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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
Mount Whitney Day Trek Award
Sponsoring Council
Orange County
Award Dimensions
4½“ Diameter
Summary
Summit Mount Whitney in the Sierra Nevadas.
Map Link (where applicable)
External Reference (where applicable)
Detailed Requirements
MOUNT WHITNEY DAY TREK
This award was developed and sponsored by Troop 1210 (Foothills Church), Rancho Santa Margarita, California.
Requirements:
Climb and “summit” 14,505 foot Mt. Whitney as an in- and-out trek from Whitney Portal in a 24-hour period.
Acclimate by camping and sleeping at Whitney Portal the night before the trek.
This award; ;may also be earned by units exiting Whitney Portal at the conclusion of a long-term Sierra trek. In one day, backpack from Guitar Lake, summit Mt Whitney, and exit at Whitney Portal.
References:
1. Croft, P and Benti, W: Climbing Mt. Whitney. Spotted Dog Press, Inc. Bishop, California, 2005. 2. Richins, Jr., P: Mount Whitney: The Complete Trailhead-to- Summit Hiking Guide. The Mountaineers Books, Seattle, WA, 2001.