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High adventure trips allow scouts special experiences where they can push their limits and learn new skills.
Scouting America Nation High Adventure Bases are available to us with advance planning. Slots fill up fast so generally scouts must make plans about 1 1/2 years in advance. These are opportunities of a lifetime for our scouts. Click on the logos to find out more!
Located in the wilds of West Virginia, whether it’s paddling inflatable kayaks down whitewater rapids, racing ATVs on backcountry tracks, or sharpening archery skills — there’s a super-charged outdoor adventure waiting for everyone. The Summit is a place that takes your high adventure to the limits!
Philmont Scout Ranch offers 214 square miles of rugged northern New Mexico wilderness. Experience backpacking treks, horseback cavalcades, and challenges such as rock climbing, mountain biking, and sport shooting. It’s an unbeatable recipe for fast-paced fun in the outdoors!
Sea Base is a unique destination offering aquatic programs found nowhere else.. Whether your interests lie in sailing, scuba diving, rustic camping on an undeveloped barrier island, fishing, ocean kayaking or paddle boarding, Sea Base can offer a combination of all. It’s the ultimate maritime adventure!
From incredible canoe journeys to wild winter wilderness camping, Northern Tier promises the adventure of a lifetime. Explore millions of acres of pristine lakes, meandering rivers, dense forests and wetlands in the Great North Woods of northern Minnesota and Canada!
Council and independent High Adventure Options are also available. Scouts can research options from any council in the USA and with consultation with troop leadership - outside of the US Borders. Below are some options - but there are many councils and outfitters across the country that offer high adventure trips.
The Retriever, a 52′ ketch, is an offshore sail training vessel where youth will learn the fundamentals of sailing, including sail trim, helmsmanship, navigation, marine safety and skills used by seasoned sailors!
Based in its home port of Mackinaw City, Michigan, the Retriever will call on harbors throughout the northern Great Lakes teaching valuable sailing skills along the way.
This staff guided trip is considered the most unique high adventure opportunity in scouting, offered once a summer, this provisional trip will take scouts to some of Northern Michigan’s most beautiful paddling destinations. Including Grand Island, Pictured Rocks, Tahquamenon Falls and more!
This website provides a list of opportunities across the country. The opportunities include backpacking, sailing, canoe and kayak, rock climbing mountain bike .... the list goes on. We just need the desire to stretch ourselves and the a hunger for adventure!
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