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Windy Gap
Windy Gap is a Young Life[] camp located in Weaverville, NC, just outside of Ashville, North Carolina. Windy Gap is one of twenty- six properties located all around the United States and with two camps in Canada.

History
The camp was first purchased by Young Life [] from Lawrence and Sarah Douglas, a couple from Florida who originally brought the land to retire on. In the 1960s, one of their daughters went to another camp in Colorado and experienced the best week of her life. She then found out that Young Life was looking for another property in the Southeast region for their next camp. Young Life bought the property that is now Windy Gap for the amount of one dollar in 1968. In the summer of 1970, under the supervision of the camp manager, Dick Griffith, Windy Gap welcomed their first set of campers. Since it’s opening, Windy Gap brings over 3,000 high school students each summer to minister them and allows them the opportunity to experience “the best week of their lives”. Windy Gap is also open for weekend retreats and welcomes over 12,000 campers every year.

Mission
The property includes several amenities that can appeal to all different types of campers. There is a pool, water slide, zip line, horses, ropes course, biking trails, and many other fun activities to do around the site. Also making up the camp, there is a club room, a dining hall, snack bar, and cabins to campers and a lodge for the adult guests. Among the major activities there are also basketball courts, volleyball courts, hiking trails, fields for soccer, and a eighteen hole Frisbee golf course. This camp offers something different for everyone and it is their mission to have their guest experience “best week of their lives” or their money back. It creates a safe place for students to come enjoy themselves and come to know Christ better. It is not the camp that makes the camp so wonderful, but it is the staff and leaders who volunteer their time so kids can grow in their relationships with God.

Young Life is a non- denominational Christian camp and gives campers a look into what “real Life” should look like. Many campers that come to this camp say that Windy Gap has exceed their expectations and they have truly experience the best week of their lives. Windy Gap creates a place for students to come

Windy Gap opens its doors to any Young Life area and other non-profit groups during the school years (August- May) Pricing varies and is based on the number of people in the group, costs include lodging and meals. From May to August, Windy Gap serves strictly for high school students to attend Young Life camp.