of the most treasured outdoor adventure experiences in our high school lineup for years — and every summer, the campers who do it understand exactly why.

The week begins at camp before setting out for something bigger. Campers travel to our sister camp Lutherock, nestled in some of the most dramatic mountain terrain in the region, where the week shifts into a different gear entirely. Rock climbing with sweeping views that stretch for miles. Hiking trails that demand real effort and reward it with real beauty. Nights camping under mountain skies, with the kind of conversations that only happen when the distractions of ordinary life are completely out of reach. Then comes the whitewater — a full day on the river that demands everything the week has been building: trust, communication, resilience, and the ability to commit fully when the current picks up.

What makes Rock & Raft more than an adventure checklist is the arc of the week itself. Campers move through genuinely different environments and genuinely different challenges, and with each one they discover something new about their own capacity — for courage, for leadership, for showing up for the people around them.

Experienced, trained counselors walk every mile of it alongside campers — as guides on the rock face and on the river, and as mentors around the campfire at night.

Rock & Raft is a high school rite of passage. There’s a reason it remains as popular as ever!