Travel Info
Cormont Horn Camp is located at Cardigan Mountain School, which is located about an hour from the closest bus station and about 90 minutes from the Manchester-Boston Regional Airport. Our participants provide their own transportation to camp, carpool with other participants, or catch the camp-provided shuttle from the Manchester-Boston Regional Airport and the nearest Concord Coach Lines bus station.
All participants must complete the Transportation Form so that we may coordinate carpooling and shuttle service to and from Cardigan Mountain School. The transportation form will be made available to applicants once they are accepted for enrollment.
Transportation Form Deadline: May 15
Please note: We cannot be held responsible for assisting you in your travel to and from camp if we do not have your travel information on file. If you have any questions regarding travel, please contact Julie Bryant-Gerhardt, Operations Director at [email protected]
Cardigan Mountain School is located at 52 Alumni Dr., Canaan, NH 03741.
Approximate driving times to major cities are as follows:
Boston: 2 hours
New York City: 5.5 hours
Washington DC: 9 hours
Cleveland: 9.5 hours
Montreal: 3.5 hours
There are two options for air travel. Manchester-Boston Regional Airport is served by the major domestic airlines with convenient service nationwide. Boston Logan Airport has more domestic flights and is served by many international carriers.
While it’s extraordinarily helpful to our small staff for participants to provide their own transportation all the way to Cardigan Mountain School, we realize that there will be some situations in which participants will need help getting from the airport to camp. If necessary, Cormont Horn Camp staff can pick up participants or arrange for ride-sharing between participants arriving at the Manchester Airport. Participants flying to Boston-Logan who are in need of ride-sharing should plan to take Concord Coach Lines to the Concord bus station in order to be picked up by a Cormont Horn Camp staff member or by another participant. (See “Travel by Bus” below.)
Air travel with a horn can be an adventure, and getting your horn to camp in pristine condition can take some advance planning. For that reason, it’s important to check with your airline regarding its checked-baggage policies and the dimensions of the overhead bin and under-seat space before confirming your travel plans.
It should be noted that a standard horn case, even one with a hard shell, is unlikely to protect your horn adequately if you should decide to check it at the airport rather than carrying it on the plane with you. If, however, your case is too large for the space allotted, packing the horn appropriately so that it can travel as checked baggage can alleviate stress and help you to avoid a scene at the gate.
Please do your very best to find a way to bring your horn to camp as a carry-on item. If, however, that simply isn’t possible, here is a link to an article that provides instructions for keeping your horn safe as it travels:
How to Prepare an Instrument for Shipping (hornmatters.com)
If you haven’t flown recently, we recommend checking out this TSA website:
Please check with your airline regarding policies for unaccompanied minors. The majority of our high school participants are able to fly as an adult, making it easy for Cormont Horn Camp staff to simply pick them up and drop them off at the airport as necessary.
If your high school participant will be traveling as an unaccompanied minor, they will have to be supervised by an airline employee until a Cormont Horn Camp staff member or other designee is able to pick them up, and they’ll have to be accompanied all the way to security when we take them back to the airport.
With such a small participant-to-faculty ratio and an attentive staff, (not to mention that the Manchester airport is pretty small) we’re going to do our very best to make sure that they are safe and comfortable and that they are where they need to be on time. If your high school student can be ticketed as an adult, please do so.
Concord Coach Lines runs buses from Boston Logan to both Concord, NH. Here is the link to the route that you would need:
To Concord (23 arrivals daily):
Information about camp-provided shuttle costs and ride-sharing costs will be provided later.
Participants should arrive at Cardigan Mountain School between 1 PM and 4 PM on their arrival day, June 13th or June 21th. Because many participants will be arriving on the same day, early really is best.
For an on-time arrival to Cardigan Mountain School, flight arrivals into Manchester should be no later than 1:30 PM. Bus arrivals to Concord should be no later than 2:30 PM. Participants bussing to Tilton may utilize any of the three available arrival options.
If an on-time arrival on your designated arrival day isn’t possible, we can arrange to pick participants up in Manchester and Concord, one day early. The cost for the extra night at Cardigan Mountain School, including meals, will be $78.
On departure days, June 20th and 28th, participants providing their own transportation may depart any time before 10 AM.
Camp-provided transportation will depart for the Concord bus station and the Manchester airport at 8:30 AM. Recommended bus schedule and flight departure times will be provided later.
Participants for Week 1 who must delay their departure from Cardigan Mountain School past 10 AM will be charged $78 for each additional night spent on campus. Staying an extra night at the Cardigan Mountain School after Week 2 isn’t an option.