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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
Silver Moccasins Medal
Sponsoring Council
Greater Los Angeles
Award Dimensions
1'' x 1''
Summary
This award challenges the backpacker to help construct and maintain the trails on which he/she hikes. It is a unique privilege to hang these Silver Moccasins, when attached to a leather thong, from the right pocket button of the Scout shirt.
Map Link (where applicable)
External Reference (where applicable)
Detailed Requirements
Requirements:
1. Earn the Silver Moccasins Trail Award.
2. Perform 12 hours of LAAC-HAT approved and supervised trail conservation work in the Angeles National Forest (out-of-Council Units may request an alternate location from their Council HAT.)
-- Conservation work must be performed in the same calendar year as the Silver Moccasins Trail Award is earned.
-- Conservation work applied to meet the requirements for any other award to an individual or for advancement does not apply to earning the Silver Moccasins Medal.
Please refer to the LAAC-HAT Hike Aid 15, “Long-Term Trekking”, for additional information about this award.