YMCA Calgary Camp Chief Hector YMCA Summer Camp. KANANASKIN 12Y-13Y 6-day or 13-day Hector Lodge. 6-DAY KANANASKIN 12Y-13Y Hector Lodge

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1 KANANASKIN 12Y-13Y 6-day or 13-day Hector Lodge Kananaskin camps offer a time for learning, making friends, working as a team, and having fun outdoors! Campers who are Kananaskin age may choose to come to camp for a 6-day or 13-day session. 6-DAY KANANASKIN 12Y-13Y Hector Lodge Kananaskin campers in the 6-day program learn new skills such as teamwork and responsibility, make new friends and have fun as they experience outdoor adventures. Activities are found a short walk from the Kananaskin tipis and from Hector Lodge. Groups will participate in on-site activities such as the high and low ropes courses, crafts, waterfront, games, archery and campfires. This camp does not include horseback riding or an overnight hike. Day Hike: This hike leaves directly from our site, hiking approximately 4 to 8 kilometres, on-trail and off-trail, through forests and prairies of Bow Valley Provincial Park. Groups may gain and lose on average between 200 and 800 meters during the day. Sites to see along the way may be view points, Barrier Reservoir, or the Kananaskis River. Before starting off for the day, counsellors and campers share group goals and review risk management practices for hiking trips. 6-Day Kananaskin Program 12Y-13Y Female $585 + GST 6-Day Kananaskin Program 12Y-13Y Male $585 + GST A Jul A Jul B Jul B Jul C Jul C Jul D Jul 28 Aug D Jul 28 Aug E Aug 4 Aug E Aug 4 Aug F Aug F Aug G Aug G Aug H Aug H Aug

2 13-DAY KANANASKIN 12Y TRADITIONAL PROGRAM Hector Lodge Campers in the 12Y Traditional Program experience a wide variety of camp activities. Through these experiences, they learn new skills such as teamwork and responsibility, make new friends and have fun as they experience outdoor adventures. Activities are located a short walk from the Groups may participate in on-site activities such as the high and low ropes courses, archery, waterfront canoeing, animal game, climbing, crafts, and campfires and games. Three-Day Backpacking Trip: This hike may depart directly from our site, or may depart the by bus or 15-passenger van. The groups hike to an overnight site in Bow Valley Provincial Park, Kananaskis Country or adjacent lands. Before departing, counsellors and campers share group goals and review risk management practices for backpacking trips. Some topics of risk management the group will discuss include wildlife concerns, backcountry kitchen practices, identifying and avoiding exposure to heights, rockfall, weather systems and creek crossings. The hikes vary from 4 to 10 kilometres each day, on-trail and off-trail, through forests and along mountain creeks and lakes. Groups may gain between 200 and 600 metres elevation during a day. Side trips may include a hike up to a local mountain look-out. The overnight sites are situated by mountain forests and creeks, along the shore of Barrier Reservoir, or in mountain meadows. Canoe River Day: With their counsellors, groups learn paddling skills on local Chilver Lake, where their strengths are assessed. Groups discuss river hazards, such as changes in weather, entrapment in shoreline vegetation or equipment, foot entrapment, and ways to reduce these hazards. Following a swimming assesment in our pool, the group prepares for their canoe day on the river. Tipi groups travel by van or truck or 15-passenger van to the Bow River where a side-loop of the river makes for a comfortable area to review their strokes, river signals, hazard recognition and rescue strategies. The river trip covers approximately seven kilometres of the Bow River. The paddlers finish their eventful day of paddling at a take-out established at the town of Exshaw. Horse Day Ride: The evening before their day-long horse experience, campers and counsellors visit the corrals, where a member of the Horse staff welcomes them. Together, campers and staff share their experience with horses. The group is introduced to their horses, and the plan of fun and learning for the evening and the next day is described. Before entering the corrals, the Horse staff helps the group learn to manage the risks associated with horsemanship. As a group, the young riders then learn to groom, saddle, and unsaddle a horse. The next morning, the group returns to the corrals where they "tack up" their own horses. The group then mounts their horses and heads to a riding arena where they learn the basics of horsemanship and get to know their horses. Depending on each group's character, the campers may play mounted games in the arenas, and learn more about the various gaits of horses, or they may leave the arena and explore the local mountain trails on horseback. 13-Day Kananaskin Traditional Program 12Y 13-Day Kananaskin Traditional Program 12Y 1 Jul Jul Jul 21 Aug Jul 21 Aug Aug Aug Aug Aug

3 13-DAY KANANASKIN 13Y HIKE PROGRAM Hector Lodge 4-Day Backpacking Trip: At camp, groups share their mountain backpacking trip goals. They review hiking and camping risk management, they share practical risk management actions and comfortable hiking tips. Some topics of risk management the group will discuss include wildlife concerns, kitchen practices, identifying and avoiding exposure to heights, rockfall, snowfields, weather systems and creek crossings. The mountain trips depart by bus or 15- passenger van and travel to hiking trails within Kananaskis Country or adjacent lands. Daily, the hikes vary from 2 to 12 kilometres, on-trail and off-trail, through forests, and beside mountain creeks and lakes. The groups may gain anywhere from 200 to 700 metres in elevation along the way. Camping sites are situated by mountain forests, creeks or lakes. Side trips may include exploration of viewpoints, mountain passes, waterfalls or hike-approached summits. 13-Day Kananaskin Hike Option 13Y 13-Day Kananaskin Hike Option 13Y 1 Jul Jul Jul 21 Aug Jul 21 Aug Aug Aug Aug Aug

4 13-DAY KANANASKIN 13Y HORSE PROGRAM Hector Lodge Horse Experience: Campers and counsellors visit our Gray Jay site, departing by bus, and staying there for three days. Gray Jay is our site west of Sundre, Alberta, approximately three hours north-west of the main site. There, the groups are met by a member of the Horse staff who greets them, and, over a meal, learns about their levels of experience and comfort with horses. At the corrals, the group meets their horses. They may also view the riding arena as well as where the trails lead across the meadows and up hills into the Yaha Tinda area. The Gray Jay horse staff help each member of the group to learn to manage the risks associated with horsemanship. The young riders then learn to groom and saddle a horse. The group heads to a riding arena where they mount their horses and ride, learning the basics of horsemanship and getting to know their horses. The campers may play mounted games in the arena, learning more about the various gaits of horses. When the group has demonstrated a level of comfort with the fundamentals of riding, they ride out to explore on horseback the local mountain trails. In the evenings, the group helps to feed their horses and to care for the equipment and stables. The groups ride during two days of their visit to the Gray Jay site. Other Gray Jay activities include: exploring the local area, known as Yaha Tinda -- "mountain prairie, with their counselors, exploring along local creeks, or hiking up the nearby hills, perhaps to see signs of the remarkable wildlife in the area: elk, bears, cougars or wolves, or deer. Female campers in the Kananaskin Horse program ride the bus from the Crowfoot YMCA in Calgary and travel directly to the Gray Jay site from there. This camp ends at our Mainsite. Male campers in the Kananaskin Horse program begin and end at our Mainsite. 13-Day Kananaskin Horse Option 13Y 13-Day Kananaskin Horse Option 13Y 1 Jul Jul Jul 21 Aug Jul 21 Aug Aug Aug Aug Aug

5 13-DAY KANANASKIN 13Y Hector Lodge CANOE PROGRAM 4-Day Canoe Trip: After settling into their tipis and meeting new friends, groups head over to our local Chilver Lake, where they have fun in canoes and review basic paddling and canoe-rescue skills. The group's strengths are assessed and they share their goals. Groups discuss river hazards (such as changes in weather, entrapment in shoreline vegetation or equipment, foot entrapment) and ways to reduce these hazards. Groups also spend some time in our pool, where their comfort in water can be assessed. Tipi groups travel by minivan and truck or bus to and from the Lower Red Deer River or another age and skill appropriate river. The group launches into the river after having loaded canoes and reviewed their strokes, signals, hazard- recognition and rescue strategies. The canoe trip explores between 10 and 35 kilometres of the river each day. The river typically flows in this section at a grade 1 or 1+ rate. At their shoreline campsites, groups may hike into the Badlands, finding adventure in the eroded mud mazes, canyons and hills that parallel the river. The paddlers finish their eventful trip at a rural road take-out along the river. 13-Day Kananaskin Canoe Option 13Y 13-Day Kananaskin Canoe Option 13Y 1 Jul Jul Jul 21 Aug Jul 21 Aug Aug Aug Aug Aug