The troop has only gone once to High Knoll, also known as the “Philmont of the East.” Like Philmont, the High Knoll Trail involves backpacking to a new backcountry outpost each day. Once at the outpost, participants engage in activities … Continued
Troop 236 has only been to New River twice, but both times it was a great trip. New River Adventure is based out of Camp Powhatan in the Blue Ridge Mountains in southern Virginia. It is a week of adventure … Continued
In August of 1990 and 1992, the troop visited Mead Wilderness Base near Squam Lake in New Hampshire, the site where the movie On Golden Pond takes place. Here, scouts enjoyed a full week of High Adventure activities, including rock … Continued
In 2000, the troop sent scouts down to Camp Davy Crockett in Tennessee for a week of summer camp. At the camp, scouts and adult leaders sailed to an island on Cherokee Lake and stayed there for three days camping … Continued
This is another “High Adventure Trip” for the older scouts. The troop flies a crew down to the BSA Sea Base in the Florida Keys where they spend a week with a counselor on a boat, most often a schooner. … Continued
On this High Adventure trip, a crew of about a dozen scouts and leaders fly down to New Mexico and trek with a guide along the mountains of Philmont Scout Ranch. The troop went once in 1989, but it was … Continued