Challenge Course at Camp CILCA

Various physical structures have been placed throughout Camp CILCA’s woods to set the stage for an adventure in learning to cooperate and communicate with others in your group. Life and spiritual applications are made during frequent debriefing sessions. Camp CILCA facilitators consult with the group leader in advance to determine group goals and objectives.

Possible Group Goals -

• Group Bonding    • Problem Solving    • Improve Communication Skills    • Learn to Work Better Together    • Spiritual Applications    • Life Applications    • Specific Lessons    • And More . . .

 

Good for Youth “Our group had a great time! The group building experience at Camp CILCA really bonded our youth group and helped them see what team work is all about!” – Christy

 

Good for Adults “The challenge course at Camp CILCA was a fun way for our staff to bond, and it helped us to understand better how we can use our varied gifts to work together for a common purpose. Participating in the challenge course as a part of our faculty retreat united our staff and helped us to start out the year on a very positive note.” - Kim

 

Rates for a 2.5 hour experience:  $8.25 per person

 

Challenge Course elements are not to be used without trained camp staff.

 

All Aboard / Landing

Poison Ivy Pole

Climb Over Wall

Balance Beam

Whale Watchers

 Rock Climbing Wall

Zig Zag

Mohawk Walk

Tribble (Trinity)

Wild Woosey

 

 Islands

 Tunnel Web
Rebirth Tire

Lay Back Beam

 Spider's Mansion

 

 
 

 

New Climbing / Bouldering Wall

Seventeen Junior High youth and four adults from St John's Lutheran Church in Champaign spent 3 days constructing a new climbing Wall, painted the inside of 3 cabins, and trimmed tree branches in the Pine Forest.  Thanks to them and also thanks goes to Thrivent Financial for Lutherans for providing the funding.

Stretching Games and Activities are intended to get help the group begin to feel comfortable with other members of the group and help stretch their muscles so they are ready for further physical and mental challenges. These activities also help the facilitator further evaluate the needs and the group’s dynamics.

Trust Activities are used to bring the group together to realize that a strong group must trust each other. Some of these activities involve leading others, catching controlled falls, and learning how to spot.

Initiatives are challenging activities that occur in a field, in a building, or in the woods on the Low Elements. We call all of these group challenge experiences "initiatives" because through them the group is encouraged to take initiative to figure out a new solution to a strange new challenge. Some are permanent structures (see photos below) and some are portable.

High Elements (coming to Camp CILCA in the future) are those activities at the end of the challenge course sequence when the group is ready to support each other as individuals. The activities can be built in trees and telephone poles, and the participants will ascend up to 28 feet in the air. These activities are safe when facilitators are present to control the belay system of each participant.

 

 

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