Virtual Hike For Frost Valley Creates Excitement For New Village Names

03/30/2021

Morgan Theze, alumnus and former Camp Director is hosting the first ever Virtual Hike for Frost Valley on Earth Day – April 22nd, 2021!

The money raised through the Virtual Hike will be used to create excitement for Frost Valley’s new village names (which are named after different Catskill Mountains) and to provide campers with additional experiential learning opportunities for summer 2021 that will give them a deeper historical understanding of the colonized land and people of this region. These are not just new village names; they create an opportunity to start a dialogue with campers that will foster a greater appreciation for the land each village is now named after. The goal is also to raise enough money to provide each camper with their own village t-shirt.

People may participate by making a $50 donation and hiking one of 3 Hike Peaks Challenges (or any distance they want) or set up their own fundraising page and create teams. If you want to create some friendly some competition, compete in teams to support the village of your choice to see who’s village reins supreme and gets Frost Valley bragging rights.

Here are the Village Names/Mountains with their distances to summit:

Camp Henry Hird

Hunter Mountain Village – Girls Grade 10 – 2.3 Miles

Slide Mountain Village – Boys Grade 10 – 3.6 Miles

Graham Mountain Village – Girls Grade 9 – 3.8 Miles (Graham is private, do not hike!!!)

Peekamoose Mountain Village – Boys Grade 9 – 4.9 Miles

Plateau Mountain Village – Girls Grade 8 – 2.8 Miles

Wittenberg Mountain Village – Boys Grade 8 – 3.5 Miles

Balsam Lake Mountain Village – MAC Girls – 1.8 Miles

Panther Mountain Village – MAC Boys – 3.4 Miles

Kaaterskill Mountain Village– Formerly Sunburst – 3.8 Miles

Camp Wawayanda

Rusk Mountain Village – Girls Grade 6 – 7 – 1.4 Miles

Fir Mountain Village – Boys Grade 6-7 – 3.4 Miles

Vly Mountain Village – Girls Grade 5-6 – 1.6 Miles

Eagle Mountain Village – Boys Grade 5-6 – 2.5 Miles

Rocky Mountain Village – Girls and Boys Grade 2-4 – 4.7 Miles

Barkaboom Mountain Village – Mini-MAC – .9 Miles

Bearpen Mountain Village – Formerly Moonshadow – 2.5 Miles

CiT Hike – 24.6 miles total

For more information or to register online visit the Virtual Hike for Frost Valley page.

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Frost Valley YMCA

Frost Valley YMCA is a 5,500-acre, year-round camp - There's something for everyone here in the Valley. From group and family retreats to overnight camps to horse camps to teambuilding, we've got you covered. School groups love taking a three-night field trip to explore the natural world and learn about the environment and their classmates. Family weekends are the perfect getaway for the young and the young at heart. Teambuilding retreats afford corporate, collegiate, religious, and other groups the opportunity to challenge themselves and effectively work toward common goals. In the summertime we're where kids and teens gain independence, explore the world, and make lifelong friends through various camps such as traditional sleepaway camp, farm camp, horse camp, adventure trips, survival camp, and day camp. Call (845)985-2291 or email info@frostvalley.org to learn more today!