GPI Summer Adventure Camp
Glacier Peak Institute Summer Adventure Camp (multiple sites: Moran State Park, Deception Pass State Park, North Cascades National Park, Mount Rainier National Park, Pearrygin State Park, Baker Lake), 1140 Seeman Street, Darrington, WA 98241
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GPI Summer Adventure Camp includes activities such as hiking, canoeing, foraging, orienteering, swimming, rock climbing, whitewater rafting, ocean kayaking, and fishing. Campers may go on a bike ride to Wellman Basin, a bike and hike to Brown's Creek, and a three day backpacking trip to Round Lake, as well as canoe and camp at Baker Lake and canoe at Burnaby Slough. The program also offers mountaineering skills, rafting and floating on the Sauk River, river navigation skills, building campfires, practicing Leave No Trace principles, harvesting crabs, picking blackberries, playing canoe water polo, and taking part in discussions about river morphology and slough habitats.
• Ages: 10–16 years old
• Schedule: Four days and 3 nights
• Price: Full Session certificate - $750 value for $725; $150 value for $125; $300 value for $275; $550 value for $525
GPI Summer Adventure Camp is hosted as part of Glacier Peak Institute’s work to help young people discover their potential through place-based, hands-on outdoor learning and skill-building experiences. All sessions are for 10–16 year olds, with each session capped at 16 participants, and gift certificates for camp are offered at a discount with an offer ending 4/30/2.6. Glacier Peak Institute engages rural youth with their environment through outdoor adventures, hands-on projects, and cultural exchanges, and its programs link classroom learning with real-world problem-solving and outdoor recreation. Glacier Peak Institute is a certified 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and was formed as a direct response to the SR 530 Mudslide that devastated the Darrington community on March 22, 2014. The organization partners with local tribes, universities, nonprofits, and environmental groups to develop educational opportunities, and it lives on the lands of the Sauk-Suiattle, Stillaguamish, Tulalip, Swinomish, Upper Skagit, and more tribal nations. All camp sessions include four days and 3 nights, all meals and snacks, and all equipment and supplies needed.
Last updated January 7, 2026.
• Ages: 10–16 years old
• Schedule: Four days and 3 nights
• Price: Full Session certificate - $750 value for $725; $150 value for $125; $300 value for $275; $550 value for $525
GPI Summer Adventure Camp is hosted as part of Glacier Peak Institute’s work to help young people discover their potential through place-based, hands-on outdoor learning and skill-building experiences. All sessions are for 10–16 year olds, with each session capped at 16 participants, and gift certificates for camp are offered at a discount with an offer ending 4/30/2.6. Glacier Peak Institute engages rural youth with their environment through outdoor adventures, hands-on projects, and cultural exchanges, and its programs link classroom learning with real-world problem-solving and outdoor recreation. Glacier Peak Institute is a certified 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and was formed as a direct response to the SR 530 Mudslide that devastated the Darrington community on March 22, 2014. The organization partners with local tribes, universities, nonprofits, and environmental groups to develop educational opportunities, and it lives on the lands of the Sauk-Suiattle, Stillaguamish, Tulalip, Swinomish, Upper Skagit, and more tribal nations. All camp sessions include four days and 3 nights, all meals and snacks, and all equipment and supplies needed.
Last updated January 7, 2026.
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