At The National Center for Outdoor & Adventure Education (NCOAE), our Teen Leadership Expeditions offer a summer camp experience like no other. Campers navigate the backcountry and grow while learning outdoor skills, leadership skills, and environmental sustainability on multi-day outdoor adventures that include backpacking, kayaking, rafting, and more!
NCOAE’s handcrafted outdoor and adventure education experiences promote personal growth, professional development, and stewardship in our communities and the natural environment. Our outdoor expeditions, set against the backdrop of wilderness, focus on creating profoundly empowering experiences that naturally promote critical thinking, teamwork, and the acquisition of new or improved technical outdoor skills.
Our summer camp programs for teens have an instructor to student ratio of 1:6 and are staffed with highly trained and credentialed instructors whose specialties include outdoor skills and wilderness medicine.
Teen Leadership Expedition, Ages 13-14
Explore the outdoors on a 7-day Teen Leadership Expedition summer camp. Make new friends and create lasting memories on a backpacking or paddling trip in North Carolina or the Pacific Northwest. Whether you’ve already entered high school or are about to start, our teen expeditions can help you make life-long friends and develop the confidence and self-reliance to make positive personal choices — not to mention gain technical outdoor skills that last a lifetime.
Teen Leadership Expedition, Ages 15-17
Experience North Carolina, the Pacific Northwest, or Alaska on a 12-day summer camp adventure! Explore majestic mountains, cascading waterfalls, and rushing rivers on a teen leadership-style expedition. Take time to immerse yourself in a backcountry adventure that teaches you outdoor and leadership skills and will challenge you to naturally expand comfort zone. Explore the natural world and discover new passions and hobbies!
