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Allegheny Riding Camp

Summer Address:

   Tyrone, Pennsylvania, USA
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Off-Season Address:

   Tyrone, Pennsylvania, USA
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Allegheny Riding Camp is for Girls who Love Horses!

Allegheny Riding Camp is a girls' residential summer program located at the Grier School in Central Pennsylvania. We teach all levels of English (hunter/jumper) horseback riding. Campers have 2 riding lessons per day and an hour of equine studies each day. In a 3-week session, a camper is scheduled for 26 horseback riding lessons. All campers participate in a camp horse show at the end of each session.

Campers also have the opportunities to participate in a variety of other traditional camp activities such as dance, art, drama, swimming, camping, and sports. Our sessions are 3 weeks in duration, with a special mother-daughter weekend and 6-day rookie session for young campers.

We also offer a special Show Camper program for experienced riders aged 12 to 16. Qualified campers are assigned a specific show horse and travel to rated horse shows while they attend camp. New this year, Western saddle AQHA "pointed shows," second session.


Our mother-daughter session is a great way to introduce camp to young girls who might not be ready to attend camp on their own yet. (And for moms who aren't quite ready to part with their daughters!)  

Allegheny Riding Camp is an offshoot of the Grier School, a private boarding school for girls, established in 1853. Facilities include dormitory housing, four riding paddocks, large in-door arena,  stables for 70 horses, 25-yard outdoor swimming pool, air-conditioned dance studio, art studios, gymnasium, and 350 acres of beautiful wooded mountainside.

The goals of Allegheny Riding Camp are to build self-confidence, foster independence, care for horses, and value community.

Camp Type:  Residential
Year Established: 1975
Gender: Girls
Age of Campers: 7 to 17 years old
Cost/Week: $1001.00-$2000.00/wk
Religious Affiliation: None
Camp Owner(s): The Grier School
Camp Director(s): Helen Zientek
Nearest Large City: State College, PA
Off Season Rental: No
Accreditations ?
ACA
Camp Focus:
Sports Camps: Equestrian and Horseback Riding

Special Accommodations:
Diabetic, Food Allergies, Hearing Impaired, Speech Impaired,
Art Activities:
  •  Acting
  •  Arts and Crafts
  •  Ceramics
  •  Dance
  •  Drawing and Painting
  •  Music
  •  Other Arts
  •  Performing Arts
  •  Pottery
  •  Theater
  •  Visual Arts

Sports Activities:
  •  General Sports
  •  Basketball
  •  Equestrian and Horseback Riding
  •  Swimming
  •  Tennis
  •  Yoga

Adventure Activities:
  •  Ropes Course

Academic Activities:
  •  Creative Writing

Miscellaneous Activities:
  •  International Exchange
  •  Talent Show


Additional Activities:
Dancing Studio also available

Grier Summer Camps for Girls

Where meaningful fun and friendship flourish.

Sessions and Fees

Mother-Daughter Session 1

June 12-15

$650

Mother-Daughter Session 2

June 18-22

$450

Rookie Session

(First-Time Campers Only)

June 21-26

$1000

Allegheny Riding Camp Session #1

 Two Riding Lessons Per Day

June 28-July 17

$3,650

Allegheny Riding Camp Session #2

 

 Two Riding Lessons Per Day

July 19-Aug 7

$3,650

Creative/Performing Arts Session #1

June 28-July 17

$3,200

Creative/Performing Arts Session #2

July 19-Aug 7

$3,200

Art Portfolio Program

June 28-July 17

$3,200

Show Camper Session #1

Hunter/Jumper

June 28-July 17

$4,900

Show Camper Session #2

Western Saddle

July 19-Aug  7

$4,300

Intensive Dance Program

June 28-July 17

$3,200

 






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