Unit Backpacking Training
Description
UNIT BACKPACK TRAINING for Scouts (This training is NOT for Cub Scouts or Packs) is a weekend training program designed for youth so they can learn basic backpacking and trail camping under their own adult leadership. Unit equipment and backpacks are provided by the Council. This program is especially applicable to those units with little or no experience or equipment. The MSR "T" Patch will be awarded to all participants, youth and adult, who successfully complete this training.
This weekend Backpack Training starts at 8:00 Saturday morning. Backpacks, lighweight mountain cook kits, propane fuel stoves and tube tents are issued at this time. A six-mile loop trail is backpack-hiked, ending at a trail camp in MSR. High Sierra Trek-experienced instructors from the H.A.T. provide guidance, instruction and help along the trail and in camp.
Particulars
$2.00 per participant, pre-registered Reserve early! See additional information below.
Location:
Mataguay Scout Reservation (map). Meet at the H.A.T. equipment shed, located by the barn near the end of the paved road (follow the signs towards the Conference Center).
Contact:
"Provisional" youth are not accepted; all youth must be under their own adult leadership.
*** Do not bring any glass containers, axes, tin cans, or sheath knives!! ***
INDIVIDUAL ALSO PROVIDES:
KEEP IT LIGHT - YOU HAVE TO CARRY IT!