Your kids get summer camp. You get a vacation. And you do it together. Four days in the mountains with great food, craft drinks, campfires, and people who get it.
Get on the ListAll-inclusive. No bar tabs. No meal planning. No surprise charges. Someone else handles everything for once.
Single moms and dads, balanced roughly even. Adults who live your life and don't need the backstory.
Hike together. Eat together. The talent show, the campfire, the closing circle. Your kids see you being part of something.
This isn't a hotel with a fire pit. It's a working summer camp in the Catskill Mountains. Climate-controlled cabins, a dining hall, waterfront, trails. The whole property is yours for the weekend.
Two spring-fed lakes. Swimming, canoeing, kayaking, fishing. Lifeguards on duty.
Aerial adventure course, climbing wall, zip lines, and a real archery range.
500 acres of Catskill forest. Guided walks, foraging basics, or just coffee and trees.
All meals handled. Guest chef. Locally sourced, organic when possible. Nobody cooks. Nobody cleans.
Craft cocktails, beer, wine, soft drinks — all included. No tabs. No cash. Always available.
Every night. After the kids are in bed, the fire keeps going. This is why people come back.
Your kids get summer camp. You get your first real weekend off in years. And somehow you do it together.
Your kids aren't in a kids' club. They're at camp — with counselors, cabin mates, and a schedule packed with the stuff they'll talk about for months.
Sparks (ages 4–8) — Nature walks, creek time, arts and crafts, swimming, campfire songs, s'mores. One counselor for every 4–5 kids.
Embers (ages 9–15) — Hiking, canoeing, archery, ropes course, fire building, orienteering. One counselor for every 6–7 kids.
Every kid gets a leather cord necklace at check-in and earns beads all weekend — for attitude, helpfulness, bravery, kindness, and trying something new. They go home with their necklace, what they made in crafts, and the kind of tired that only comes from a weekend outside.
A guest chef runs the kitchen all weekend. Every meal is planned, locally sourced, and organic whenever possible. Breakfast, lunch, dinner — all handled. Snacks and water are always out.
Every meal is social. Parents and kids eat together at breakfast and lunch. At dinner, kids eat camp-style with their cabin and counselors at their own tables while adults sit down to the evening meal — same room, same energy, different menus.
Grown-up dinners are seasonal, multi-course meals designed for adults who actually like food. Farm-to-table in the mountains.
Kid-friendly food is always available alongside the main menu. Your picky eater won't go hungry. All dietary restrictions handled — just tell us during registration.
Drinks are all-inclusive. Craft cocktails, beer, wine, soft drinks, coffee — no bar tabs, no wallet, no thinking about it.
The days are great. The nights are why people come back.
After dinner, after the kids are settled with counselors for movie night or campfire songs, the adults gather around the fire. Drinks in hand. No agenda. Just the kind of conversation that happens when you're sitting with people who understand your life without you having to explain it.
Some nights there's music. Some nights someone tells a story that makes the whole circle quiet. Saturday night there's a talent show — kids and adults, totally optional, completely ridiculous, the highlight of the weekend.
The fire goes as late as you do. No curfew. No noise restrictions. Just the woods, the stars, and grown-up time you actually earned.
When you check in, you're assigned to a cabin. Each one has a name and a bandana color. By Friday you're decorating the porch. By Saturday you're defending your cabin's honor. By Sunday you've got a group text that won't stop for months.
Kids sleep in their own cabins with counselors — that's their world for the weekend. Parents are in assigned group cabins, single-gender, with a balance of men and women across camp. Bunks, shared bathrooms, instant community.
Private rooms are available for an additional cost if you want your own space. Limited availability — first come, first served.
Cabin assignments happen in the private online community before you arrive. That's also where orientation, packing lists, talent show sign-ups, and introductions happen. You'll know names before you know faces. Private messaging is built in. The community stays open after camp.
Camp Chipaway is a small, intentional community. We take the safety of every parent and child seriously — not as fine print, but as the foundation of the whole thing.
Every adult does a brief video or phone interview before they're confirmed. We want to know who's coming and make sure it's a good fit — for you and for the group. This isn't a velvet rope. It's a gut check.
Every attendee agrees to a clear code of conduct before registration is finalized. Expectations around behavior, alcohol, respect, and boundaries — for adults and kids. If someone breaks it, they leave. No exceptions.
Every counselor is background-checked, reference-checked, and personally interviewed. They're experienced with kids, trained in safety protocols, and supervised by a head counselor all weekend.
A certified EMT is on the property the full weekend. All waterfront and adventure activities are supervised by trained staff. Emergency plans are communicated to every adult at check-in.
The weekend ends. The group text doesn't.
Arrive by car or train shuttle. Cabin assignments, necklace ceremony, first bead. Welcome dinner. Opening campfire. The ice breaks faster than you think.
Kids go to camp. Parents: hike, swim, cocktail workshop, or do nothing. Meals together. Guest chef dinner. Campfire after dark — the first real one.
Morning activity or free time. Parent-kid canoeing or group hike. Afternoon to nap, swim, read. The marquee dinner. The talent show. The last campfire — the one you'll remember.
Slow breakfast. Everyone packs out together. Closing circle — necklace on, one word each. Group photo. Exchange numbers you'll actually use. Drive home different.
Lodging, all meals, all drinks, activities, full kids' programming, train shuttle, private community, shared photos. No tabs. No extras. No surprises.
Private rooms available for an additional cost. Early-bird pricing for waitlist members.
Jason Littrell spent 20 years behind the bar in New York City, including at Death & Co. He's a hospitality consultant, an outdoor enthusiast, and a single parent. His son is a camper — not staff, not a mascot, a camper. Camp Chipaway is the weekend he wished existed: where the food is handled, the drinks are thoughtful, the kids are having the best weekend of their lives, and the people around the fire actually understand yours.
30 families per session. Waitlist members get first access, early pricing, and an invite to the private community before camp starts.
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