These trips are aimed to be a fun and safe environment for teens to challenge themselves, lead when they can and ask for help when needed. No experience is necessary, but a desire to learn, lead, and follow is a must. A great opportunity to introduce campers to individual horse care and riding. Focus is on ring work and ground school. Campers ride on an overnight trip through the camp's backwoods trails.
Campers stay in the main camp cabins and participate in some all-camp activities.
This is a popular camp with limited space available. Participants develop sound riding skills and learn proper care of a horse and tack. All campers will stay in Lakewood's rustic East Camp facilities and join other campers in some traditional Camp Lakewood activities. Instructional clinics last two hours per day for four days. Enrollment is limited.