DC – Summer Adventures
Summer Adventures | Registration Opens January 17th!
Experience the world through climbing, team-building, STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) activities, and more! Each week of camp is filled with opportunities that will help your child build skills that will last a lifetime. At Bouldering Project summer camp, kids focus on climbing, while making new friends, letting out their goofiness, and learning life skills through games and activities.
Summer Adventures is intended for Ages 4-14 and is offered on a weekly basis from June 30th through August 29th.
2025 Summer Adventures Info
Summer Adventures will run weekdays June 30 through August 29 from 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM.
Before and After Care is available.
Before Care runs from 8 AM – 9 AM and costs $125 for the full week. After Care runs from 3:30 PM – 6 PM and costs $180 for the full week.
The total cost of this program is $630 (tax included). For the week of the 4th of July, the total cost is $500 (tax included) as there is no camp offered on July 4th.
We offer discounts for siblings! Use the code SIBLING10 at checkout to get 10% off one ticket.
2025 DATES & AVAILABILITY
June 30th – July 3rd – NO CAMP JULY 4TH
July 7th – July 11th
July 14th – July 18th
July 21st – July 25th
August 4th – August 8th
August 11th – August 15th
August 18th – August 22nd
August 25th – August 29th
WHY FAMILIES LOVE SUMMER ADVENTURES
Summer Adventures is Bouldering Project’s summer camp for ages 4 through 14. Packed with a full day of bouldering, games, and arts & crafts, we’ll keep your kid engaged all day long. All skill levels are welcome – no experience necessary!
Highlights include:
- Open arts & craft time
- Outdoor lunch (weather permitting)
- As much climbing as your rock-star can handle
- Empowering skills that will last a lifetime
Our staff are all experienced climbers and educators with more than enough energy to keep your kids psyched for the whole day. Our 1:5 ratio allows the instructors to get to know each child, make sure their needs are met, and create memories that will last forever.
WHAT TO EXPECT
During the week, campers will spend time learning the ins and outs of climbing, participate in STEM/ARTS activities, and more. Each week of summer camp is themed, keeping the camp engaging and fun all summer long!
Campers will be broken up by age range (4-6, 7-9, 10+). We provide climbing shoes and required program materials.
We are not able to accommodate children under the age of 4. Children must be able to use the bathroom independently.
What to Bring
- Dress for a day packed with activity! Stretchy pants and socks are perfect. We will provide climbing shoes.
- Bring a water bottle and at least one snack. We will have plenty of breaks for snack time
- Pack a filling lunch that doesn’t need to be microwaved! If your child has allergies, please let our team know and we will make appropriate accommodations.
- If your child does not have a lunch and parents/caregivers are unable to be reached, food will be purchased with the card on file.
Program Highlights
- Yoga for Youth taught by certified instructors
- Technical and engaging climbing instruction
- STEM & ARTS activities that change all summer long
- A lifetime of memories
DAILY ACTIVITIES
Example Schedule
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM: Before Care available at an additional
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM: Get settled with climbing shoes that we provide, review rules and expectations, warm up with a light game
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM: Learn about climbing with age-appropriate games & free climb in our kids room and main bouldering area
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM: If the weather is nice, we will eat lunch at Alethia Tanner Park and give the kids free time to play outdoors
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM: Returning to the gym, the kids will have some cool down time to work on STEM & Arts activities and play quieter games
2:00 PM – 3:00PM: We love to use our Yoga Room to play games or practice yoga with one of our youth-certified yoga instructors
3:00 PM – 3:30 PM: Wrap up the day in our Kids Room
3:30 PM – 6:00 PM: After Care available for an additional cost
- No running
- Inside voices
- Listen to your instructor
- Stay with the group
- Keep your hands to yourself
- Take your shoes off when you go to the bathroom
- Stay on the edge of the mat when you’re not climbing
- Have fun & Try your best!
- Lava Rule: While you can reach some of the pipes and hvac equipment from the walls of our gym, we
cannot touch them as they have lava in them and will spill it everywhere if we hang from the
pipes. - Butter Rule: Our climbing shoes are built a little bit differently than our outside shoes. They have a smooth
bottom that makes them great for climbing, but if we run around with them on the pavement
we will go slipping and sliding like butter in a hot pan. When we are on the pavement we
cannot run, skip, hop, frolic, front flip, back flip, side flip or cartwheel. - Bacon Rule: We want to make sure that our bodies are all warmed up before we start climbing. Doing some
light activities and stretching is a great way to make sure our bodies are ready to climb and
help to not break into pieces like cold bacon. - Kindness Rule: Climbing, especially bouldering, is a community sport. We want to build our friends up and not
tear them down with our words or actions. We also want to keep our bodies to ourselves as if
we bump our friends they can fall and hurt themselves against the wall. - Pancake Rule: It is our job when we are not climbing to give our friends on the wall the space they need to
climb without worrying about if they might land on someone and smash them flat like a
pancake. We want to stay away from the wall when we are not climbing to not be in their
pancake zone. Additionally, if we can reach out and touch our friends while we are climbing,
we’re too close to them and need to give them some space so everyone can climb safely.
Have questions about climbing, summer adventures, or other youth programming? Ask our staff—we are here to help.
Youth Programs: Jonah.Donis@BoulderingProject.com
Front Desk: 202-667-2404
Pickups after 4:00 PM will result in an automatic charge of $45. Charges are at the discretion of the Youth Programs Manager. Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call us at (202) 667-2404 or email jonah.donis@boulderingproject.com
- Cancellations more than 2 weeks in advance will be refunded to the card on file.
- Cancellations less than 2 weeks in advance will be refunded 100% as store credit, or 70% to the card on file.
- Cancellations within 48 hours will not receive a refund. In the case of extenuating circumstances, please email jonah.donis@boulderingproject.com.