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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
Ghost Towns

Sponsoring Council
Las Vegas Area Council
Award Dimensions
1" x 3"
Summary
This segment can be earned by hiking into 3 Ghost Towns in the Basin and Range area.
Map Link (where applicable)
External Reference (where applicable)
Detailed Requirements
1. This segment can be earned by hiking into 3 Ghost Towns in the Basin and Range area.
2. Photograph at least one outstanding feature at each Ghost Town.
3. Write a short narrative about each site as it is today and a short history of the town’s reason for existence.
4. Camp a minimum of one night at a remote location where all gear, food, and water had to be backpacked in one for at least one mile near one of the Ghost Towns visited.
5. Submit photos and write ups with award application.