Our adventures for middle schoolers focus on guiding tweens and teens through exploring new ways of experiencing the outdoors. We offer backpacking, camping, and single day trips throughout the year. Explore the adventures we currently have available below!
The rating below each trip reflects the physical challenge presented by the route. Trails with gentle slopes, short hills, and averaging less than 5 miles a day are considered “low difficulty,” but they may be hard work for students who are not athletic. We emphasize accessibility for beginning backpackers, moving as a team and supporting each other on the trail. These “low difficulty” trips move slowly and take frequent breaks in order to offer participants the opportunity to learn more about the flora and fauna of the trail, and offer support and encouragement to each other.
Students who are athletic, active, and enjoy physically challenging themselves should explore our intermediate or challenging routes. These trips have more average miles per day, and may include steeper, longer sections of trail. Participants do not need to have backpacking or hiking experience for these trips, and our orientation and educational content does not differ based on the route difficulty.

Explore backpacking on this short trip to Baker Lake
Length: 3 days
Physical Challenge: Low

Travel along the shore of Ross Lake in the North Cascades National Park and return by boat
Length: 5 days
Physical Challenge: Low

Sea stars, wildlife, and petroglyphs along the Olympic National Park coast
Length: 5 days
Physical Challenge: Low/Intermediate

Traverse an alpine ridgeline before dropping down to Moose Lake in the beautiful Olympic mountains
Length: 5 days
Physical Challenge: Intermediate/Challenging