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Lutherock

Summer Camp

3rd–12th grade · 9 programs

At Lutherock, our goal is for each camper to have fun, grow in skills and self-esteem, make new friends, and draw closer to Jesus, the best friend of all.

Save $50 when you register by December 31, 2026.

Five elementary-age campers and their counselor with arms around each other, smiling outdoors at Lutherock

Elementary

3rd–6th grade · 1 program

Explore Pathfinders for a week of mountain discoveries, including Grandfather Mountain, rafting on the Watauga, the rock slide, and a night camping under the stars.

Campers in white helmets paddling a red raft through river rapids with their guide

Middle School

6th–8th grade · 4 programs

Explore mountain and river adventures with Blue Ridge Expeditions, a canopy tour in Blowing Rock with Zip & Raft, or time on the Appalachian Trail with Whitewater Backpack. CAMPfirmation brings congregation groups together for a confirmation week with daily time as a group.

A group of campers with daypacks walking a mown path along the woods at golden hour

High School

9th–12th grade · 3 programs

Explore Appalachian Adventures, head onto the Appalachian Trail with Whitewater Backpack, or add a canopy tour in Blowing Rock with Zip & Raft. Open each program to see what’s planned.

Fireworks bursting over the mountain at dusk while two people watch from a blanket on the Lutherock field

Families & Adults

All ages · 1 program

Spend a few days in the mountains together at Family Camp, with meals and lodging included. Children spend mornings with counselors, and evenings bring everyone back together.

  • All
  • adults & family
  • elementary
  • high school
  • middle school
Three teenage campers in caps smile beside a mossy rock ledge on a Lutherock Blue Ridge Expeditions trip

Blue Ridge Expeditions

A taste of everything Lutherock does: caving, Cross Rock, the Sky Park, the Nolichucky.
Campers sit on a grassy hillside at Lutherock for outdoor worship, facing a leader who stands among three wooden crosses

CAMPfirmation

Confirmation for church groups: daily group time, Cross Rock, ropes and the zip line.

Pathfinders

A first week at Lutherock: Grandfather Mountain, rafting the Watauga, a night out.

Zip & Raft: High

The Blowing Rock canopy tour, the Sky Park and a day on the Nolichucky.
Appalachian Adventures - Lutherock

Appalachian Adventures

Worley's Cave, the Nolichucky, Cross Rock and the Sky Park, for first-timers and regulars.
A camper in a red helmet riding the zip line across the field at Lutherock

Zip & Raft: Middle

A canopy tour in Blowing Rock, the Sky Park zip, and a day rafting the Nolichucky.

Family Camp

Days in the mountains together: the ropes course, the zipline, the creek walk.
Backpackers walking single file along a grassy mountain bald under a blue sky

Whitewater Backpack: High

A longer stretch of the Appalachian Trail, a night by the river, then class III–IV rapids.
A Whitewater Backpack group of campers with their packs on, ready to set out from Lutherock

Whitewater Backpack: Middle

Backpacking the Appalachian Trail, a night by the Nolichucky, then class III–IV rapids.

Each week goes by the grade your camper has just finished.

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Full Summer Schedule

Show all 5 weeks, week by weekHide the week-by-week list
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Pick your challenge.

The river, the ropes course, the Sky Park and Cross Rock. Three are right here on camp; the river is a day trip to the Nolichucky.

The river. A day on the Nolichucky’s whitewater.
The ropes course. Bridges and cables high in the trees, on camp.
The Sky Park. Up the tower, across the course, down the zip line.
Cross Rock. The hike up, the climb, and the view from the cross.

You’ll find them across Lutherock’s summer weeks, from Pathfinders to Zip & Raft, Whitewater Backpack, Blue Ridge Expeditions, Appalachian Adventures and CAMPfirmation. Each week’s page says which ones it takes on. Find their week

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How do I hold my place?

Register online, and a $175 deposit holds your spot. If anything in registration trips you up, we're at 828-209-6302.

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