Resources

• 12 Beginner Backpacking Blunders 

• Our Complete Backpacking Checklist

• How to Pack and Hoist a Backpack 

  • This site has links to other helpful pages as well

• How to Pack A Backpack For Backpacking

• Great Backpacking Foods You Can Find at Your Local Market

• Seven Sins of Boy Scouts While Backpacking

• Winter Camping 101

  • Summary of guidelines from cold weather camping training

• How to Stay Warm and Safe While Camping in the Cold

  • Excellent video with information about how to stay warm while sleeping

• Winter Camping

  • General information for staying warm on winter campouts

• 20 Tips for Staying Warm 

  • Good general list of tips for staying warm

• 5 Types of Snow Shelters

  • Videos demonstrating how to build different snow shelters

    • Snow Trench

    • Snow Cave

    • Tree Pit

    • Quinzhee

    • Igloo

• Guide to Safe Scouting - Winter Activities 

Forms

• • Medical Forms

    • Forms can be filled out online and then printed. We need all three forms (A, B and C)

  • Packing List 

    • A generic packing list for campouts. It's intended to help you remember everything you might need. Cross off items not needed for a specific campout then pack the rest.

  • Reimbursement Form

    • Fillable PDF form to request reimbursement for Troop related expenses