Merrowvista creates the AYF’s first Outpost Program, the predecessor to today’s Four Trails program. The first offsite Outpost experience brought campers to Vermont, where they spent three weeks wilderness camping. Younger campers experienced “sleep outs” at the Outpost Campsite on Dan Hole Pond.
Outpost was later developed at Miniwanca, following Merrowvista’s model to better engage the participants of the Younger Boys program who were but not yet old enough for the Older Boys conference. Staff builds Outpost Cabin on southern border of the camp property along Lake Michigan near the Well Site.
