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Spring Basic Backpacking
Feb 28-29, 2020
Winter Basic Backpacking
TBD, 2020
Desert Basic Backpacking
TBD 2020
Basic Backpacking
Learn the skills you need to take your scouts into the wild with confidence.
The course is organized around three components:
1. Classroom session focused on deep content (Friday evening / Saturday)
2. "In the field" map & compass day hike
3. Overnight backpacking trek with fellow classmates & a HAT Instructor
Syllabus
Adult Leadership
Bear Management
Clothing
Low Impact Camping
Mountain Medicine
Places To Go
Scout's Own
Stoves
Tents
Camps & Parks Guide
Backpacks
Boots
Food Planning
Map & Compass
Physical Conditioning
Putting It All Together
Sleeping Bags
Ten Essentials
Wilderness Survival
HAT Awards
John's Meadow, San Gorgonio Wilderness
De Anza Trail
Sponsoring Council
Inland Empire
Award Dimensions
3 ½'' x 3''
Summary
Backpack in the Anza Borrego wilderness.
Map Link (where applicable)
External Reference (where applicable)
Detailed Requirements
DE ANZA TRAIL
Requirements:
Complete one or more backpacksf rom (a) or (b): (a) Between the first crossing of Coyote Creek north of BorregoSprings to the location of a former corral over a mile north of the top of climb, north of the Turkey Tracks, camping for the night at the Middle Willows. Backpack may be made in either direction. (b) Make two backpacks on separate weekends: (1) From the first crossing of Coyote Creek north of BorregoSprings to the Middle Willows, Camping for the night atthe Middle Willows and returning to Borrego Springs. (2) From the former corral over a mile north of the climb, north of the Turkey Tracks, to the Middle Willows, camping there for the night and returning to the formercorral.
Chemical fuel stoves shall be used. Open fires and fuel gathering are strictly prohibited in the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.
Comply with the General Requirements.