You do not have to be a member of a YMCA or a past Lakewood Camper. 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. Campers spend one evening riding to a remote campsite where they cook over an open campfire, help care for the horses and sleep under the stars. Campers return by horseback to Camp Lakewood for breakfast the following morning.