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Cub Scouts are encouraged to enjoy a variety of outdoor experiences. Tiger Cubs and Cub Scouts are introduced to the outdoors through den and pack activities and advancement and elective requirements.
- Tiger Cubs may participate in boy-parent excursions, day camps, pack overnighters, or council-organized family camping.
- Wolf, Bear, and Webelos Scouts may participate in a resident overnight camping program.
1. Family camps are council-sponsored overnight events involving more than one pack. The local council provides all of the elements, including trained leadership. In all cases, each youth is responsible to a specific adult.
2. Pack overnighters are pack-organized overnight events involving more than one family from a single pack, focused on age appropriate activities, and conducted at council approved locations (Guide p. 20). If siblings participate, the event must be structured to accommodate them. Overnight camping by Tiger, Wolf, and Bear dens as DENS, is not approved.
3. Health and safety must be one of the first considerations in planning any outdoor activity. Try to anticipate and eliminate hazards. Most accidents can be prevented.
- Secure a Class 1 Personal Health and Medical History (34414) on all youth and adults who will attend the campout.
- A Local Tour Permit is required for all overnight trips and for all activities outside Tooele County, Summit County, Salt Lake County, and Davis County areas.
- Parent’s Approval. Use the Informed Consent Agreement, CSLB p. 34-38.
- Supervision. Every boy should have someone he knows watching out for him. If a parent cannot attend, the boy’s family must make arrangements for one of the other parents attending, or for another adult relative or friend, to be a substitute at the overnighter.
- BALOO Training. Adults giving leadership to a pack overnighter must complete Basic Adult Leader Outdoor Orientation, referred to as BALOO Training.
- Shooting Sports are not permitted at pack campouts.
- Age guidelines. If a well-meaning leader brings along a child who does not meet the age guidelines, disservice is done to the unit because of distractions often caused by younger children. A disservice is also done to the child who is not trained to participate in such an activity and may be ignored by the older campers.
Resources:
Cub Scout Leader Book, 2006 p. 32-2; 33-4, 5, 6, 7; 34-38, 39; & Ch. 13, 14
Guide to Safe Scouting, 2006 Ch. 3 p.19, 20
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