High Adventure

High Adventure Programs and Photo Journals

There are special learning experiences available in scouting outside the realm of the troops council area. There are three national high adventure programs available to scouts. Because these adventures are of a high physical demand during a seven to 14 day outing in the wilderness, there are some minimum age requirements. Generally, the scout has to be no younger than thirteen or fourteen, depending on the specific program. The three national programs are:

Florida Sea Base Islamorada, Florida http://www.bsaseabase.org/

Northern Tier Canoe Base Ely, Minnesota http://www.ntier.org/

Philmont Ranch Cimarron, New Mexico http://www.philmont.com/

In addition to these three national level programs, there are 55 council high adventures and 17 more specific advanced programs. Here is a link for more information on these "High Adventures" http://usscouts.org/netresources/ha.asp

Members of Troop 61 regularly participate in several high adventure programs each year. Click on the links below to view pictures from previous trips so you can get a sense of the grandeur, camaraderie and fun that these Scouts had on the trips of a lifetime.

Dive trip Florida Sea Base 2002

Philmont 2003

Philmont 2004 Double H Ranch

Don Rogert Canoe Base Atikokan, Ontario 2004 Crew "C". Note:
Crew "B" has submitted some of their photos, so check back.