PLANNING
Each Yukon Town (activity) should take each team approximately 10 minutes to complete.
Please let us know in advance if your activity station is only appropriate for our Senior Scouts - Bear, Webelos, and AOL,
If your town's activity station is open to all ages and involves scout skills, please come up with a plan so that both Junior Cubs and Senior Cubs can have a positive experience. It may be appropriate to teach a skill for a few minutes before trying to score; it may also be appropriate to score by how well Cub Scouts follow you through the EDGE method.
Plan for how you will score your station and then be consistent!
Each Yukon Town is responsible to provide a "reward" for scouts who complete the challenge. Since it worked so well for our Spooky Yukon, you are welcome to substitute candy for our traditional gold nuggets. Yukon Trail gold nuggets are home made by you! Find some rocks, get a can of gold spray paint and paint the rocks before the day of the Yukon Trail.
There were more than 30 teams of Cub Scouts who participated in the 2025 Yukon Trail.
SET-UP
Pack and troops should arrive to set up activity station after 12:45 PM. Please be completely set up so that you can participate in the Opening Ceremony at 1:30 PM
Units who need to bring trailer: There should be room to park trailers, but please minimize your footprint on the parking lot. Please obey all parking rules and respect Fire Lanes.
Units must supply any tables and chairs needed for their activity station. Our new location is an open field without picnic tables.
Water is available in the Activity Center but please encourage scouts to bring water bottles.
Please bring your unit flag for the opening ceremony and to display at your activity station.
You are welcome to bring canopies, camp chairs, or tables for your activity station.
You are also welcome to bring your own ELEVATED Fire Pit. Please - nothing that sits on the ground. We must practice LNT and not scorch the ground. As always, if you do make a fire, never leave it unattended and have water at the station ready to extinguish.
Scouts from Troops who are offering Activity Stations: If weather permits, please dress in Class A or Class B to show your troop colors or any costume appropriate for the Yukon Trail. Safety first. If we have true winter conditions, please dress for the conditions and use troop neckerchiefs and troop signs to let Cub Scout families know that your troop is actively serving our Hunterdon Cub Scouts!
SCORING
Town Leaders should prepare in advance a scoring system and a score sheet and should have a method to record the score for each team. Suggested Materials: Clipboard, Scoresheets, multiple pens/pencils.
It is a good idea to record the scores for Junior Cubs and Senior Cubs on different scoresheets to helps sort winners at the end of the event.
Your scoresheet should record both the Pack # and Team Name for each team that visits your activity station.
Scoring for Activity Stations can include:
Scout Spirit (Flag, Cheer, Do Your Best)
Teamwork & Communication (do all members of the team work together or communicate in a positive way?)
Scout General Knowledge (relevant to your activity station)
Time to Complete an Activity
Accuracy in Completing a Task
Follow the links for samples of templates for Timed Activities and Counted Activities. In these templates, there is space to record the number of scouts on the team in case you need to do some extra math to compare the scores from teams with different number scouts. The "notes" column can be used to record team spirit in case you need a tie breaker at the end of the event.
Town Leaders please complete the Yukon Trail Score Sheet for Awards and deliver to registration at the closing of the activities so that we can prepare the ribbons.
Town Leaders will be asked to announce the winners at the Closing Ceremony.
CHECKLIST
Thank you to our Yukon Trail Activity Station Leaders! To help you prepare, please use this Activity Station Leader Checklist.