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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
Trail Angels Award

Sponsoring Council
Orange County
Award Dimensions
4'' diameter
Summary
Recognize scouts and scouters who aid hikers or backpackers with food, supplies, or general support over the course of a multi-day hike.
The award is specifically modeled after "Trail Angels" who aid long distance thru hikers on the Pacific Crest Trail, Appalachian Trail, Continental Divide Trail, etc, with water, food, and supplies.
Additionally, the award is intended to recognize scouts and scouters who play an active role in providing logistical aid in support of a multi-day activity (e.g.: performing water drops for a desert backpacking trek, etc).
Map Link (where applicable)
External Reference (where applicable)
Detailed Requirements
Trail Angels Award
Requirements
1. This award may be earned concurrently with other awards.
2. During the course of a scouting event:
provide aid to thru hikers (multi-day hikers) in the form of food, water, first aid, equipment repair, let them join you at your campfire to warm up and relax, or some other aid deemed appropriate by the troop's Scoutmaster or Assistant Scoutmaster
OR
play a meaningful role in providing logistical support to a multi-day troop or patrol activity - possibly in the form of water, food, or equipment drops