Medicine Mountain Scout Ranch 24201 Bobcat Road Custer, South Dakota 57730 Expedition: Black Hills Option A5 - 5 Day Program Destinations Include: • Bear Country • Crazy Horse Memorial & Laser Light Show • Reptile Gardens • Spearfish Canyon Roughlock Falls • Broken Boot Gold Mine • DC Booth Historic Fish Hatchery • Adams Museum • Custer State Park Wildlife Loop • Black Elk Peak (formerly Harney Peak) • Mount Rushmore If after reading this overview, you have any questions, please contact our friendly team at 605-342-2824 or send an email to [email protected]. EXPEDITION: BLACK HILLS Key Info: Option Number A5 Tour Length Monday - Friday (5 days) Cost Per Person $470.00 (estimated - Call for exact pricing) Sunday Friday 12:00PM - 4:00PM Arrive at Medicine Mountain 6:45AM Breakfast in Campsite 7:30PM Evening Flag Ceremony 8:00AM Depart Camp 7:45PM Welcome Campfire 10:00AM Bear Country 9:30PM SPL & Scoutmaster Cracker Barrel 12:00PM Sack Lunch at Bear Country Monday 1:30PM Reptile Gardens 6:45AM Breakfast in Campsite 5:00PM Dinner at Camp 8:00AM Depart Camp 7:15PM Closing Campfire 10:30AM Broken Boot Gold Mine | Pan for Gold Saturday 12:00PM Lunch in Deadwood 4:00AM - 9:00AM Depart Camp for Home 1:00PM Adam’s Museum 5:00PM Dinner in Campsite Destinations in this Option 7:00PM - 9:00PM Open Program at Camp Tuesday Broken Boot Gold Mine and Panning for Gold 6:45AM Breakfast in Campsite Step into the Black Hills best underground mine 8:00AM Depart Camp tour and return to a time when the powerful 9:00AM Custer State Park Wildlife Loop punch of a miner’s pick and the roaring boom 12:00PM Sack Lunch at Game Lodge of another dynamite blast signaled the ongoing 1:30PM Mount Rushmore search for the richest veins of gold on Earth. 5:00PM Dinner in Campsite 7:00PM - 9:00PM Open Program at Camp Follow the path of ore cars deep underground Wednesday into the century-old shafts of the Broken Boot. 6:45AM Breakfast in Campsite Walk in the footsteps of thousands of faceless 8:00AM Depart Camp miners who sought their fortunes in the dark 9:00AM Black Elk Peak and explosive atmosphere of black powder and 12:00PM Sack Lunch at Black Elk Peak candlelight. 2:30PM Sylvan Lake 5:00PM Dinner in Campsite 7:30PM Depart Camp Adams Museum 8:00PM Crazy Horse Memorial & Laser Light Show The Adams Museum is the Black Hills’ oldest 11:00PM Back at Campsite history museum. In 1930 pioneer businessman Thursday W.E. Adams founded the Adams Museum in 6:45AM Breakfast in Campsite downtown Deadwood with the purpose of 8:00AM Depart Camp preserving and displaying the history of the 10:00AM Spearfish Canyon Roughlock Falls Black Hills. 12:00PM Sack Lunch at Spearfish Park 1:00PM DC Booth Historic Fish Hatchery The Adams Museum is home to some of the 5:00PM Dinner in Campsite Black Hills’ greatest treasures including Potato 7:00PM - 9:00PM Open Program at Camp Creek Johnny’s gold nugget, beloved American illustrator N.C. Wyeth’s pencil sketch drawing of From mid-May to mid-October, the storytelling Western legend Wild Bill Hickok, the mysterious continues each night at dark with the “Legends Thoen Stone record of the Ezra Kind party’s in Light” laser-light show projected on the discovery of gold in the Hills in the 1830s and a mountain carving. one-of-a-kind plesiosaur (marine reptile). Spearfish Roughlock Falls Mount Rushmore A stunning highlight of Spearfish Canyon is Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a Roughlock Falls, widely considered one of the large-scale mountain sculpture by artist most beautiful locations in the Black Hills. The Gutzon Borglum. The figures of America’s scenery is so beautiful that cinematographers most prominent U.S. presidents--George for the motion picture “Dances with Wolves” Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham decided to shoot its final scenes here. Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt—represent 150 years of American history. The name Roughlock Falls originates from difficulties early settlers encountered while Black Elk Peak (formerly Harney Peak) traveling through Spearfish Canyon. Wagon Black Elk Peak is the highest natural point drivers would “roughlock” the wheels of their in South Dakota. It is the highest point east wagons with logs or chains to keep them in of the Rockies and west of the Pyrenees place and slide down the slope. mountain range in Europe. It lies in the Black Elk Wilderness area, in southern Pennington DC Booth Historic Fish Hatchery County, in the Black Hills National Forest. Constructed in 1899 as the region’s first fish management center, the DC Booth Historic Sylvan Lake Fish Hatchery was responsible not only for Sylvan Lake, known as the “crown jewel” of introducing trout to the Black Hills, but for Custer State Park, is located in the Black Hills of being the first to control the fish population in South Dakota. It presents a relaxing setting and Yellowstone National Park. plenty of exploring opportunties to Scouts. Custer State Park Wildlife Loop Wildlife Loop Road travels through 18 miles of open grasslands and pine-speckled hills Crazy Horse Memorial & Laser Light Show that much of the park’s wildlife calls home. A mythic warrior, a famed artist, his family and Depending on the day, you might see bison, a canvas composed of granite are the elements pronghorn, whitetail and mule deer, elk, that comprise the legendary past, present and coyotes, burros, prairie dogs, eagles, hawks, and future of the Crazy Horse Memorial. a variety of other birds. A medley of colorful wildflowers and prairie grasses surround the The Indian Museum of North America, and the road, making for a picturesque drive. adjoining Welcome Center and Native American Educational and Cultural Center, feature more Bear Country than 12,000 contemporary and historic items, Nestled over 200 acres amidst towering pines from pre-Colombian to contemporary times. and along rolling meadows just eight miles The new Mountain Museum wing helps explain south of Rapid City, Bear Country U.S.A. offers the work behind the scenes, augmenting the visitors intimate views of most North American introductory “Dynamite & Dreams” movie at the mammals. Visitors take a leisurely three-mile Welcome Center. drive through several enclosures and encounter black bear, elk, reindeer, deer, cougars, bobcats, EXPEDITION: BLACK HILLS rocky mountain goats, bighorn sheep, dall Overview sheep, pronghorn and buffalo. In 2015, the Medicine Mountain Scout Ranch & Adventure Base piloted our first Expedition: Black Hills At this “the home of the largest collection of program with Troop 110 from Kentucky and it was a privately owned black bear in the world”, Bear great success and provided their unit with a once and a Country U.S.A. guests are guaranteed to see lifetime experience in the Black Hills. more than they bargained for. From the comfort of their own car, visitors watch as these clowns In 2016, Medicine Mountain hosted several units that of nature frolic in a pool, climb trees and amble toured the Black Hills through our Expedition: Black across the road in front of their vehicle. Hills program. Our local team of experts will plan out a week long (Monday – Friday) adventure for your unit Reptile Gardens where you visit the sights and sounds on the Black Hills. Reptile Gardens is where you’ll find the Guiness This program is entirely customized to your unit Book of World Records largest reptile zoo, stunning botanical gardens, tropical birds and Alternatively, our team can also mix and match our orchids, beautiful minerals. Take a phot with camp program with the Expedition: Black Hills one of our giant Aldabra tortoises or watch one program. This allows units to get a tradition summer of our wildlife shows and meet our baby gator, camp experience in addition to touring the Black Hills. Fluffy. Typically we see units participate in camp programming Monday through Tuesday and tour Wednesday through Friday. The bottom line is that we can custom craft a week for your unit based upon what they want to accomplish on their trip to the beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota. What’s Included? Since this program is customized, our team will produce a free custom itinerary based upon what your unit is interested in with a quote. The quote will include: • 17 Meals • 6 Nights at Medicine Mountain • A Personal Tour Guide • Admission to all Attractions & Locations • Insurance • Trip Planning Support • Camp Patch What’s Does Your Group Need To Provide The Expedition group must have its own transportation and 1 seat to accommodate your expedition guide. • Transportation can be arranged for larger groups of over 30+ and the fee can be added to your registration. What Can We Do? Getting to Camp The options are limitless on what your unit can do! The Expedition: Black Hills program is based out of the Since everything is custom planned, we have a high level Medicine Mountain Scout Ranch & Adventure Base of flexibility. Here is a sample list of the most popular located at: places to see in the Black Hills. 24201 Bobcat Road • Mammoth Site Custer, South Dakota 57730 • Wind Cave • Evan’s Plunge It is the responsibility of the unit to arrange their travel • Crazy Horse Memorial to and from Medicine Mountain. At this time, our team • Crazy Horse Memorial Laser Light Show does not arrange or serve as a booking agent for travel • Minuteman Missile Silo & Historical Site to and from Medicine Mountain. However, we have • Harney/Black Elk Peak some general tips and knowledge to pass along from our • Mount Rushmore personal experience with traveling to South Dakota.