Hiking
Our hiking trails are very extensive and take you through some of the more beautiful parts of our campus. Some of our camps also make use of the hiking trails at Ohiopyle. Maps of our hiking trails are available from the Jumonville office as well at the trailhead in Green Cathedral. Click on the map…
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A favorite trip of some of our adventure camps is the pedal paddle trip. Campers start at Ohiopyle and ride along the beautiful Yough Bike Trail. When they reach Confluence, they pick up duckies and paddle down the Class II whitewater back to Ohiopyle.
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Most of Jumonville summer camps include the Challenge/Ropes Course Team Building Course as part of their planned events. Our low team building elements are the heart of our excellent challenge/ropes course team building program. The physical site is located on the top of our mountain in the area between the Great Cross and Topside (near the individual…
Read MoreOhiopyle State Park
Ohiopyle encompasses almost 20,000 acres of rugged natural beauty and serves as the gateway to the Laurel Mountains. The focal point is the more than 14 miles of the Youghiogheny [yaw-ki-GAY-nee] River Gorge that passes through the heart of the park. The “Yough” [yawk] provides some of the best whitewater boating in the Eastern U.…
Read MoreStreet Hockey
For some serious fun, come to a sports camp this summer and you may have an opportunity to learn to play street hockey.
Read MoreBasketball
Two outdoor basketball courts are available for your group weather permitting. The courts are also used extensively as part of our summer camping program and our summer sports camps. New sport court was just added in 2013.
Read MoreAdventure Center
Our original Ben Cromer Adventure Center was established in 1993 in one of our former outdoor classrooms. It was destroyed by an early morning fire in April of 2002. A new and much larger Adventure Center was built near our bouldering wall in 2003. The elements and program are geared toward planned success to build…
Read MoreWhitewater Rafting
Some of the older adventure campers have a whitewater rafting trip at Ohiopyle State Park as part of their week of activities. We hire outfitters that use professional guides for running our whitewater rafting trips on the Lower and Middle sections of the Youghiogheny River. (Levels I – IV) Those trips on the Middle Yough…
Read MoreKing Swing
Jumonville added a King Swing or Commitment Swing to their Challenge/Ropes Course program in the spring of 2006 in the Topside field area where the Multi-level High Course is also located.
Read MoreMulti Level High Course
In 2004, Jumonville added a new multi-level high course located in the old Topside field area. In recent years, we expanded the course even further. Special arrangements need to be made with the Jumonville office staff if you want to include this activity as part of your group’s experience. The goal of utilizing the multi-level…
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