Outdoor activities

Make sure your Scouts stay engaged and involved through exciting outdoor activities.

Backpacking and hiking

Outdoor Smarts Camp Stoves

By Scouting magazine

What are you looking for in a cookstove? Blowtorch heat, delicate simmering, or a variety of fuel options? Check out these models for backpacking chefs or campground gourmets.

Outdoor activities

Keeping Trails in Shape

By Scouting magazine

A Connecticut troop’s commitment to regular trail maintenance means safer hiking for the public and a rewarding outdoor service experience for the Scouts.

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Outdoor activities

Green Bar Bill's Patrol Corner

By Scouting magazine

Athletics is October’s suggested troop activity. Create patrol team spirit by having boys practice several fun activities in preparation for an interpatrol field day at a fall camp-out. Great game ideas include Frisbee Golf, Double Action Volleyball, and Everybody Up.

Camporees

Seeing Beyond Disabilities

By Scouting magazine

A special camporee lets Scouts personally experience the impact of different physical handicaps and also realize that such limitations need not keep a person from living a full life.