Asheville Day Camps & After School Programs

2026
Teacher Workday Day Camps
Spring Break Camps
Summer Day Camps:
Adventure Camps and Kolo Bike Park Camps
Afterschool Longboarding Club

The Adventure Center offers outdoor programs for our youngest adventurers all year!

Learn more about our awesome lineup of Day Camps offered onsite on our 100 acres just minutes from Downtown Asheville.

The Adventure Center of Asheville is accredited by the Association for Challenge Course Technology.

Our Summer Adventure and Kolo Bike Park Day camps are proudly accredited by the American Camp Association.

AND we have been listed as America’s Best Summer Day Camps according to Newsweek

in the TOP 200 across the U.S. for 2024 with a 5-star rating.

Teacher Workday Day Camps

$75/day- Sept 21, Oct 5 & 6 & 26, Nov 3 & 11

Get ready for a day full of excitement and outdoor fun! Our Single-Day Camp offers an action-packed experience led by our qualified and friendly staff. Campers will enjoy a variety of outdoor activities, including fire building and nature exploration. We hope to empower our campers to try new adventures and challenges, grow their confidence, and make new friends. Great care is taken to ensure campers are comfortable with each activity while encouraging them to stretch their comfort zone further. Great for kids looking for a day of fun and new challenges, this camp is the perfect outdoor escape!

Ages 8-11 (2nd-5th grade)
9:00AM – 4:00PM
Lunch not provided
Fall dates include: September 21st; October 5th, 6th, 26th, November 3rd, 11th
Online bookings will incur a 7.5% processing fee. Call our office if you would like to book your camper and save the cost of the online fee between 10am and 5pm. 828.225.2921

Fall Afterschool Longboarding Club

$310/session- 8 clinics a session

The new adventure at Kolo Bike Park is Longboarding. Our afterschool club which is made up of 8 evenings will progress young riders through a variety of skills to get them comfortable on a board. No previous experience expected and we provide the boards and equipment needed. Our Longboarding program will give riders a structured environment to master stance, pushing, and braking. Through coaching and progressive skill development, participants build confidence by improving balance, coordination, focus, and decision making.

Ages: 9-12
4pm-6pm
Session 1: September 22, 24, 29, October 1, 6, 8, 13, 15
Session 2: November 5, 10, 12, 17, 19, 24, December 1, 3
At Kolo Bike Park at the Adventure Center of Asheville
$310 a session (longboard and helmet included)
Online bookings will incur a 7.5% processing fee. Call our office if you would like to book your camper and save the cost of the online fee between 10am and 5pm. 828.225.2921

For more information about our Longboarding program, please check out the Kolo Bike Park Page.

Downhill Longboarding Saturday Intro Sessions

August 22 and August 29, 2026

Our Longboarding staff will be offering an Intro to Longboarding and a sample of what clinics at the Adventure Center will look like in the Fall.

Where: Kolo Bike Park at the Adventure Center of Asheville
Ages: 9+
$19/person (longboards and helmets are included)

Walkins are Welcome, Closed Toe Shoes required. Waivers are required. If participant is under age 18, the waiver must be signed by parents.

Spectators and Media are invited.

For more information about our Longboarding program, please check out the Kolo Bike Park Page.

Adventure Center Camps/Clubs

Just 5 minutes from Downtown Asheville

How we are Different

Our day camps are American Camp Association accredited which is a peer review process that assures that we follow over 200 standards relating to health and safety, risk management, and quality programming.
The Adventure Center of Asheville is accredited by the Association for Challenge Course Technology.
Our highly trained activity staff and camp counselors offer personalized immersive learning adventures (high adventure, low ropes team building, bike instruction) all year long to over 25,000 guests.
We are all outdoors on over 100 acres!
Due to our size, we can offer personalized, age-appropriate small group sessions
We are in the business of working with kids! We host hundreds of students and campers all year round at all of our adventures! And we are excited to share new skills and experiences with them!
We are a locally-owned family business that has been offering guided adventures for over 50 years!

Benefits for kids

Socialization with peers
Get in the fresh air and off screens
Critical thinking and problem solving
Add the skills we offer to their tool kit
Outdoor exercise
Immersive, experiential learning
Less $ than a babysitter
Get the wiggles out

Reports from parents include…

“children going to bed early exhausted”
“kids jumping up early excited for the next day”
“thankful for a place that can offer such great activities”

Reports from campers include…

“Best Day Ever”
“ready for the next adventure”
“a fun rating of #15 on a 10 point scale.”

Camper Eligibility

The Day Camps at the Adventure Center of Asheville want to create a fun, challenging, and nurturing environment for as many campers as possible! In order to provide the best care possible for our campers, we must address our limitations in our programming, staffing, and facilities.

In addition to our age requirements for enrollment, all campers must be able to do the following at a developmentally-appropriate level for their age:

Communicate needs and concerns verbally with others at a conversational level of English
Understand and comply with directions given by staff
Refrain from unsafe and/or harmful behaviors toward self and others (including self-harm)
Identify and avoid health/safety risks
Maneuver rugged terrain and distances up to a quarter-mile
Follow a varied individual schedule and manage free time
For Adventure Camps, fit into and properly keep on all adventure equipment including a helmet, harness, and PFDs
For Kolo Bike Camps, be comfortable riding a pedal bike off-road
Function in a group setting in a positive and cooperative manner that displays tolerance and respect for self and others.
Can use the bathroom on their own and without prompting.

Kolo Bike Camp and Adventure Camp are not therapeutic programs and are not appropriate choices for youth dealing with behavioral, motivational, or rehabilitation issues. If you are unsure if your camper would be suited for our camps, please reach out to our Camp Director (camps@adventurecenterofasheville.com)and we would be happy to talk more about our program and what we can offer.

About ACA Camps/Afterschool Programs

For over 50 years, The Greiner family has become a prominent leader in the guided outdoor adventure industry in the Southeastern United States. Jeff Greiner, the managing owner of the Adventure Center of Asheville, grew up in the outdoor adventure industry with his family. In 1971, Jeff’s parents started the first whitewater rafting business (Wildwater, Ltd.) in the Southeast on the Chattooga River. That small family business has grown into one of the largest and most respected professional outfitters in the United States with three locations and over 20 different adventures to choose from.

Fourteen years ago, the Asheville Summer Camps at the Adventure Center were created to offer the younger generation an option to get outdoors in the summer months. Our objective is now to offer a wide variety of adventure experiences and active lifestyles while teaching leadership, responsibility, respect for the environment and others, and cooperative skills all year long. No other camp/afterschool program in Western NC offers a wide range of activities and adventures!

Throughout the year, we offer a variety of well-supervised biking clinics and afterschool options for kids ages 6-15 of every skill level. Activities vary but include fun outdoor adventure activities for your child to experience!

What Our Camps Guests Are Saying…

“A friend suggested I sign up my ten-year old for the Kolo Bike Park camp this summer. The kid was already pretty passionate about mountain biking and dirt jumping before, but his experience at Kolo definitely planted the seeds of a lifelong love for riding his bike. He particularly enjoyed being coached by his camp counselor Kevin, who always found the right words of encouragement and helped him to refine his skills on the trails and on jump lines. Wonderful mentorship into play, and someone for my son to look up to. The staff was also super welcoming and very pro-active in helping us to find a new better bike for him. He will definitely be back to ride there again soon.”

Axelle F.

“Awesome place for camps for your kids! My kids have participated in both the adventure camp and kolo bike camp. Counselors are fantastic and encourage your kids to try new things and help them build their skills. We will be back even during the fall for more fun and adventures! We’ve gone for years as a family participating in lots of their activities. What a perfect place to get outdoors and moving especially during this pandemic.”

April W.

“As locals, we love having a full bike park just 10 minutes from the house–pump tracks, single trails, skill park and friendly, fantastic staff. Our son goes to camp here all summer, and I ride with him several afternoons a week after work. Definitely consider the annual pass, as the more you know the park, the more you realize it has to offer. “

Association For Traditional Studies

“This is an outstanding place with amazing staff! My son signed up for MTB camp this past summer. When we went to get him on the first day we were immediately met with a huge smile and excitement. My son loved this place. It really was like an adventure for him, teaching various skills and they met him at his level and gave him tools to boost his confidence as a rider. He loved the camp so much we signed him up for another session. I can’t say enough about the good things this camp provides! It’s a wonderful place!!”

Samantha S.

“My son did 2 sessions with you this summer and loved it so much he’s trying to become a junior counselor. He really enjoyed being on his bike and especially loved Kevin and all that he learned from him. It was also a great way for him to see his team from ICI in a safe socially distant environment.”

Kimberly W.

“My 9 year old enjoyed Kolo bike park camp last week – and he is back this week with his 13 year old sister enjoying Adventure Camp. They are having a blast a rating it a “13” on a scale of 1-10. And kids are honest! Great staff. Safe and social distance friendly. Get outdoors and live life!”

Jennifer O.

“The grounds and pump track are beautifully manicured. Staff is very friendly and they host a great camp for kids!”

Alicia M.

“Our son has enjoyed two weeks of bike camp at KOLO this summer. Fantastic time with great counselors. He enjoyed it so much, he wants to be a counselor in training next year.”

Michael L.

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