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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 

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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