Adventure Summit (3)
Meet the DeanS
Rev. Gary Maguffee is the senior pastor at College Heights UMC. He is a long time friend, supporter, and dean at Camp Loucon. He has deaned Adventure Summit since its inception and deaned Adventure camps for many years prior.
Leadership Team: TBA
Tracks Offered For This Camp
For campers who love the classics! During track time, Adventure track campers will rotate through Camp's adventure options a second time (zip-lining, climbing, rappelling, archery, etc.). If no track is selected, this is the default track. Available to Adventure Summit, Jr. High Summit, and Sr. High Summit.
For campers who feel especially creative! This track offers campers the opportunity to take craft time to the next level. As well as participating in their favorite adventure activities, campers can expect to spend about 2 hours a day working with an artist in various forms of media, learning new techniques and mastering old ones!
No experience, just enthusiasm, required! This track has an additional cost of $50 for the cost of materials. Available to Adventure Summit, Jr. High Summit, and Sr. High Summit.
For campers who love to perform! In addition to all adventure acitvities, campers can expect to spend about 3 hours a day rehearsing for a musical to be performed for parents and campers alike. There are opportunities for solos, duets, and fun dance numbers. Let your light shine! Available to Adventure Summit.
For campers who love to run! Campers will have time set aside daily for conditioning, training, and prep for cross country season. Led by collegiate athletes who love Camp as much as you do! Available to Adventure Summit, Jr. High Summit, and Sr. High Summit.
Campers interested in dance will love this track! For 2 hours a day, campers will learn and practice dance moves, ultimately learning a routine that they will perform at the end of the week for their fellow campers. This track is available to Adventure Summit, Jr. High Summit, and Sr. High Summit.
Whether you're experienced at the sport of disc golf or have never played but are interested in learning how, this track is sure to be a ton of fun. Campers will spend about two hours each day learning the game, techniques, and best of all playing on Loucon's brand new 9-hole disc golf course! Available to Adventure Summit, Jr. High Summit, & Sr. High Summit.
For campers who love to play! In addition to all traditional adventure activities, campers who choose this track will spend 2 hours a day learning and playing different sports. Specific sports are selected daily. Teamwork and good sportsmanship required! Available to Adventure Summit, Jr. High Summit, and Sr. High Summit.
Activities Available To This Camp
The Zipline is one of Loucon's most loved adventure activities and often many groups' favorite experience. Harness up and enjoy the ride!
For Retreat Guests: This is a 2 hour activity for groups of around 20. Participants must be in fifthgrade or older.
Similar to Low Elements, Team-building games are designed and facilitated to bring groups together as a team as well as grow spiritually. Staff utilize equipment and innovative games to teach and bond.
For Retreat Guests: Typically a 1-2 hour activity for fifth graders and up.
On a hot day, nothing sounds better than cooling off in the pool! Loucon operates the two pools at the onsite Shaver Aquatic Center. A Loucon lifeguard is required for this activity.
For Retreat Guests: Swimming sessions can vary in time by group needs and availability. Pools are open seasonally and are typically closed after the first weekend in August.
Loucon's mega slide is an awesome activity for campers of all ages! Bring your swim suit and take a ride down this 200 foot water slide.
For Retreat Guests: The mega slide is a 1 hour activity without number restrictions. It can be scheduled for longer amounts of time if desired and is subject to weather cancellations.
Low Elements is a great way to bring a group together and turn them in to a team. Loucon's Low Elements course is designed to help groups work with one another as well as grow personally and spiritually. Participants utilize teamwork, trust, communication, and many other skills to get through the challenges, obstacles, and puzzles facing them.
For Retreat Guests: This is a 2 hour, 20 person activity for fifth grade and up.
Hayrides at camp? What could be better? Enjoy this wonderful tradition together under the beautiful Loucon sky. Bring along a blanket and go star-gazing after!
For Retreat Guests: Available to all ages, maximum of 40 allowed on per ride. May last from 10 - 45 minutes depending on availability and group needs.
Loucon Folkdancing is a tradition among both summer campers and many of our retreat guests. A Loucon staff member teaches each dance before starting the song; no dancing experience required! This is a great activity to loosen up the group and leave them begging for more.
For Retreat Guests: A folkdance session lasts about an hour and can be for any size group (the more, the merrier!) Ability to facilitiate this activity is dependent on size of group and space available.
Moss Tower, home to both climbing and rappelling, will challenge group members to stretch themselves, while their team learns the value of support and encouragement.
Participants climb on a traditional vertical wall where they will learn some fundamental climbing techniques and attempt to reach the top of the tower. Advanced climbing groups may request our advanced climbing wall, which adds overhangs and convex climbing to the challenge.
For Retreat Guests: This is a 2 hour activity for 20 participants fifth grade and up.Participants of all ages may use canoes, paddle boats, or both in this traditional activity held on Loucon Lake.
For Retreat Guests: Activity time can be 1-4 hours, depending on availability and group preference. A Loucon lifeguard must be present to facilitate this activity.
There's nothing quite like a campfire at camp! Keep warm, play music, and have some s'mores. Loucon has several fire circles for groups of different sizes.
For Retreat Guests: All fires must be built and started by our Loucon staff and attended by at least one guest at all times. Loucon can provide s'more supplies at $1 person, or groups may choose to bring their own supplies.
Try your hand at archery with a member of the trained Loucon staff! All equipment is provided.
Must be in the fifth grade or older to participate. Archery is only available during summer camp.
About this Camp
5th-6th graders satisfy their adventurous side for a full 6-day, 5 night week of camp. Each day, campers are challenged to stretch outside their comfort zones in activities such as ziplining, climbing, and low elements. Loucon staples such as swimming, canoeing, games, crafts, campfires, and hayrides are included, with the addition of archery. Family groups meet each morning to teach lessons about Christian living and nightly worship offers a perfect opportunity for campers to experience God’s word.
