wilderness camp

Remote outdoor facility

A wilderness camp is a program, typically for troubled adolescents, that uses outdoor survival experiences as a form of therapy or rehabilitation.

Participants live in remote natural settings, learning skills like fire-building and shelter construction while undergoing behavioral intervention: His parents sent him to wilderness camp after his second arrest.

The term can also refer simply to a campsite in backcountry areas, away from developed facilities.

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nature hike · bonfire · sleeping bag · trail · forest · mountain · canoe · counselor · merit badge · nature · outdoors · scout · adventure · firewood · lake · cabin · rustic · compass

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setting/environment

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Urban area's main district

downtown · metropolis · city · beach resort · urban area

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Lavish vacation accommodation

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experience type

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Facility offering treatments, no lodging

music conservatory · wellness spa

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G