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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
Jim Hawkins Mountaineering Medal
Sponsoring Council
Orange County
Award Dimensions
Summary
This award was developed by Troop/Crew 1210 of Rancho Santa Margarita, CA and honors Jim Hawkins, Chair of the LAAC High Adventure Team for over 30 years. The upper portion of the medal depicts Dusy Basin in King’s Canyon National Park and three creatures that inhabit the Sierra High Route: Yellow-bellied Marmot, Clark’s Nutcracker and Golden Trout. The lower portion shows the face of Mt. Whitney.
Map Link (where applicable)
External Reference (where applicable)
Detailed Requirements
Requirements:
1. Earn any 4 Short-term High Adventure Backpacking Awards (Multiple Council Awards) or complete 4 weekend backpacks.
2. Earn any 2 Long-term High Adventure Backpacking Awards (Multiple Council Awards) or complete 2 long-term backpacks (6 days, 5 nights).
3. Climb and summit any two 10,000 foot plus peaks (for Pike’s Peak and Mt. Evans in CO, and other peaks that have a drive to road to the top, the trail must be used) in the United States.
4. Earn the Backpacking Merit Badge.
5. Earn either the Climbing or the Hiking Merit Badge.
*Awards may be earned together…for example, peaks climbed for requirement 3. can be used to earn any other High Adventure Award.
Another example…a backpack from Onion Valley to Mt. Whitney qualifies for requirements 2. and one half of 3. In addition, the John Muir Trail Award (GLAAC-HAT) may be earned.
Another example…if Mt. San Gorgonio is climbed as part of a weekend backpack…it satisfies requirements for 1. and one half of 3. In addition, the Mt. San Gorgonio Award (SDIC-HAT) may be earned. And the appropriate Short-term Backpacking Award may be earned.
And so on…