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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
High Sierra Segment
Sponsoring Council
San Diego - Imperial
Award Dimensions
1'' x 3'' segments
Summary
This is an indicator patch to show where a High Adventure Backpack Award was earned and so may be earned in conjunction with any High Sierra Backback Award.
Map Link (where applicable)
External Reference (where applicable)
Detailed Requirements
HIGH SIERRA SEGMENTS
Requirements:
1. This is an indicator patch to show where a High Adventure Backpack Award was earned and so may be earned in conjunction with any High Sierra Backback Award.
2. The Trek must be a genuine backpack of 30 hours scheduled backpack time in at least 6 consecutive days and 5 nights on the trail.
3. Only 1 Indicator Segment may be earned on each Trek. At least 16 hours of scheduled backpack time must be in the Sector designated by the Segment.
4. Comply with the General Requirements of San Diego Trek Aid #105.
5. The designated areas of the segments are:
YOSEMITE - Yosemite National Park
TRANS-SIERRA - Any Trek that crosses the High Sierra Nevada north of an East-West line through Kernville and South of an East-West line through the northern boundary of the Emigrant Wilderness. The following Indicator areas are designated by the US Geological Survey 15 minute quadrangle topographical maps.
BANNER/RITTER - Mono Craters, Merced Peak, Devil's Postpile, Mt. Morrison and Mt. Abbot.
SEVEN GABLES - Mt. Abbot, Mt. Tom, Blackcap Mountain and Mt. Goddard.
GODDARD - Mt. Goddard, Big Pine and Blackcap Mountain.
PINCHOT - Mt. Goddard, Big Pine, Marion Peak and Mt. Pinchot.
DIAMOND MESA - Mt. Pinchot, Mt. Whitney, Olancha and Kern Peak.
GREAT WESTERN DIVIDE - Mt. Whitney, Triple Divide Peak, Mineral King and Kern Peak.
KERN PLATEAU - Hockett Peak, Monarch Mt., California Hot Springs, Kernville and Lamonte Peak.
WESTERN LAKES - Shuteye Peak, Kaiser Peak, Shaver Lake, Huntington Lake, Blackcap Mountain (only that part outside King's Canyon National Park), Tehipite Dome, Patterson Mountain, Giant Forest, Kaweah, Mineral King, Camp Nelson, and California Hot Springs.
NOTE: Multiple Indicator Segments may be earned for extended treks. Prior written approval of the High Adventure Team is required.