camping ideas
Camping ideas you can easily use, REALLY!
-- Invaluable for a new (or experienced) scout leader --
Instant Camps – Just add water and stir (ALMOST), ideas for camps from a seasoned scouter, including directions and things to do while there
▪ Crystal Hot Springs & Hill Air Force Base Museum
▪ Little Wild Horse Canyon & Goblin Valley
Hiking Trails near SLC – Sites describing hiking trails near Salt Lake City
▪ Wasatch-Cache National Forest
Summer Camp Resources – Here are several great camping resources
▪ Great Salt Lake Council’s camp page http://www.gslc-bsa.org/camps/
▪ Utah National Parks Council Camp Page http://www.unpcbsa.org/ssi/section.php?dir=/outdoors/camps/
▪ Trapper Trails Council Camp Page http://www.trappertrails.org/openrosters/ViewOrgPageLink.asp?LinkKey=13903&orgkey=591
▪ Links to scout camps across the country http://usscouts.org/databases/camp/index.html
Safe Scouting
▪ Guide to Safe Scouting ● PDF form for downloading
● Online interactive indexed version (quick reference)
▪ Guidelines for Local Tour Permits and Informed Consent Authorizations: PDF
▪ Informed consent agreement: Permission Slip
▪ What to do if you get lost: Stop Card
▪ A sad tale of 2 hikers ▪ Troop meeting plan: Hiking
▪ Skills needed for hiking ▪ Hiking Emergency Preparedness Kit
▪ Parent Meeting Outline ▪ Pre-camp Memo to Parents
▪ Excel Planning Menu ▪ Memo to Adults Attending Camp
▪ Troop Equipment List ▪ Checklist: Setting up Camp
▪ Camp Duty Roster ▪ Post Camp Review
▪ AV Inventory Sheet ▪ 200 Games for Boys
▪ The Keyhole Fire ▪ Camping Recipes
▪ Sample Camp Menu ▪ Camp Food Bullet Sheet
▪ Sample Duty Roster ▪ Adults at camp MEMO
▪ Troop meeting plan: Backpacking
▪ Backpacking website resources
ALL ABOUT SNOWCAVING
▪ Snow Camp talking paper ▪ Camping Checklist
▪ Going Snow Caving ▪ Snow Cave Instructions
▪ Snow Caves can be Dangerous ▪ Arctic Field Manual