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Philmont treks, Northern Tier canoe routes, Sea Base sailing and The Summit. Crews came home with stories, gear lists and training plans, and wrote them all down.
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If you have Scouts on your council’s 2017 National Jamboree waitlist, but not enough to constitute a full contingent, the Jamboree Team may have a solution for you: “half troops,” consisting of 18 youth members and two adult volunteers! Due to high demand in some councils across the country, those Scouts in your council who…
Whether we’re talking about Scouts or adult leaders, Boy Scouts of America always encourages personal and professional development through learning and leadership opportunities. Luckily for Scouting volunteers and professionals, we have three exciting advancement education conferences taking place at the Summit Bechtel Reserve and Philmont Training Center.
It seems like an ideal troop outing. A trip to a local ski area for a weekend of snow sports. The slopes are not too steep but still full of fun and challenge. They offer downhill and cross-country skiing trails, snowboarding runs, ice skating and tubing.
Are you heading to the 2017 National Jamboree at the Summit Bechtel Reserve? If so, you’ll get a chance to experience some of the most extensive, engaging programming available in one location. The Summit Program Leadership Action Team, known affectionately as SPLAT, has devised a slate of programs in five distinct areas that will ensure…
Story contributed by Kevin V. Hunt, a Scouting historian, author, camp director, blogger and speaker. For almost fifty years I have heard the lore of the magnificent Philmont Scout Ranch and have had a lifetime dream to go there. I have done almost everything in Scouting, but the illusive Philmont has been one thing that…
A Scout covering some breaking news at the 2013 jamboree. Some Scouts and Venturers will share jamboree stories with friends on Instagram and Snapchat. These 2017 National Jamboree participants will do one better, sharing their first-person jamboree experience with local news organizations back home.
Please join us in congratulating Todd McGregor, who will serve as the next director of the Summit Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve in West Virginia, effective March 1, 2017. Todd will succeed Dan McCarthy, who has chosen to retire following successfully serving as the director of the Summit since the spring of 2012.
Already tired of winter vacation? Bored with your current job? The week after Christmas is a great time to think about new opportunities. As a scout with lots of outdoors skills, leadership qualities, and interpersonal communications, there are lots of openings for you to work in exciting, adventurous settings.
There's a guy spending a decade walking around the world. Just let that sink in for a sec. Photo by Mark Schulte His route traces the pathways of the first humans and spans 21,000 miles. In a refreshing departure from the norm, he isn't looking to break some sort of speed record.
Set sail on one of the most awe-inspiring experiences offered in Scouting by taking advantage of entering the Sea Base’s lottery for 2018! At the National High-Adventure Sea Base, participants have the opportunity to explore the largest wilderness on earth – the ocean.
Are you ready to thrive in subzero temperatures and trek across the winter wilderness? What about paddle across acres of meandering rivers while reveling in the natural beauty of the Great North Woods? If you said yes, you’re in luck because Northern Tier is offering a lottery that will give you a chance to visit…
The Boy Scouts of America announced that it will move the National Scouting Museum to Philmont Scout Ranch in northeastern New Mexico from its current home in Irving, Texas. The relocation will take place over the next 18 months, with the museum scheduled to open at Philmont in 2018.
Anyone who has visited the Summit Bechtel Reserve knows that the weather can change very quickly. West Virginia, and the Summit's, unique topography creates beautiful vistas - and rapidly evolving forecasts! Since the 2013 National Scout Jamboree, leadership at the Summit has been working to better predict, and prepare for, inclement weather.
I guess it's true what they say: You've gotta be good to be lucky. By doing a good thing - getting trained for his Scouting positions - Roger Sheats became the lucky Scouter who completed the 1 millionth eLearning module and won a free conference at the Philmont Training Center.
Each year about this time, when you ask yourself where you put the ice scraper and snow shovel, is when a trip to Florida sounds really nice. Don't just daydream about the Florida Keys; take a trip there that will benefit you and your Scouts.
If you lived near the Summit Bechtel Reserve in West Virginia, you'd want to return again and again. Its beautiful rolling hills, wide-open spaces and world-class adventure activities are magnetic. That must explain why West Virginia University - geographically one of the closest universities to the BSA's newest high-adventure base - has expanded an ongoing partnership with…
Mike Johnson has been selected as the next general manager of the Florida National High Adventure Sea Base , where he began his Scouting career. As assistant director of program from 1989 through 1992, Mike helped establish programs during the early years of the Sea Base.
It's the third-annual High-Adventure Week here on Bryan on Scouting. It's time to celebrate the once-in-a-lifetime experiences offered at the BSA's four national high-adventure bases - and give you tips on how to secure your spot in 2017, 2018 and beyond.
It's the third-annual High-Adventure Week here on Bryan on Scouting. It's time to celebrate the once-in-a-lifetime experiences offered at the BSA's four national high-adventure bases - and give you tips on how to secure your spot in 2017, 2018 and beyond.
It's the third-annual High-Adventure Week here on Bryan on Scouting. It's time to celebrate the once-in-a-lifetime experiences offered at the BSA's four national high-adventure bases - and give you tips on how to secure your spot in 2017, 2018 and beyond.
It's the third-annual High-Adventure Week here on Bryan on Scouting. It's time to celebrate the once-in-a-lifetime experiences offered at the BSA's four national high-adventure bases - and give you tips on how to secure your spot in 2017, 2018 and beyond.
It's the third-annual High-Adventure Week here on Bryan on Scouting. It's time to celebrate the once-in-a-lifetime experiences offered at the BSA's four national high-adventure bases - and give you tips on how to secure your spot in 2017, 2018 and beyond.
Getting trained for your Scouting position is its own reward. But the Scouter who completes the 1 millionth module in the BSA Learn Center will get an additional reward: free registration for a conference at the Philmont Training Center - up to $540 in value.
Seven Boy Scouts of Melrose Troop 68 had a blast at Philmont Scout Ranch this summer. The local newspaper was notified of the trip and decided that an article was in order. At last night's troop meeting we received a visit from Herman, the newspaper reporter.
October 26 marks the official opening of the 2018 Philmont lottery! Philmont Scout Ranch offers thrilling treks through the New Mexico wilderness accompanied by incredible views and Scouting stories you’ll be sharing for years to come. Inarguably, this is a hiking experience unlike any other.
Sometimes your past comes back to haunt you. Other times it greets you with open arms. It was the latter for Kevin Dowling this summer at Philmont Scout Ranch, where he serves as general manager. In 1971, Dowling started Troop 918 in the Baltimore Area Council for his Eagle Scout service project.
The Philmont Photo Archive now stretches back to 1966, the year U.S. troops in Vietnam numbered 250,000, the American Football League and National Football League agreed to merge and the Beatles performed for the final time in the U.S. If you served on staff at Philmont or attended for an expedition, individual trek or Philmont…
It’s back to school season which means your council is in the thick of recruitment! We’ve shared some easy tips and tricks to inspire your best recruiting efforts, and today, we’re taking you behind the scenes to introduce you to the man at the National Service Center who has made membership growth his biggest priority.
Hiking around your neighborhood wearing a brick-filled backpack is a good way to get your body in shape for Philmont. But what about your mind? That's where the Philmont Advisor Skills School and Philmont Advisor Workshop really shine. These courses - offered both at Philmont and in a city near you - are designed for adult advisors…
Seven Boy Scouts of Melrose Troop 68 recently participated in a trek at Philmont Scout Ranch. I was there to see them off when they left and wished them a good trip. After I returned home I was in a Philmont mood and noticed I had an email from the Tooth of Time Traders website…
For the first time, the Summit Bechtel Reserve served as the site of the annual UM Scouters Workshop. The June 17-24 event was held at the 5-year-old High-Adventure base and permanent site of the BSA National Jamboree. Gale winds and torrential rain storms pounded the 10 by 12-foot wall tents of the 22 participants during…
Venturing turns 20 in 2018, and you and your crew are invited to the party. The BSA's high-adventure program for young men and young women has announced that the next VenturingFest, celebrating the program's 20th anniversary, will take place July 1 to 6, 2018, at the Summit Bechtel Reserve in West Virginia.
If you’ve been trekking in the glorious New Mexico wilderness of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains at Philmont Scout Ranch , you no doubt carry those memories with you everywhere you go. Carrying memories, however, is not the same as carrying a photograph that offers you and others the ability to see how you were at…
Last week, Explorers from around the country gathered at BSA’s National High-Adventure Base, the Summit Bechtel Reserve , for the first-ever Exploring Summerfest 2016. A first-time camp experience for many of the attendees, the experience was made possible thanks in part to a donation from Wenzel.
This page will be a summary collecting the entries documenting the various days we spent at the Florida Sea Base. The first installment will be coming tomorrow. (we've already taken the trip, I'm just catching up on documenting it). Day 1 - Sunday night / Monday Day 2 - Tuesday Day 3 - Wednesday Day 4 - Thursday Day 5…
Philmont's digital photo archive now stretches back to the year the United States celebrated its bicentennial, Steve Jobs founded Apple Computer and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Yes, the Philmont Photo Archive now includes every group photo from 1976 to present day.
If your Summer of Scouting 2016 included (or will include) a trip to a BSA high-adventure base, you're pretty lucky. And not just because you experienced the adventure of a lifetime in New Mexico, Florida, Minnesota, Canada or West Virginia.
Now that the Scouts of Melrose Boy Scout Troop 68 have left on their trip to Philmont Scouts Ranch I have been thinking about my trips to the ranch, and the DVD I have in my collection known as The Philmont Documentary Collection.
If not for Philmont Scout Ranch just down the road, "Cimarron would be a ghost town," says Judy LeDoux, mayor of this New Mexico village of 1,021 people. A new, fascinating story in the Albuquerque Journal tells of the economic and social impact of having a national BSA high-adventure base in northern New Mexico.
The crew is on the way! The Scouts and advisors of Melrose Boy Scout Troop 68 left for their trip to Philmont Scout Ranch last night. Everyone seemed to be excited for the trip. They will have a great time.
Today is the day that seven Boy Scouts of Melrose Troop 68, along with two adults, head out for the trip of a lifetime. They are going to Philmont Scout Ranch for a ten day backpacking trek in the backcountry of one of Scouting's favorite locations.
During Staff Training at the Summit Bechtel Reserve, OA Foremen taught volunteer staff proper trail-building techniques during a half-day service project building mountain bike trail for the New River Gorge National River. The Order of the Arrow Summit Experience (OASE) is a 8-day individual program for young Scouts in the OA between the ages of…
On Saturday July 2nd as many others enjoyed their long weekend or prepared for a celebration, the people of Rainelle, WV attempted to recover whatever they could after the recent flooding. In Rainelle, it is estimated, that 90 percent of all homes and businesses have sustained considerable damage.
The story of Scouting has been told through campfire tales, physical and digital photo albums, and official Boy Scouts of America paintings. In history, only two men have created those official paintings: Norman Rockwell and Joseph Csatari. Now a third has joined that colorful lineage.
I'll give you three good reasons to be excited about the future of Scouting. Their names are Nicholas, Anthony and Justin Neves. In January, this set of triplets from Troop 46 of Montgomery Township, N.J., received the Eagle Scout Award.
Leadership and character are the cornerstones of our movement. For all of the adventure we provide youth such as hiking, camping and sailing, those activities are proven pathways and opportunities to develop leadership skills and become a person of character.
As the Order of the Arrow enters its next century of service, there are a variety of new programs, initiatives and events occurring throughout 2016 and 2017 that will benefit the broader Scouting community. These include NEXT: A New Century, Prism, the Developing Youth Leaders Conference and Operation Arrow.
In the wilderness of West Virginia, Scouts have unforgettable adventures at the Summit Bechtel Reserve (SBR). The site has become a pinnacle of the Scouting experience, with incredible outdoor programs and state-of-the art facilities that offer Scouts tremendous opportunities, taking them to the limits of what they think they can do.
Up on the Philmont website, they have a cool plug-in of map data for all the trails and campsites at Philmont that can be used with Google Earth. I would imagine it is great for planning ahead for your next trip or reliving some of the details of trips past.
The Archbishop of New York, the former CEO of Kampgrounds of America and the driving force behind the Composite Materials merit badge are three of the dedicated Scouters who received the Silver Buffalo Award at a special ceremony tonight. The 2016 Silver Buffalo Award class includes 13 Scouting volunteers whose contributions to our movement on…
