Glacier’s Edge Backpack Camporee LAST TIME at April 24-26, 2015 WOODMAN Woodman Center for Camping and Education, Richland Center CENTER! Come experience HIGH ADVENTURE in the fullest Fill the valley with scouts from the Glacier Edge Council where the Woodman Center will host the 7th annual Glacier’s Edge Council-wide Backpack Camporee. This camporee will give scouts/scouters a chance to learn basic to advanced backpacking skills (water filtration, light weight stove usage and backpack food demonstration), basic to ultra- light equipment demonstrations, Leave No Trace camping, Wilderness First aid and Geocaching. The “Boulders” climbing wall will be there again this year! There plenty of opportunity to have fun and it is encouraged to share your troop’s/crew’s adventures with other scouts/scouters. WE WILL HAVE ONLINE REGISTRATION AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESELECT SOME OF THE SATURDAY SESSIONS YOUR PATROL WILL PARTICIPANT IN AN OUTPOST PROGRAM FEATURING THE BACKPACKING MERIT BADGE WILL BE OFFERED! The Backpack Camporee is designed for Boy Scout Troops and Venture Crews, please no Cub Scout packs. Your backpacking experience will include having your troop/crew set-up camp on Friday night and pack up/move to a different site on Saturday (this replicates many high adventure backpacking outing situations). There will be an option for less experienced backpackers to set up one site for the entire weekend. Camp sites will have GPS coordinates, so if you have GPS units, feel free to bring them. A very limited supply of GPS units will be available for use. Each unit is responsible for their own food. Bear bag policy for Troop/Crew food/smellables will be mandatory! Arbor Day activities, such as tree planting, will be combined with different service projects to be done around the Woodman Center. For the service projects, we suggest that you bring gloves. If a scout or unit is working on their 50 Miler Award, the service work may count towards it. It is recommended that each unit spends some time over the weekend working on a service project: this helps our Council camp and supports good scout spirit. Come plant a tree! SAMPLE SCHEDULE Friday Saturday Check –in. Troop/Crew breakfast in own site Sunday Leader and SPL meeting Patrol Backpack events/adult training Scouts Own Worship Service - Chapel Troop/Crew dinner in own camp site Pack up campsites Campfire and awards Optional Service and Conservation project Order of Arrow Ice Cream Social General Information: All units attending must have two-deep adult leadership and every one attending must bring a current BSA Annual Health form. Backpack campsites at Woodman range from small patrol to medium patrol size. Backpack sites will be classified and Beginners, Intermediate and Advanced based on distance from the Camporee Headquarters. Latrines will be accessible for the Beginners and Intermediate backpack sites. The Advanced sites will be wilderness camping. Fires will be allowed in established fire rings only. Most sites will not have a fire ring so plan accordingly. Leave the Troop trailer in the parking lot and hike to your campsite! NO VEHICLES will be allowed in camp beyond parking lot Fees and Registration: $18.00 per person includes patch and all Camporee programs. Each Troop/Crew will receive a participation ribbon for their troop flag. Part of the registration fee will provide trees for the Arbor Day service projects. Registration Deadline is April 17, 2015. After that date the fee increase goes to $25.00 On-line registration will SOON BE OPEN. Watch for details. CLIMBING WALL WAIVERS ARE NEEDED FOR EACH SCOUT THAT WILL BE CLIMBING! - NO SCOUT WILL BE ABLE TO CLIMB WITHOUT WAVIER. For more information, or to be notified when on-line registration opens, please contact Camporee Co- Chairs: Stephen DeWitt 608-220-2521 or Dave Sobczak 608-335-2058 or call Glacier’s Edge Council, at 608-273-1005 .