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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
Mountain Bike Award

Sponsoring Council
Western Los Angeles County Council
Award Dimensions
5” DIA.
Summary
This award is designed to promote the safe and careful enjoyment of mountain biking with minimal impact by fostering LNT principles.
Map Link (where applicable)
External Reference (where applicable)
Detailed Requirements
1. Comply with the High Adventure Award General Requirements.
2. This award may be earned by registered Boy Scouts, Varsity and Venture youth and their registered leaders. It may be earned by registered Cadet and Senior Girl Scouts and their registered leaders.
3. Before the ride, meet requirements 1 and 4 of the B.S.A. Cycling Merit Badge. Girl Scouts should use the B.S.A. Cycling Merit Badge pamphlet as a reference for these requirements.
4. Review the Leave No Trace rules and requirements.
5. Obtain a copy of the International Mountain Bike Association “Rules of the Trail” at www.imba.com.
6. Each Scout participant must complete B.S.A. First Class rank First Aid requirements. Girl Scouts should use the B.S.A. Scout Handbook as a reference for these requirements.
7. Each scout participant shall have completed one of the following three HAT awards:
a. The Cycling Weekend patch; or
b. The Cycling Achievement Award; or
c. The Boy Scout Cycling Award.
* The above awards may be earned on flat paved areas.
Girl Scouts shall have completed the equivalent requirements to one of the above awards.
8. The requirement for the patch and the ten mile rocker (green) is two days on the trial for a minimum of ten miles on the first trip. Rockers may subsequently be earned on trips of 15 miles (red), 20 miles (bronze), 25 miles (gold) and 50 miles (silver) but all these must be earned over a minimum two days on the trail. Only one stripe may be earned on each trip but after the ten mile trip, the trips may be earned in any order. All trips should be planned for enough days so that speed is not an issue and safety is not sacrificed. A fifty mile trip will not be pre-approved by a HAT counselor for an award without a minimum of three days and a four-to-five-day period is highly recommended
9. Review the Leave No Trace rules and requirements.
10. Obtain a copy of the International Mountain Bike Association “Rules of the Trail” at www.imba.com.
11. Each Scout participant must complete B.S.A. First Class rank First Aid requirements. Girl Scouts should use the B.S.A. Scout Handbook as a reference for these requirements.
12. Each scout participant shall have completed one of the following three HAT awards:
a. The Cycling Weekend patch; or
b. The Cycling Achievement Award; or
c. The Boy Scout Cycling Award.
* The above awards may be earned on flat paved areas.
Girl Scouts shall have completed the equivalent requirements to one of the above awards.
13. The requirement for the patch and the ten mile rocker (green) is two days on the trial for a minimum of ten miles on the first trip. Rockers may subsequently be earned on trips of 15 miles (red), 20 miles (bronze), 25 miles (gold) and 50 miles (silver) but all these must be earned over a minimum two days on the trail. Only one stripe may be earned on each trip but after the ten mile trip, the trips may be earned in any order. All trips should be planned for enough days so that speed is not an issue and safety is not sacrificed. A fifty mile trip will not be pre-approved by a HAT counselor for an award without a minimum of three days and a four-to-five-day period is highly recommended
15. The Specific Requirements shall supersede the General Requirements if there is an area of conflict