SHP trips provide adventure, fun, outdoor education, and the opportunity for emotional growth while at the same time providing one of the safest and most wholesome youth environments available. Our groups are small, usually 8 to 12 trippers and 2-3 leaders, making possible a close and rewarding group experience. SHP groups travel by bicycle, at their own pace and close to the land, using public and private transportation when necessary.
Groups live simply, using campsites, hostels, and other modest facilities.
In the countryside, groups buy food at local markets and cook their own meals. The scenery is beautiful as only Vermont can be. Your group will cycle along picturesque coastal inlets, stopping to swim at sparkling white sand beaches. Our trips provide kids with a fun summer, but, as importantly, we also provide them with the opportunity for growth, independence and maturation in a safe, responsible way, commensurate with their age and abilities. There are few other situations so perfectly set up for fostering growth, confidence, independence and maturation in teens as a travel-camping experience by bicycle with a group of peers.