Family Camp Activities
Activities
During the day, children laugh, create, and explore as they spend time swimming, hiking, making crafts, playing games, attending outdoor educational activities, and going on treasure hunts with our exceptional camp counselors.
Teens and young adults make friends from across the country as they participate in activities such as hikes, ropes course, night games, experiential learning, firesides, socials, and a dance.
Adults enjoy archery, air rifle, hiking, wooden pen turning, pottery, ceramics, laser tag, the High Adventure Ropes Course, and relaxing by the pool while children are well cared for by their counselors. Regular guest lectures, sports tournaments, water aerobics, and nature walks are also available.
Camp-wide activities are offered on select afternoons and every evening.
Evening Programs
- Saturday: Old-fashioned opening campfire program
- Sunday: Evening fireside, church or family movie
- Monday: Talent show, swimming, arts & crafts
- Tuesday: Frontier night, arts & crafts
- Wednesday: Camp-wide family activities, swimming, arts & crafts
- Thursday: Closing campfire program and family dance
*Where applicable, an additional fee for damaged recreational equipment and/or facilities may be added to a reunion's account. Free-time programs such as fishing, hiking, ropes course, laser tag, and activities at camp-wide events such as archery, air rifle, tomahawk, sling-shot, and bullwhip require adult supervision for participants who are minors.
Children's Activities
Children's programs are available Sunday from 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. and Monday through Thursday from 9:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. (excluding camp-wide activities that children attend with their families). Children eat lunch with their parents every day except Wednesday. On Wednesday, lunch will be provided in children's program areas or they will eat as groups in the Dining Hall. Your children will participate in programs such as outdoor education, swimming, arts & crafts, ropes course, field games, nature activities, and hikes. A brief meeting will be held Saturday evening during adult orientation, allowing staff and children to get acquainted and review activities for the upcoming week.
Teen and Young Adult Programs
These programs feature swimming, ropes course, campfires, sports, contests, dances, and many more activities designed to help youth make new friends and have fun. Activities are available for Puma, Teens, and Young Adult age groups.
Guest Speakers
Two guest Speakers will be featured Monday through Thursday in the Timpanogos A room in the Aspen Lodge. Presenters are individuals invited to camp to speak on various topics designed to enhance your vacation. They will deliver lectures about entertaining and educational topics such as family relations, religion, and parenting skills. A schedule with presenter bios and topics will be included in the Family Camp Guide each week.
High Adventure Ropes Course
Stretch yourself and build self-esteem while you climb, balance, and swing through our High Adventure Ropes Course. Age groups will have time on the course, and families can do the course together during free time. Guests can take on the course together, but individuals choose the elements they want to try and when they've had enough. The course is NOT suitable for pregnant women or children who can't reach up to 67" or are too small for the harness.
Arts & Crafts
Our arts and crafts area offers a cool place to relax by the stream while you paint bisque ceramics, work on the pottery wheel, and turn wood pens. Our staff teaches workshops about various mediums, and the arts and crafts program features projects for every age group and skill level. Most projects range in price from $1 to $20, although some projects may be higher in price.
Aspen Follies
Aspen Follies are held on the ballfield on Monday afternoon, and will be a highlight of your week at Aspen Grove. Featured events include the earth ball, balloon catapult, leaky bucket, centipede walk, and many other exciting surprises. Be sure to gather your family for this event...and don't forget to bring your cameras! Family activities such as rocket making, air rifle, archery, slingshots, and a treasure hunt will follow Aspen Follies.
Water Frolics
Water Frolics takes place at the pool on Thursday afternoon. It consists of races and relays for the whole family that even non-swimmers can win.
Tournaments
Enjoy organized competitions for basketball (three-on-three), badminton, tennis, horseshoes, table tennis, shuffleboard, and other team sports. Signup sheets will be posted outside the Dining Hall on check-in day.