High Rocks Alumni Spotlight: William Foreman Our Alumni Spotlight series is back! We’re excited to highlight our alumni through the years. If you or someone you know would make a great feature, email Darby at [email protected]—we’d love to hear from you! Today, we are excited to introduce William Foreman. William was a staff member at camp for all but oneRead More »

Positive Impacts of Camp The holiday season is a great time of year for a camp director.  While there is plenty to do, most deadlines are far off in the distance. It requires some discipline, but not usually a lot of stress.  December, in particular, allows for a lot of goals, lists, and reflection. I was recently reflecting on whatRead More »

Welcome, Andy! We are thrilled to announce that a familiar face is joining our Year-Round Staff at Camp High Rocks. Please join us in welcoming Andy Glas as our new Adventure Programs Director! With years of experience and a deep connection to camp, Andy is perfectly suited to lead our adventure activities into the future. A Storied History at CampRead More »

Supporting a Nervous Child About Camp All children experience a mixture of excitement and nervousness when summer camp approaches. Through your child's eyes, summer camp is a really big deal! These feelings are completely natural reactions to new and unfamiliar experiences. We want to help you support a child who is nervous about camp. When they say they're feeling nervousRead More »

Thanksgiving Gratitude As another Holiday season approaches, we are already gearing up for another summer of fun in 2025. While it can be easy to get wrapped up in excitement for next year, it is also valuable to take time to reflect on this year. We truly have so much to be thankful for here at camp! This week theRead More »

High Rocks Alumni Spotlight: Wyatt Amacker Our Alumni Spotlight series is back! We’re excited to highlight our alumni through the years. If you or someone you know would make a great feature, email Darby at [email protected]—we’d love to hear from you! Today, we’re thrilled to introduce Wyatt Amacker. Wyatt first joined High Rocks as a camper in the late 2000sRead More »

Chadwick’s Next Adventure As we look forward to another season ahead and an exciting 2025, we are sad to say goodbye to Chadwick Young as he moves on to new opportunities. Chadwick first came to High Rocks in the summer of 2018 by way of Brevard College. As a cabin counselor and mountain bike instructor, Chadwick quickly got the boysRead More »

Recovering Together: Hurricane Helene Updates from Camp Greetings from Camp! We are now two weeks removed from the destructive passage of Hurricane Helene through western North Carolina. In that time, we have heard from many of our concerned High Rocks people and wanted to take a moment to provide an update from the mountain.Here at camp, we were very fortunate inRead More »

Until Next Time It was a quiet morning with the groups out for their cabin overnights.  It was fun to see them roll in telling me how it went as soon as they saw me.  It is a time-honored tradition that goes back many decades.  We feel an overnight camping experience in the woods is a big part of whatRead More »

Cabin Overnights It was another great day at Camp High Rocks.  The boys are not even showing any signs of fatigue yet.  It’s coming, but I have been impressed with their stamina.  We rocked right into another day of activity rotations.  The boys are getting to re-visit some activities to pick up where they left off and still see someRead More »

Waikiki Wednesday It sure was a beautiful and cool morning here up the mountain.  The sun was poking through some smokey fog that made it look like the sky was on fire.  As the warm lake created some additional steam in the cool mountain air, it sure seemed pretty delightful outside for an August day.  My dog Biscuit and IRead More »

Tie-Dye Tuesday The first morning at camp began, for most, a bit earlier than the 7:45 wakeup bell. As soon as the sun crests the horizon and the birds start their chatter, so too do our excited young guys waking up in a new environment for the first time. The cool breeze blowing in off of the lake kept theRead More »

Welcome Junior Campers I am so excited to share the wonder of what we do every day.  My hope is to capture the moment and let you in on a little of what is happening at High Rocks.  I’ll try to include you in on a lesson or two on why things work out the way they do and addRead More »

Until Next Time There was no rest today as we blasted out the last day of the session with gusto!  What an incredible group of young men.  We played hard, we laughed hard, we cried a little, and we even danced a bit. Your son has made new friends and strengthened old relationships. He is more self-reliant. He has even learned aRead More »

Jersday Thursday Today was our last full day of activities.  We still had a couple of trips out today.  Hiking took a morning trip to Dupont for another waterfall hike.  The rock climbers were out for another trip to the High Rocks. It was a little bit of a crazy weather day with that tropical depression lingering to the east. Read More »

Waikiki Wednesday Again! It sure was another great morning here at High Rocks! The cool 64 degrees this morning was a delight! I made it up to our morning meeting only to find scratch-made biscuits being made! A little biscuit, a little jam, add some coffee. Suddenly a 7:30 am meeting doesn’t seem too bad. I got a couple ofRead More »

Tie-Dye Tuesday While we commiserate with our coastal brethren as Tropical Storm Debby cruises up the east coast, here in the mountains that meant today was cool, cloudy, and with a wonderful breeze all day. Camp was feeling it too as the bell rang and the day began its typical hustle and bustle.Not long after the wake-up bell, two groupsRead More »

Not Even Fair It sure was a fantastic day here at Camp High Rocks!  The partly cloudy skies, reasonable temperatures, and plenty of awesome things to do sure helped a lot!  Speaking of awesome things going on, I was privileged enough to be able to lead a mountain bike trip this morning.  What a great group of riders. We have theRead More »

Carnival Sunday Sundays are special here at High Rocks.  We want to be sure the boys have some time for reflection and to change it up a little bit.  Rest is important.  We give the boys an extra thirty minutes to sleep in on Sundays and we also share some important lessons down by the lake. Today was a perfect Sunday morning!Read More »

Its All About The Kids The weather was near perfect up here with temperatures at just around 82 degrees for the hot part of the day. There was a light breeze with mostly to partly cloudy skies.  Western North Carolina was meant for summer camp! We are also situated right at 3000 feet, which gives us even a little moreRead More »