NATIONAL HIGH ADVENTURE OPPORTUNITIES

The Boy Scouts have four top-notch High Adventure Camps. Reservations for each camp are generally scheduled 20 months in advance of the summer season. For more information on each camp, click on the icon below:

For an overview of the BSA's four High Adventure Bases, click on one of the logos listed below. You will be taken to a page showing the program opportunities and scheduling requirements.

Philmont

Sea Base

Northern Tier

Double H

LOCAL HIGH ADVENTURE RECOGNITIONS

Each Boy Scout Council has local high adventure patches to recognize unusual achievements by Scouts in hiking, cycling, or rafting local venues. The Los Padres Council sponsors the following Local High Adventure recognitions.

You must first download the General Requirements which explains information relevant to all the awards. All requirements are in Adobe Acrobat format.

• Cub Scout and Webelos General Requirements
• Boy Scout and Venturer General Requirements

Cub Scouts:

• Historic Trail Patch and Medal
• Seven Sisters Patch

Boy Scout and Venturers:

• Aquatic Adventure
• Far Western Adventure
• Los Padres Trails
• Sierra Nevada Backpacker
• Polar Bear
• Anti-Litter Award
• Puddle Duck
• Manzana-Sisquoc-Manzana Loop
• Lopez Canyon
• Historic Trail
• Morro Bay Backpack
• Seven Sisters

Before beginning any High Adventure activity, it is strongly recommended that adult leaders read Passport to High Adventure, Publication 4310 which is available at your local Scout Office.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HIGH ADVENTURE AWARDS

The above awards are sponsored by Los Padres Council. Other Councils sponsor similar awards which local Scouts may be eligible.  There are over 60 other Awards for Cub Scouts and over 100 other Awards for Boy Scouts and Venturers sponsored by other Councils for which local units are eligible. The Santa Barbara Scout Office has available two publications which can be reviewed containing the list of eligible recognitions from Councils in Southern California, Nevada, and Arizona OR you can download the complete book (in Adobe Acrobat pdf format) by clicking on this link to the Orange County BSA High Adventure Team page.

• Cub Adventure Awards
• High Adventure Awards

NATIONAL HIGH ADVENTURE AWARDS

Two National High Adventure Awards include

HISTORIC TRAILS AWARDS

1.    The unit must plan and participate in an historic activity.

2.    Locate an historic trail site and study the information related to the site.

3.    Hike or camp two (2) consecutive days and one (1) night along the trail or at the historic site (as near as possible)

4.    Do one of the following:  a.    Cooperate with an adult group such as an Historical Society to restore and mark all or part of the trail site.  OR b.    Cooperate with an adult group such as an Historical Society to plan and stage an historical pageant or other public event. Such an event shall be large enough to merit coverage by local press. If "4b" is selected, attach clippings to High Adventure Award form.

5.    Comply with the GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.

 

50 MILES AFOOT OR AFLOAT

1.    Make complete and satisfactory plans for the trip.

2.    Cover a wilderness trail, canoe or boat route of not less than 50 consecutive miles taking at least five (5) consecutive days and nights to cover the trail or route.

3.    During the time on the trail or waterway, each person much complete at least ten (10) hours of group work to improve the trail, springs, campsites, portages or wilderness area. Note that in public lands, authority must be obtained in advance for all work other than clean-up. The High Adventure Team Trail Boss Chairman can assist with making the necessary contacts and arrangements.

4.    If it is not possible to complete ten (10) hours of work on the trail or waterway, a similar project may be completed in the unit's home area. Pack animals may only be used with the permisison the High Adventure Team.

5.    For river trips, a power boat may be used only as a safety boat, and in fact is so recommended, but it shall be used for safety only. Any person who rides in, whose food or equipment is carried by, or whose craft is towed by a power boat is immediately disqualified and shall not receive this award.

6.    Comply with the GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.

NOTE:    The National Council has not approved the use of "scheduled backpack time" and it may not be used for this award.