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Growing Relationships, Communication and Leadership through Adventure with our Dads.

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At High Adventure Treks, our mission is to grow relationships, communication, and leadership
through Adventure with our Dads.

We believe that when dads and their daughters and sons step outside their comfort zones together, they build unbreakable bonds and gain lifelong skills. Through outdoor challenges, teamwork, and leadership training, we create experiences that foster confidence, resilience, and connection.

From rugged hikes to our transformative Wilderness Leadership Academy (WLA), every HATS adventure is designed to inspire personal growth and leadership that extends beyond the outdoors. Whether navigating obstacles on the trail or in life, HATS equips young people with the tools to lead with courage, integrity, and purpose.

We Bond We Lead We Soar

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Our Adventures

Your journey to Adventure and connections starts here

4th & New Member

What is HATS all about?

4th Hike with Dinosaurs

What Footprints are We Leaving?

5th Challenge Course

Working Together and Challenge by Choice

8th – Wilderness Photography

Open your Eyes to the Things Around You

9th – Backpacking

Unpacking your Emotional Backpack

9th – Bushwacking

Finding your Own Path

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Our Foundational Pillars

Relationships

Communication

Leadership

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Camp Fire Stories

Can We do it Again? by Sara

“It’s freaky,” are the only words that would come out of my rosy red lips. It was the weekend and my dad and I had gone on a HATS retreat. He was at the bottom of the 125 ft. wall belaying me. As I climbed up the rough, hard, scratchy surface of the rocks I begged myself not to look down. But suddenly my nerves told me to look down, and there I was looking down. Well I have to admit it was a beautiful view but furthermore I was high up and as far as I was concerned the only thing holding me up was this rope, so I started to climb faster so I could get to the top faster. Read More

A Personal Experience by Kipp Murray

The first time I really got to know my daughter: It was the fall of her seventh grade year. We were on our first Dad and Daughter High Adventure Treks’ overnight canoe trip. Fifty-two dads and daughters had packed an unbelievable amount of gear into 26 canoes and paddled 8 miles to a sandy island on the Brazos River. Read More

Letter from Daughter by Lindsay

Dear Daddy, You know on the HATS campout two weeks ago Mr. Murray had us ask questions? Well one of them was “What do you admire the most about your dad?” I never answered that one. I feel really bad about it because you probably think it’s because I couldn’t think of anything good about you. It wasn’t! It was because I was crying and I couldn’t answer. Well, I decided to answer it now. Read More

Colorado Trek by Lizzie

Thank you so much for allowing me and my dad the chance for such an extraordinary experience, which was the final camp out for HATS. I can’t even begin to tell you what an affect it had on not only my relationship between me and my dad, but also between me and the Lord. When your body and mind are enduring something as physically and mentally straining as this backpacking trip was, one can no longer look to their own self; they need to swallow their pride and ask God for His guidance and reassurance. Read More

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