Selden's List of Scouting High Adventure Programs

• BSA's national High Adventure Bases
• BSA's High Adventure Program Directory (local council camps; often out of date ;-( )
• Scouting High Adventures
  Blog/Wiki by John Kuley, Troop 238 Cincinnati, OH

1. Northern Tier (BSA)
2. Philmont (BSA)
3. Florida Sea Base (BSA)
4. Other High Adventure Web Sites (BSA & non-BSA)
5. Some High Adventure Advice
6. Some Scouting Camp Web pages
7. Some High Adventure Journals and Albums

• Northern Tier High Adventure Base
• [not responding 8/Aug/01] Northern Tier National High Adventure Program
  as described by Catawba Lodge #459
  • Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness
  • Quetico Provincial Park (Atikokan, Ontario, Canada)
    • Atikokan area
    • federal summary
  • Northern Expeditions - Bissett (Manitoba, Canada)
  • Charles L. Sommers Wilderness Canoe Base (Sommers Alumni Association)
  • Okpik Winter Program - Charles L. Sommers (Ely, MN)

• Philmont Scout Ranch

• Florida Sea Base

• High Adventure Camps
  listed by the U.S. Scouting Service Project

• Powder Horn Venturing and High Adventure Training

• "venturetrek" A site to list High Adventure programs as alternatives to Philmont (Under Development)
  • hosted by William H. Keller, Troop 47 (Vinton, IA)
  • Submit a Trek proposed form
  • site developent BBS discussing the site's goals and methods
• Outdoor Adventureship 2000
  Coleman Lantern's scholarship program to attend any high adventure base -- application deadline: November 1, 1999.

• Boots and Blisters
  A Periodical Newsletter Published by the High Adventure Team of the San Francisco Bay Area Council, Boy Scouts of America

• [not responding 8/Aug/01] 5 Star BSA Camps & Adventures
• COPE: Challenging Outdoor Personal Experience
  listings by Jeff Menaker and Troop 142 (Unionville, PA) at The Scouter's Belay
  Temporary(?) alternate address, May '97:
• COPE: Challenging Outdoor Personal Experience
  listings by Jeff Menaker and Troop 142 (Unionville, PA) at The Scouter's Belay
• [not responding 8/Aug/01] High Adventure Bases
  from Catawba Lodge #459's Camping Guide
• B.S.A. High-Adventure Camps
  information gathered by Steve Tobin of Troop 39 (Cannon Falls, MN) from the SCOUTS-L mailing list.
• Boy Scout Camps with High Adventure Programs
  as listed by the IndianHead Council (Minn-Wisc)
• BSA Camping on the Web
  by Troop 24 (Berkeley, CA)
• Places to Go
  by Troop 24 (Berkeley, CA)

• Planning a High Adventure Trek
  A 70KB PowerPoint presentation provided by Cooper Wright: Venturing Crew 1519 (Alexandria, VA)
• T Minus 275 Days or ... What should I be doing now?
  A 100KB PowerPoint presentation by Mimi Hatch for Philmont Advisors. Provided by Cooper Wright: Venturing Crew 1519 (Alexandria, VA)
• Free PowerPoint Viewer from Microsoft:
  • For Windows
  • For MacOS

• Building Shelters and Other Scouting Skills
  http://www.portablegaragesandshelters.com/building-shelters.html
  Suggested by Daniel.

• High Adventure mailing list at Yahoo! Groups
  • High_Adventure members only mailing list at Yahoo!

    You can subscribe to any Yahoo! mailing list by sending an e'mail message to the address listname-subscribe. The contents of the message are ignored. For example, a message to high_adventure-subscribe@yahoogroups.com will make you a member of that list. Visit the groups' home pages for more information. Their links are above.

    "Members only" just means that you have to join the list before you can post or browse the archives. A Yahoo! ID may also be needed for browsing. In contrast, "Public" lists can be browsed or posted to by non-subscribers and by people without a Yahoo! ID.

• ScoutCamp.Org

• Blue Ridge Mountains Scout Reservation (Virginia)
  Backpacking, rafting, mountain outpost, aquatics base, others.
  • New River Adventure Program
• Camp Del Webb
  run by the Boulder Dam Area Council (Las Vegas, NV)
• Elkhorn High Adventure Base at Ben Delatour Scout Ranch of the Longs Peak Council (Greely, CO)
• Camp Geiger, BSA (St. Joseph, MO) [where C.O.P.E. was developed]
  Pony Express Council
• Camp Hi-Sierra (Northern California) of the Santa Clara County Council
  High Adventure Base Camp
• Holcomb Valley Scout Reservation, Old Baldy Council (San Bernadino National Forest, California)
  • Holcomb Valley Scout Camp
    Briefly described by the American Camping Association
  • Holcomb Valley Scout Camp
    Briefly described by BSACamps.org
• Impeesa Extreme
  Experience High Adventure in the Canadian Rockies with Scouts Canada
• Kia Kima Scout Reservation: Ozark Venture Base
• Laguna Station (South Padre Island; Harlingen, TX)
• Longhorn Council's
  • COPE Course and
  • High Adventure Camps (North and Central Texas)
    • Chisholm Trail
    • BrazosRiver Canoe Trip
    • Steele Island Aquatics Base
    • Tahuaya Canoe Adventure
• Lost Canyon Ranch (Dolores, CO)
• Maine High Adventure Base
  Katahdin Area Council
• Medicine Mountain Scout Ranch, Black Hills Area Council (Rapid City, South Dakota)
• Napowan Adventure Base (Wild Rose, WI)
  "living history," Native American village, canoeing, backpacking, scuba, others.
• Camp No-Be-Bo-Sco (Bergen County, New Jersey)
• Pacific NorthWest High Adventure, Chief Seattle Council (Seattle, WA)
• Packard High Adventure Base (Poncha Springs, CO)
  Backpacking, whitewater rafting, others [lots of large images]
• Pecos Packers
  sponsored by the South Plains Council (Lubbock, TX)
• Ranger Camp at Camp Frank D. Merril
  Sponsored by the North East Georgia Council and the U.S. Army 5th Ranger Training Battalion
• Spanish Peaks Scout Ranch, Santa Fe Trail Council (Walsenburg, Colorado)
• Summit Base: Adirondack High Adventure
  of the Westchester-Putnam Council, BSA
• Ten Mile River Scout Camp
  of the Greater New York Councils
• White Mountain High Adventure Base
  of the Daniel Webster Council (Manchester,NH)

(Links to Philmont and Seabase journals are available on other pages.)

• 1992
  • Northern Tier 1992 pictures
    by Troop 225 (Racine, WI)
• 1996
  • Charles L. Sommers High Adventure Canoe Base: Varsity Scout Team 444 (Knoxville, TN)
  • Atikokan Canoeing: Troop 600 (Kingwood, TX)
• 1999
  • Sommers: July, 1999 Crews A and B, Troop 168 (Oklahoma City, OK)
  • Killarney Provincial Park
    by Dr. Bob Klein, Troop 111 (Arlington, VA)
• 2000
  • Northern TierJuly 21-July 29, Troop 764 (Dunwoody, GA)
    • Northern Tier Advisor's Journal July 21-July 29, Troop 764 (Dunwoody, GA)
      by Earl Owens
    • Northern Tier Scout's Journal July 21-July 29, Troop 764 (Dunwoody, GA)
      by Justin C.
  • Northern Tier July 28 - August 5, Troop 175 (Decatur, GA)
  • Northern Tier 2000 and other photo albums and trip reports
    by Troop 255 (Bartlett, TN?)
  • C & O Canal Trip
    by Dr. Bob Klein, Troop 111 (Arlington, VA)
• 2001
  • Wind River Range
    by Dr. Bob Klein, Troop 111 (Arlington, VA)
• 2002
  • Pyromomma's Grand Adventure American Frontiers Trek: Public Lands Journey, July 28-?
    with realtime updates by Lorie McGraw, Committee Member, Troop 91 (Columbia, SC)
  • Northern Tier BSA High Adventure
    As experienced by Crew E070502BC, Crews Bravo and Charlie, Troop 572 (Potomac Falls, VA)
• 2003
  • Crew 729's Impeesa Extreme experience
    provided by Scott Simpson, Advisor, Crew 729 (New York, NY)
  • Troop 755's Southwest Quest
    by Alan Bennett, Troop Committee Chairman, Troop 755 (Northville, MI)

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Recent updates:
June 1, 2000 (5 star sites)
December 16, 2000 (lost canyon)
March 5, 2001 (nt journals)
August, 2001 (reorg and link check)
November 1, 2001 (white mountain)
November 5, 2001 (longhorn council)
January 22, 2002 (summit)
March 28, 2002 (hi-sierra)
September 20, 2002 (impessa)
October 28, 2002 (bsa councli directory)
November 14, 2002 (Planning and T-Minus ppts)
Mar 12, 2003 (10mileRiver)
Sep. 4, 2003 (crew 729)
Oct 17, 2005 (troop 755)

This Web page is maintained by Selden Ball at Wilson Lab.
Please read his disclaimer.
Please send any comments or corrections to seb@lns62.lns.cornell.edu

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1. Northern Tier (BSA)
2. Philmont (BSA)
3. Florida Sea Base (BSA)
4. Other High Adventure Web Sites (BSA & non-BSA)
5. Some High Adventure Advice
6. Some Scouting Camp Web pages
7. Some High Adventure Journals and Albums