Business & Company Retreats
We welcome your group to our Adirondack Great Camp Style Lake Clear Lodge & Retreat. We specialize in Adirondack Discovery experiences. Here your group venue is more than a room – it is an Adirondack Great Lodge immersion.
Personalized Business Retreat Packages
Our Adirondack Discovery Business Packages can be personalized to fulfill your vision for your special get together.
Two Unique Opportunities
- We provide a full-service yet secluded Adirondack mountain-lake retreat with your facilitator(s).
- Or, your company can also engage in retreat facilitation services by working with host and nationally recognized business development specialist Ernest Hohmeyer.
If your business has a planning committee, we can arrange a video or phone conference to quickly personalize your vision. We also have an Adirondack Discovery Group Planning guide.
Our Adirondack Discovery Business Experiences are outlined below. All of this is subject to availability, a signed contract and a required deposit to hold the date. We can also accommodate a limited request for special dietary needs or services with advanced notice. We hope the following exceeds your expectations for the experience you envision.
Tier 1: Rustic Simplicity Business Package
In our typical 3-day Rustic Simplicity Business package, host company activities and food start from approximately $100 - $120 per guest. Hand-crafted lodgings typically rangesfrom $85-175 per person. Seasonal and group packages are available. All rates do not include, tax, gratuity and incidentals such as bar, etc.
Typical Rustic Simplicity day events start from approximately $75 - $100 per guest not including incidentals.
Experiences
- One Retreat Venue & use of our 25 acres of picturesque beach, canoes, kayaks, nature trails, mountain bikes, cross-country skis and snowshoes
- Social & Great Lodge Dinner
- Guests Make Own Lodging Reservations
- No minimums
Food
- Buffet-style Adirondack Alps Menu typically beginning with informal arrival night pub dinner, continental breakfast, cold lunch and one social with Great Camp dinner.
- Old World Kitchen Meeting Break Pastries with Adirondack Coffee and Tea
- Craft Beer & Wine Bar
Typical Investments
- Social & Great Camp Dinner One Retreat Venue for meetings, breakout sessions and dining
- One social & Great Camp Dinner, Continental Breakfasts, cold lunches and Old World Kitchen Meeting Breaks
- Other group activities and lodgings are paid by individual participants
Tier 2: Classic Business Package
Minimum number of guests required. In our 3-day Classic Business packages, company investments start from approximately $130 - $165 per guest. Group lodging rates that require minimum participation are available.
Typical Classic Package day events start from approximately $100 - $125 per guest not including incidentals.
Experiences
- Meeting and social venues has been expanded to 2 Retreat facilities
- One celebration evening with a social is held with served h'ordeuvres and a craft beer and wine bar typically set-up in the Lake View Retreat Center or the Fireside Rathskeller Speakeasy
- One formal group Adirondack Lodge Creative Learning Workshop or informal social experience from the Lodge Immersion Center
- One Great Camp Dinner typically follows in the Lake View Retreat Center or the 1886 Main Lodge
Food
- Buffet-style Adirondack Alps Menu typically beginning with informal arrival night pub dinner and then meals alternate between continental and full breakfasts, cold and hot lunches, pub and full dinners
- Old World Kitchen Meeting Break Pastries with Adirondack Coffee and Tea
- Craft Beer & Wine Bar
- The buffet menu is more expansive with a blend of 100 Mile focused foods
Typical Investments
- Group experiences invested by the sponsor generally include 2 retreat venues one for meetings and one for food and social gatherings.
- Minimum food offerings for a group price include: meeting breaks and dinner each day (minimum 25 guests for each food serving)
- Welcome social with a limited time craft beer and wine bar and seasonal Adirondack Alps appetizers
- One group activity (minimum of 12 participants for group rate)
- To be eligible for the group lodging rate, all of our lodgings must be taken with a minimum occupancy of 40 guests with a minimum 2 night stay
Tier 3: Adirondack Great Camp Business Experience
**Best price. Minimum number of guests required. In a typical 3-day all-inclusive experience investments that include food, lodging, facilities, and special activities start from approximately $200 - $275 per participant. All rates do not include, tax, gratuity, and incidentals such as bar, etc.
Typical Great Camp day events start from approximately $125 - $150 per participant not including incidentals.
Experiences
- The Lodge is your exclusive Adirondack Great Camp Retreat
- Up to 3 venues available
- Informal welcome social and dinner
- Formal Group gathering with Great Camp Dinner, craft beer and wine
- One formal group event and one informal activity from the Lodge Immersion Center
- Dinner and breakfast each day. Lunch and meeting breaks optional
Food
- Our Adirondack Alps cuisine with Chef Cathy culinary naturopathy cuisine becomes a key component of the Retreat rejuvenation. Focusing on the history of Adirondack wellness foods from the "Cure Cottage Days" and our "Healing Woods" fused with Old World flair of vegetable stocks, slow roasting and Cathy's legendary bone broths provides "nutritional energetics" to your Retreat palate.
- Meals bring out the best in the seasonal menus from our Adirondack Alps Restaurant. Full breakfasts and hot lunches are provided each day. Dinner brings out the diversity of the Adirondack Great Lodge experience from informal socials and pub foods to our staple Great Camp dinners. Dining experience is highlighted by one evening History of Adirondack Food tasting dinner
- Taste these diverse eras in different spaces from our pristine beach lunches to FiresideSpeakeasy appetizers to Lakeview Retreat Center dinners. We partner with you to personalize this experience.
Typical Investments
- Lodge becomes your exclusive Adirondack Great Camp Retreat. There are up to 3 formal Retreat venues available
- Sponsor investments in all destination retreats include minimum 2 meals a day, welcome reception, History of Adirondack Food Tasting Dinner
- One formal group event and one informal activity from the Lodge Immersion Center
- Craft beer and wine or beverage sponsorship
- Minimum 30 participants for all activities.
- To be eligible for the group lodging rate, all of our lodgings must be taken with a minimum occupancy of 40 guests for 2 nights. To gain the special Group Destination rate, the lodging investment must be paid by a single party.
Diverse Settings of Great Camp Style Meeting & Gathering Spaces
The Lake Clear Lodge & Retreat offers full nature-based destination amenities in an original hand-crafted artisan style.
Fireside Rathskeller - 50 Guests
A truly unique reception room is our Fireside Rathskeller with a large stone fireplace that houses the Adirondacks only hand-crafted Wine & Beer Cellar featured in USA TODAY.
Lake-side Tents - 125 Guests
Lake-side Tents on simply one of the most spectacular and secluded bodies of water that serves as the portal to New York State's only wilderness canoe region are typically part of our nature based experiences and can also be used for larger events.
Lake View Retreat Center - 100 Guests
Vaulted Great Camp-style ceiling, immense fireplace, stone patio and beautiful mountain lake view, accommodates 100 guests and overlooks secluded Lake Clear with 21st century amenities including an integrated audio and visual system.
Adirondack Alps Restaurant - 50 Guests
The heart and soul of our culinary based experience: our 50 seat Adirondack Alps Restaurant in the 1886 hand-hewn dining room that can accommodate your group needs for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Our Artisan Lodgings
We offer three styles of accommodation, each with their own unique style and layout.
