2025 Adventure Camp Info

No prior backpacking experience is required - Lech-Lecha Adventure Camp is open to all skill levels! Whether you're an experienced hiker or brand new to the outdoors, our expert guides will teach you everything you need to know. That said, our treks do involve physical activity, including hiking with a backpack, so campers should be prepared for an active and engaging adventure. Our supportive environment ensures that every participant can challenge themselves at their own pace while building confidence and resilience in the wilderness.

Lech-Lecha provides all communal gear, including tents, tarps, cooking equipment, water purification, and food. Campers are responsible for their personal gear, such as a backpack, sleeping bag, and sleeping pad. Missing something? No worries! We offer gear rentals. Just let us know your needs in the registration form and your equipment will wait for you at the trailhead.

Our campers come away from Lech-Lecha rating our food at an astounding 8.5/10. Our secret? They cook it! With the support of our counselors, trekkers are proud of and excited to partake in their creations. Fresh baked challah on the side of a mountain with ingredients you schlepped up the summit yourself, what could be more delightful? Sample Menu Breakfast: Oats, cereal, eggs (occasionally), powdered milk, nuts (if participants are without allergies) and dried fruit. Lunches: Wraps, tuna, cheese, veggies, PB & J, and Nutella. Dinners: Rice & sweet potato lentil dahl, mac & cheese, backcountry pizza, couscous salmon with kale, and quinoa tofu with zucchini. A special smoked meat treat is served on Shabbat as well. All food is fully kosher based on CRC standards. We are happy to make accommodations necessary for other allergies and eating habits.

We believe every Jewish person can cultivate a deep, meaningful connection to tradition and community. Lech-Lecha fosters this journey with love and openness while also respecting traditional Jewish observance. Our communal spaces fully observe Shabbat and Kashrut, offer time for prayer, and ensure programming aligns with halachic guidelines. Participants are always invited—but never pressured—to engage in these practices. At Lech-Lecha, the journey itself is the goal. We don’t push any particular outcome, but rather aim to inspire, empower, and deepen each participant’s unique Jewish path. That’s what Journey-Powered Judaism means. See you on the trail!

Lech-Lecha participants and staff are extremely friendly. The large majority of our campers join without knowing any participants prior and leave with new friends forever. Hard to be alone in a new group? Bring a friend! We are also available to facilitate programs for entire groups of 6-15 who want to come together. If this is your case, please reach out directly!

Distance makes the heart grow stronger. After months of online classes and eyes on screens, we're excited to be taking time off. Parents are asked to hold onto camper communication devices while they are at Lech-Lecha Teen Adventure Camp. Breaking out of the familiar surroundings of home and social media helps us to break into a stronger relationship with those around us, with nature, and with ourselves.

Sending your teen into the wilderness may be new for you, or you've never met us - we completely understand and value your desire to know what is going on at camp and stay updated. You'll be able to contact us at all times with the contact info exclusive for parents that we'll share upon registration. But we'll also be actively sharing our experience at Lech Lecha Adventure Camp with daily pictures and messages over WhatsApp (except on Shabbat).

Every Lech-Lecha trek is guided by a trained Wilderness First Responder. All additional staff are First Aid and CPR trained. Every teen trek is accompanied by a Satellite communication device to be used in case of emergency when the group is out of cellular service. It is important to note that there is inherent risk in wilderness adventure in which participants are at times hours from the closest road resulting in slow response time from emergency crews and difficulty of evacuation. That being said, we are grateful that no Lech-Lecha participant has faced serious injury that has required evacuation or the use of our SAT device and we do our best to ensure that this remains true for the future.

A registered teen trekker may decide not to join our programming this summer for non-extenuating circumstances. If this happens two months or more before the start of the session (i.e. before April 23rd for the session beginning on June 23rd), you will receive the deposit less a $90 fee. If this happens within two months of camp (i.e. April 24th), the deposit will not be refunded, yet no additional cost will be incurred. We will not refund any cancellations within two weeks of camp (i.e. June 9) or during camp.