Incoming emergency family calls can be received at our front
desk in the Administration Office by dialing (845) 985-2291. Messages
are also deliverable at mealtimes immediately following receipt
of call.
Emergency phones can be found in or outside many of the
buildings throughout camp. Once you arrive, please refer to your
activities schedule for these emergency phone numbers and locations.
There are pay phones located in the Administration Office
to use for all out going calls.
Please note that there is no cellular phone service at Frost Valley
YMCA.
Parents, chaperones, and group leaders are responsible for
providing care for illness and minor injuries, addressing medical
concerns, and distributing medications.
In case of medical emergencies, Frost Valley YMCA has trained
emergency medical staff who are “on call”, and who will
be available to assist until ambulance personnel arrive on the scene.
Frost Valley YMCA does not provide health or accident insurance
to guests or program participants.
Information on area hospitals and emergency services are
available at the Administration Building.
Frost Valley YMCA is not responsible for injuries incurred
resulting from guests’ use of personal sports equipment.
Linens, which include sheets, pillow, pillowcase, blanket,
soap, towel, and wash cloth are available only with advance notice,
prior to your arrival, for $6 a set.
All indoor fireplaces are equipped with one complimentary
cord of firewood.
Lodges without indoor fireplaces have outdoor fire rings
and need to have firewood pre-ordered at a rate of $10 per load.
Preordered firewood requests must be called in to Frost
Valley at (845) 985-2291 by Wednesday prior to arrival.
On Saturdays, firewood must be ordered prior to 2 p.m.
No exceptions.
Frost Valley YMCA will not deliver more than three loads
of firewood to any one fire location in the same day.
Cutting, felling, or gathering of wood is strictly prohibited.
A $200 fine will be incurred for these infractions, as will occur
if glass or garbage is left in fire rings or fireplaces, and/or
fires are built in undesignated areas. This will be strictly enforced!
Courtesy (quiet) hours are observed from 11 p.m. to 8 a.m.
and are strictly enforced.
Disregarding courtesy hours will result, first in a warning.
Should you proceed to disregard the warning, you will be asked to
leave with the understanding that you will not be welcomed back
in the future.
Open bars, kegs, and beer balls are not permitted on Frost
Valley YMCA grounds. Should they be found, they will be immediately
confiscated.
Alcohol is not permitted in areas shared by the general
camp community.
The consumption of alcohol is only allowed in the privacy
of your room.
Disregarding the alcohol policy will first result with
a warning. Should you proceed to disregard the warning, you will
be asked to leave with the understanding that you will not be welcomed
back in the future.
Irresponsible behavior will not be tolerated and Frost
Valley Associates will have perpetrators escorted off property by
the State Police.
Fishing, without a license, is permitted on Lake Cole and
White Pond. The fishing dock on Lake Cole is located on the southwest
end of the lake.
White Pond and the branches of the East or West Neversink
River, have catch and release policies for all fish, unless you
are a Frost Valley Fly-Fishing member, then, membership rules apply.
Any fish caught on Lake Cole may be kept.
Frost Valley YMCA has a catch and release policy.
To fish anywhere else on Frost Valley property you must
be a paid Fly-Fishing Member. Information is available in the administration
building or through e-mail at flyfishing@frostvalley.org.
Weapons of any kind are prohibited on Frost Valley property
and will be confiscated.
Supervision
Frost Valley YMCA staff is not responsible for the supervision
of guests. It is the sole responsibility of parents, chaperones
and group leaders to monitor behavior at all times while visiting
Frost Valley YMCA.
