Camping: Buffalo Trail Scout Ranch & High Adventure Camp
2008 Summer Camp
[Updated 1/21/08]
Trail Blazers Program
The "Trail Blazers" program is the newest addition to the High Adventure program. This offers your Troop or Crew an opportunity to participate in a BTSR high adventure program of your choice (excluding Cavalcade) for just a fraction of the cost!
Here is how it works: Your Troop or Crew will spend 5 days working in the BTSR backcountry. You will complete projects such as new trail construction, maintenance on existing trails, clearing brush, building and installing trail signs and markers, as well as other miscellaneous projects that will improve the use of our backcountry for many years to come. Once your work week is completed, you will have Saturday to rest and see the sights in the local areas around camp, and then come back on Sunday ready to embark on a high adventure journey of your own! You can go on a backpacking trip in the Outback Program, enjoy a week at Mountain Man camp, or spend your time at our newest program, the Circle H Ranching Adventure!
All participants will receive special recognition at the closing campfire, and an exclusive Trail Blazer patch that can ONLY be earned by those that participate in this program. In addition, the cost for participating in your high adventure program will only be almost 1/2 of what the actual fees are. For adults, your cost is only $50 and for youth the cost is only $100!
FORT DAVIS HISTORICAL TRAIL AWARD
Another new opportunity at Buffalo Trail Scout Ranch is the Fort Davis Historical Trail Award. Although this award is earned outside of camp at the National Historic Site, Fort Davis, it is administered by the camp and the Buffalo Trail Council. To earn this award, participants must hike the trail at the Fort, complete the question and answer section of the workbook, and submit the application for approval.
The award will come in the form of a patch and an optional medal, which will be available in the Jersey Lilly. This is a great opportunity for those Troops visiting the Fort before camp or on Thursday night as your Troop Night program. Workbooks will only be available at camp and on the Buffalo Trail Website. Be on the lookout for more information on this program soon!
Download the Fort Davis Historical Trail Guidebook (PDF format).
