Length of trip: 5-6 days
Recommended group size: 12 to 30
Maximum size of Learning Group: 10 students

Index:

• Goals For The Course
• Activity Schedule

GOALS FOR THE COURSE

Peak Performance!™ works directly with the school to identify and develop program content by creating a curriculum that complements the school's goals for the Colorado River Flatwater Canoeing program. As a guide in framing a school’s program goals, we have outlined keys to Peak program effectiveness.

Wilderness camping provides many types of learning activities in which students inevitably find themselves absorbed and deeply invested in outcomes--a perfect situation for learning. At the foundation of Peak Performance! ™ activities are skills crucial for group survival in nature as well as success in life-- communication, problem solving, teamwork, appropriate risk taking, and goal setting.

Peak Performance! ™ programs emphasize significant, positive, lasting changes in individuals and communities. Sample goals that incorporate these philosophies, to be achieved on the Colorado River, include:

• Educate students in outdoor living and expedition style travel by challenging them physically and mentally.
  
• Have a fun and positive outdoors experience in order to foster future learning in, and appreciation of, the natural world.
  
• Explore environmental issues pertinent to the area and to the lives of the students.
  
• Develop skills in community building and leadership through participation in a true expedition.

ACTIVITY SCHEDULE

The group is taught various outdoor skills, including set-up/break-down of camp, preparation of meals, and ecologically oriented camp clean-up and waste management while in the wilderness. Activities include plant and animal identification, nature awareness games, interpretive hikes, group initiatives and evening programs that bring closure to the day.

Day 1
Arrive at Lake Mead Nat’l Recreation Area
Introduction and Large Group Opening
“Ice Breaker” Activities
Set up Camp
Large Group Skills Training & Prep
Dinner
Pack for Departure.
Opening Campfire

Day 2
Breakfast
Break down Camp
Put in at the base of Hoover Dam
Lunch
Enjoy an afternoon of outstanding scenery
Set up Camp
Dinner
Evening Activities

Day 3 & 4
Breakfast
Break down Camp
Sightsee, swim and have a blast on the river
with lunch along the way.
Set up Camp
Dinner
Large Group Activities
Evening Activities/Closing Campfire

Day 5
Breakfast
Break down Camp
Paddle to take-out
Large Group Closing
Farewells and Departure