In the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains in western North Carolina you can discover Ridgecrest, a 1,300-acre Christian conference center where you can leave your cares at the gate. Since its founding more than 100 years ago, Ridgecrest has welcomed over one million guests including thousands who have participated in FUGE since 1979.
Ridgecrest is a Combo Camp that allows churches to choose Centrifuge,M-Fuge, XFUGE, XFUGE on Mission or any combination of those programs.
Ridgecrest offers all inclusive recreation options like laser tag, high ropes course, kayaking and miniature golf recreation. Aside from the normal camp schedule, FUGE campers at Ridgecrest can get a scoop of ice cream from the Nibble Nook, relax in the chairs on rocking chair row, enjoy a cup of coffee from Clouds, and purchase a new book from the LifeWay Christian Store on campus. Ridgecrest really does have much to offer!
Most camper housing is located in Royal Gorge Apartments and Youth Housing.
Ridgecrest now offers M-Fuge! Ministry track options are as follows- childrens, games and recreation, painting/construction/yardwork, social and evangelism.
XFUGE on Mission offers the following ministry options- childrens, social or painting/construction/yardwork.
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