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Outdoor Adventure Center

YMCA Camp Mataucha Outdoor Adventure Center

Ropes Challenge Course

Ropes Course Events are exceptional ways for people to build trust, build confidence, overcome fears or challenges, strengthen bonds and have a fun and exciting experience. With proper guidance from our expert facilitators, your group will learn, grow, and bond in ways that are not possible in everyday situations. Expertly trained leaders guide your group through the event, custom tailoring your experience based on the needs of your group and the needs of each individual participant.

Participants will get to know each other through a variety of games and initiatives. They will learn to work together to achieve common goals under challenging circumstances. Low Ropes Events are all designed to foster communication, break down barriers, build trust, develop problem-solving skills, and create an exciting and fun experience. After each event or initiative the group will be challenged to evaluate all aspects of the experience from the technical aspects of how and what they were doing (and how they could have done better) to the ways in which they were communicating (or not communicating) to the ways the experience made each participant feel (and why). This is a core aspect of experiential teambuilding. Telling people something is often of little use. Showing them something allows them to begin believing. First hand experience, doing something, experiencing something is the best way to ensure true understanding. Sharing an intense positive experience with others produces an emotional bond and increases levels of trust and respect.

School Groups & Youth Groups

All courses and programs can be tailored to meet your requirements, and your timetable. Weekend, mid week or week long courses can be catered for. Our Program offers opportunities for rapid and effective team building. As participants learn to rely on each other in an outdoor adventure context, a sense of camaraderie develops that focuses the team members on the goals of themselves and the group.

Benefits

• Increase a participants confidence and self-esteem
• Improve problem solving and decision making strategies
• Develop agility and physical co-ordination
• Experience a sense of success and adventure
• Develop leadership potential
• Increase team spirit
• Create trust and support within a team
• Personal and team development
• Challenge fun and adventure!

Business & Group Outings

YMCA Camp Mataucha is proud to take you on an experience you will never forget. All courses and programs can be tailored to meet your requirements, and your timetable. Weekend, mid week or weeklong courses can be catered for. Our Programs offer opportunities for rapid and effective team building. As participants learn to rely on each other in an outdoor adventure context, a sense of camaraderie develops that focuses the team members on the goals of themselves and the group. So if you are looking for a venue in to run team building, corporate events, training or parties, then High Hopes Program may be the place for you.

We can offer:

• An 30 acre wooded site
• Bathrooms
• Pavilion
• Volleyball
• Open Field Space
• Indoor meeting space
• Grills for cooking

In addition to the full day Team Building programs, we also offer the Low & High Ropes Course independently in a half-day format or a Multi-day format. Our staff will work with you to design a custom teambuilding experience. We can design that experience to meet current business or training topics.

For more information please contact Tony Sharillo, Camping Program Director at (203) 754-2181 ext 118.

E-mail: tsharillo@waterburyymca.org