After 25 camper packed years, the Camp Lutherhaven Climbing Tower has outlived its lifespan!

Campers gathered at the bottom of the tower, looking up and picking a new route. Cabin mates encouraging one another. The thrill of new heights and brave accomplishments. Whether you’re an observer or a participant, it’s impossible to visit the Camp Lutherhaven Climbing Tower without being inspired by community, connection, and God’s beautiful creation!

AND it’s a ton of fun!

The climbing tower is central to the heart of Lutherhaven’s programming and is a space where campers can gather to experience personal growth, strengthen relationships, and cultivate joy in God’s creation.

Our new tower will feature over 17 new climbing routes, additional accessibility features for campers of all abilities, an interior space that is safe from inclement weather, and brand new state-of-the-art safety features. Phase 1 and 2 are already fully funded…and together we can help “Climb Over the Top” with Phase 3!

Still to Fund…Phase 3:

Bells and Whistles and Widgets (The fun stuff!)
Interior Climbing Area (Safe from Inclement Weather)
Interior Vertical Playground
Lights and Sound System
New Ropes, Harnesses & Helmets
Safety Equipment and Training
Gear Shed and Take Down Tower

Phases 1 and 2: Fully Paid For! (And Steve Meyer’s Already Building it!)

Professionally Engineered Plans
Zip Line
4 Outside Climbing Tower Walls (8 Feet Higher than our previous Climbing Tower!)
Covered protection from Sun and Rain
New views… Now from the top, you can almost see the lake!

Project by the Numbers:

Project Total: $200,000

Endowment Dollars: $121,965

Grants and Donations: $14,500

Needed for Phase 3: $63,535

Help Lutherhaven Get Over the Top!

Project Details:

The East Wall features accessible “crazy stairs” that will make arriving to the top of the Climbing Tower more accessible for campers of all different skill levels, abilities and strengths! It's “just” a normal staircase...without handrails…15 inch wide, climbing 40 feet straight up. Don't look down!

The South Face is a massive 40-foot-tall by 24-foot-wide wall with 6 different beginner-to-intermediate routes and 4 belay points so multiple climbers can use the face at the same time.

The North Wall has 3 different advanced climbing routes and an Ice Climbing face.

The West Wall is for our Ninja Warriors. It starts with a run up a ten-foot warped wall, then a grab at a climbing rope to get you into a cargo net. Better stop to catch your breath, because you climb from there to the peg wall and a modified salmon ladder. The final challenge is a spider wall to ring the bell at the top.

The interior includes a fully-enclosed 40-foot-tall Climbing Cave with 4 different routes to the top, plus a Vertical Playpen like no other.

And for the grand finale… A brand new Zip Line! The new Zip Line will be several feet higher and longer than the former.

Lutherhaven can’t wait to welcome you to experience the new Climbing Tower! Will you prayerfully consider helping your camps “Climb Over the Top” to reach this donation goal?

Special Thanks to Endowment Fund donors for fully funding Phase 1 & 2!

What is the Endowment Fund?

Legacy gifts give Lutherhaven a thoughtful glance at our past and an exciting glimpse of our future. Did you know? Will and estate gifts are given twice, now and forever. 20% of all legacy gifts are designated for camp improvements, programs, and special initiatives right when they are received; the remaining 80% goes into Lutherhaven’s permanent Endowment Fund and gives back to camp every year—forever! Each year the ministry may "gift itself" 4% of the Endowment Fund for special projects, leaving the rest to grow.

"We hope to give beyond the end of our lives so that Lutherhaven is here for our grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and the great-grandchildren of our neighbors down the block." Mary K, Legacy Partner

Email sarah@lutherhaven.com to learn more about the endowment fund!

Thank you for prayerfully considering helping your camps “Climb Over the Top” to fully fund Lutherhaven’s new Climbing Tower!

Over the Top!

Camp Lutherhaven Climbing Tower Project

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