Saltash Mountain Mixed gender, ages 11-14
Skits, music and backcountry adventures
Saltash Mountain Outdoor Explorations
Saltash Mountain is a small camp where teens and campers explore backpacking, canoeing, rock climbing or service trips. Campers learn to accept each other, celebrate themselves, and work cooperatively. Living together in open-sided cabins, they play guitar and piano. Carpentry, creative writing, gardening and other activities round out the summer.
SAM Camp Dates
| Full Session | July 1-August 16 | |
| July Session | July 1-July 24 | |
| August Session | July 26-August 16 |
Saltash Mountain Activities
Interested in wilderness travel? Saltash Mountain is the camp for you. While building confidence in backcountry skills, teens and campers progress from 3-day to 6-day trips in each session.
"We form a really tight and bonded community. We have lots of really fun and cool activities. We go on really fun hiking trips. Everyone is really accepting and kind."
—-Saltash Mountain Camper
Posts from Saltash Mountain
A Kitchen View of SAM Camp
The SAM kitchen is a beautiful place where I spend most of the time. As a cook here at SAM camp, my view is often truncated to the windows and doors of this place. However, as I’ve chopped and baked these days of summer away, I’ve realized I might have the best view of all.
Play
Play. It seems so simple and yet it is a disappearing feature of childhood, teen, and adult life. According to many sources, play is important for healthy brain development. Through play, children interact with their world and develop their imagination, creativity, and emotional strength. Physical play also gives youngsters an opportunity to develop dexterity and […]
Who We Are & What We Represent
By Natalie Honan The rubber spatula, or as we call it, the scraper, is an emblem of Saltash Mountain Camp. When we prepare for cabin trips, a scraper can be found in the kitchen to ease the process of food pack-out, in the Mac o Bac (our gear headquarters) to be sent out on trips, […]
