Lasting Adventures Youth Summer Camps
Tuolumne Meadows Visitors Center, P.O. Box 1078, Groveland, CA 95321
About
Lasting Adventures Youth Summer Camps offers outdoor youth summer camps and wilderness summer camps that include backpacking trips and day hikes. Specific options include a 6-Day High Country Adventure, a 13-Day immersion in the Sierra Nevada, a 20-Day Teen Leadership Expedition, and 5-day youth backpacking trips for teens ages 13 to 17. The program also offers a winter backpacking camp in Joshua Tree National Park.
• Ages: 13–17 years old
• Schedule: 5-day, 6-day, 13-day, and 20-day camp sessions
Since 1997, Lasting Adventures has operated as a guide service and outdoor youth program. It is a 501(c)(3) public benefit non-profit with a mission to foster environmental stewardship, teach responsible recreation, and provide opportunity for personal growth through the facilitation of impactful wilderness experiences. On guided day tours, guides teach about history, ecology, geology, wilderness ethics, and Leave No Trace principles.
Wilderness Summer Camps are described as the cornerstone of Lasting Adventures, and the organization also runs multi-day group tours, day hikes, and corporate retreats. Lasting Adventures is a Proud Partner of Leave No Trace and seeks to provide youth, families, and disadvantaged communities with positive experiences in America’s National Parks and natural spaces.
The program has received 2012–2024 Traveler's Choice recognition on Tripadvisor and is rated the #1 outdoor activity in Yosemite on TripAdvisor. It has been featured as a Featured Outdoor Summer Camp in the West by Outside Magazine, which also described it as “THE #1 ADVENTURE GUIDE IN THE WEST” and “BEST BACKPACKING CAMP FOR TEENS OUT WEST!” The organization reports more than 1,500 5-star customer reviews online and more than 1,200 5-star client reviews. Outdoor Magazine described it as the “Best Backpacking Camp For Teens Out West (That Won’t Blow Your Adventure Budget)!”
Last updated July 5, 2026.
• Ages: 13–17 years old
• Schedule: 5-day, 6-day, 13-day, and 20-day camp sessions
Since 1997, Lasting Adventures has operated as a guide service and outdoor youth program. It is a 501(c)(3) public benefit non-profit with a mission to foster environmental stewardship, teach responsible recreation, and provide opportunity for personal growth through the facilitation of impactful wilderness experiences. On guided day tours, guides teach about history, ecology, geology, wilderness ethics, and Leave No Trace principles.
Wilderness Summer Camps are described as the cornerstone of Lasting Adventures, and the organization also runs multi-day group tours, day hikes, and corporate retreats. Lasting Adventures is a Proud Partner of Leave No Trace and seeks to provide youth, families, and disadvantaged communities with positive experiences in America’s National Parks and natural spaces.
The program has received 2012–2024 Traveler's Choice recognition on Tripadvisor and is rated the #1 outdoor activity in Yosemite on TripAdvisor. It has been featured as a Featured Outdoor Summer Camp in the West by Outside Magazine, which also described it as “THE #1 ADVENTURE GUIDE IN THE WEST” and “BEST BACKPACKING CAMP FOR TEENS OUT WEST!” The organization reports more than 1,500 5-star customer reviews online and more than 1,200 5-star client reviews. Outdoor Magazine described it as the “Best Backpacking Camp For Teens Out West (That Won’t Blow Your Adventure Budget)!”
Last updated July 5, 2026.
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