This adventure prepares Webelos Scouts for an outdoor experience and hiking activity.

• Planning hikes

• Collecting the needed gear

• Learning outdoor safety skills

• A Scout is brave, kind, cheerful.

Complete requirements 1-4 and at least one other.

1. Plan a hike or outdoor activity.

2. Assemble a first-aid kit suitable for your hike or activity.

3. Recite the Outdoor Code and the Leave No Trace Principles for Kids from memory. Talk about how you can demonstrate them on your Webelos adventures.

4. With your Webelos den or with a family member, hike 3 miles. Before your hike, plan and prepare a nutritious lunch or snack. Enjoy it on your hike, and clean up afterward.

5. Describe and identify from photos any poisonous plants and dangerous animals and insects you might encounter on your hike or activity.

6. Perform one of the following leadership roles during your hike: trail leader, first-aid leader, or lunch or snack leader.

This adventure has several choices based on which activities you choose to do with your den. This den meeting plan, when followed as written, meets the requirements to earn this adventure. If you choose to make adjustments, be sure you complete at least the minimum requirements.

Do your best to prepare the den for successfully completing the 3-mile hike. Depending on the abilities or physical condition of the Scouts, you may wish to start with one or two shorter “pre-hikes” to build up endurance; this could be as simple as a walk around the block. You may also consider adding a short-distance den outing, with or without gear.

Confirm the hike plan with families, including transportation, all the necessary clothing, and any additional items they need to bring. Make sure activity consent forms are distributed, signed, and collected.

See the appendix for optional den meeting activities, including openings, gatherings, and closings.