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Camp History
Camp Mikquano (1947 - 1984)
Camp Glacier Hollow (1985 - Present)
Calling all Alumni Staff and Campers! The YMCA would like to start a Camp Alumni Group and to hear and/or publish your camp memories or pictures on this web site. Please email your contact information, stories and pictures to pmatthai@spymca.org or mail to the Stevens Point Area YMCA - Camp Glacier Hollow, 1000 Division Street, Stevens Point, WI 54481 (715) 342-2980 ext. 308.
Camp was founded in 1947 by Mr. and Mrs. Welton Alm, life long residents of Nelsonville. It was named Camp Mikquano which is a Menominee word for "Turtle” or lake of the Turtle. The lake was named Stoltenburg Lake until the name was changed to Lake Elaine, after Mrs. Alm. The camp began as a private boy’s sports summer camp.In 1966 the camp was purchased by Dr. and Mrs. Bob Schmatz. The Schmatz’s ran it as a private boy’s summer camp until 1978. Dr. Schmatz was an education professor at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point.
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In 1978 the camp was sold to Fred Richardi from Skokie, IL. He also ran camp as a private boy’s summer camp for five years.
Keith and Terry Eichman purchased the camp in 1985 and changed the name to Glacier Hollow. They have extensively remodeled the camp, including turning it into a co-ed facility. Their goal is to keep camp as a place for people of all ages to enjoy and reconnect with the natural environment.
Starting in 1998 the Stevens Point Area YMCA began leasing the Glacier Hollow camp 
property for its two week-long resident camps. Curently the YMCA is leasing the entire facility to run Day Camp, Resident Camp and Teen Adventure Trip programs. It is the goal of the Stevens Point Area YMCA to purchase camp and to continue operating the property as a nature based camp while carrying on the many postive growth experiences and memories of campers to come!
property for its two week-long resident camps. Curently the YMCA is leasing the entire facility to run Day Camp, Resident Camp and Teen Adventure Trip programs. It is the goal of the Stevens Point Area YMCA to purchase camp and to continue operating the property as a nature based camp while carrying on the many postive growth experiences and memories of campers to come!Glacier Hollow is located in Nelsonville, Wisconsin, 14 miles east of Stevens Point. The site 
covers 100 acres of woodland glacial ridges and hollows. A grass covered trail winds through the remaining undeveloped acres of woodland. The 30 acre lake is 30 feet deep in the center and has a gently sloping sand bottom swimming area. The camp also has an nature trail, basketball and volleyball courts, softball diamond, archery range and soccer field. The Tomorrow River is within walking distance.
covers 100 acres of woodland glacial ridges and hollows. A grass covered trail winds through the remaining undeveloped acres of woodland. The 30 acre lake is 30 feet deep in the center and has a gently sloping sand bottom swimming area. The camp also has an nature trail, basketball and volleyball courts, softball diamond, archery range and soccer field. The Tomorrow River is within walking distance.The camp can sleep up to 75 people in newer cabins that were built from lumber harvested on-site. Other buildings include modern bathroom and shower building, trading post, log-style dining lodge and recreational center, campfire gazebo, health lodge, program office and residence home.
Stevens Point Area YMCA - Camp Glacier Hollow
Business Office: 1000 Division Street, Stevens Point, WI 54481
Phone: (715) 342-2980 Fax: (715) 342-2987