My church's youth groups came for a 4 day stay. We had 162 middle school and high school students which were easily accommodated at these large campgrounds.
Facilities: We had several dorm rooms with bunk beds and locker-like cubbies which help keep your stuff out of the aisles and off the floors. The rooms are toasty warm, even when it is below 45 degrees outside. The dorm bathrooms have 5 showers with piping hot water (praise God!), around 8-10 bathroom stalls, and 6 sinks with a large and well lit mirror. The vents in the dorm bathrooms worked well and kept our dorms stink-free.
The camp has an awesome recreation room with 3 pool tables, 2 fooseball tables, 2 ping pong tables, 1 air hockey table and 2 other tables similar to pool tables but have these mushroom-looking obstacles in the middle. There's a snack area where the staff sell nachos, sodas, and all kinds of candy at very, very cheap prices.
We didn't use the pool (despite kids wanting to jump in!) but the area was clean and had it's own restrooms. We did use their snow inner tubing area and had a GREAT time. There are two runs available; a winding run that has a nice slow pace, and a straight drop run that is fast and fun! The incline is steep and has a long plateau at the end, but the camp staff use an inner tube to bump you in a different direction to prevent you from falling off the side of the mountain. There are plenty of inner tubes to go around and the kids get a workout from lugging the inner tubes up to the top of the runs.
The chapel is built like a beautiful, steepled cabin with gorgeous wood work and huge glass windows. The light shines in through the front and the view of the snowy landscape outside is breathtaking. The chapel has standard stage lighting, a projector for videos/lyrics, and a great sound system. There are restrooms in the chapel but are limited to 2 stalls each.
The cafeteria area has a very wide and large dining area. The kids eat "family style", where one gets a tray of assorted foods to bring to the table of 8 and everyone shares. There is a salad bar, a fruit bar, several juices from dispensers, hot cocoa, coffee, and assorted teas. There is also a soup station as a side to your main meal.
The staff are all very friendly and eager to serve. The camp only looses one star for the food. Yes, the different sides are great accompaniments to your main meal, but our main meals were nothing out of this world. From frozen taquitos that have been heated in the oven, well-done burgers on cold buns, to waffles that have gone stale, I wasn't really satisfied with the food. I may be biased, as I've been served shrimp Alfredo and BBQ ribs at Camp Commerce... Pizza night was good, as was the Chicken Tortilla Soup (best thing I had). Breakfast the last day consisted of cinnamon buns, cereal, and yogurt. I understand that really finicky kids come to camp if we're honest, I didn't starve, but a little more effort into the food would be appreciated. My sentiments were shared by the chaperones, and no, none of the kids complained.
Overall, we had a FANTASTIC experience and it looks like our church will be back next winter. Great job, CC Christian Camp! read more
