High Adventure / Venturing Programs
2010 Venturing Program Brochure
2010 WRA STAFF POSITION
OPENING
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Overview
The Bay-Lakes Council High
Adventure programs go beyond the routine to create excitement and fun.
Challenges and difficulties must be overcome. Opportunities for leadership,
learning to work with others, critical thinking, and decision making abound.
Meeting new people and making lasting friendships are an important part of
every adventure.
Participants
- These programs are for Venturers
and Boy Scouts that meet the
age requirements
- The target ages are 14-20
- These are coed programs that participants may attend as individuals or
with his or her own crew/troop
- Leaders/parents are always welcome
- Summer Camp High Adventure programs require adult leadership participation
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Participants
- OKPIK - January
- Arctic Adventure - January & February
- Winter Amidships - February
- Kayak Rolling - February & March
- GDC Provisional Camp - June/July
- Spring/Fall Whitewater -
May/June/Sept.
- Touring & Mountain Biking -
Spring to Fall
- Summer Camp High Adventure
- Great
Lakes Centennial Jamboree- September
- Bay Jammer - July
- Kodiak -
July
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Wolf River Adventures
Frequently Asked Questions
Think you've seen it all? Done it all? Looking for excitement? Looking for a challenge? Bear Paw and
Gardner Dam Scout Camps have combined to offer seven different weeks of
fantastic summer camp High Adventure for you in 2009!
Four different treks have been
carefully selected and planned to give the older youth in your unit everything
they're looking for. and more! Here are the options that are available each
week:
Door County Adventures:
This exciting high adventure trek utilizes Door County, our very own "Cape Cod of the Midwest". After
some training and a practice run on a lake near Gardner Dam, your crew will
be transported to Jax Camp, a Bay-Lakes Council property near Sturgeon
Bay, where you will base camp for a week of sea kayaking and sailing
(optional) on the waters of Green Bay, as well as bike touring on the trails and
byways of Door County. You'll also get
some free time to play tourist!
Voyageur Canoe Adventures:
The canoe routes that you will paddle are the very same ones used by Native
American Indians, French-Canadian Voyageurs, trappers and hunters in the old
Northwest territories. This trek will take you to the beautiful and wild
Flambeau River in north central Wisconsin.
Rated one of the best paddling rivers in the
Midwest, the Flambeau offers flat water, as well as some challenging Class I and
Class II rapids and terrific
scenery, as you paddle and camp in the Flambeau River State Forest.
Whitewater Adventures:
You can't ask for any better whitewater kayaking opportunities than what we have right here in northeast
Wisconsin. This high adventure trek will put you in river kayaks on the Wolf
and Red Rivers, just to name a few. Your crew will base camp at Gardner Dam
and hit a different river each day with challenges for all abilities. When
you're not on the water, participants will get a taste of sailing, black
powder rifle, climbing and rappelling at Bear Paw Scout Camp. We also
have an advanced level week.
Northwoods Adventures:
This fantastic high adventure program has something for everyone. Utilizing opportunities at both Bear Paw
and Gardner Dam Scout Camps, participants will have the opportunity to
participate in COPE, rock climbing & rappelling, black powder rifle, lake
kayaking, sailing, snorkeling and an overnight bike trek. You will camp for
two nights at Gardner Dam Scout Camp and then travel to Bear Paw Scout
Camp where you will camp for two nights at our hidden jewel of a campsite at
Explorer Point.
You will also bike through the Nicolet forest and with
an overnight stop at beautiful Boulder
Lake.
Who may participate?
Any registered Venturer or Boy Scout age 14 or older. Adults are also needed to help satisfy two-deep
leadership requirements. Open to Scouts whose units are camped at either Bear Paw
or Gardner Dam, or participants or
units may sign up only for high adventure.
Prior Participant Wolf River Adventures
Please contact Wolf River Adventures
Director, Linda Gruber, for more information:
Linda Gruber
linda.gruber@snc.edu
(715) 923-5376
High Adventure Programs 2010
OKPIK
An outdoor winter camping adventure...Okpik is a program that will teach
youth and their leaders skills in winter camping techniques. This program is
scheduled in two parts:
January 9 & 29-31,
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Spring/Fall Whitewater
Whitewater kayaking on the Wolf River will be held at Gardner Dam Scout
Camp. All equipment, food, lodging, adult supervision and instruction is
provided for these weekend events. We will also utilize other camp
facilities to round out the weekend, plus time for movies, campfires and
relaxing with your friends.
May 21-23, Jun 4-6, Sep 10-12, Sep 24-26 |
Arctic Adventure
These winter adventures will be held on 2 weekends this year. See the
northern wilderness that is explored and seen by few. Cabin lodging,
snowshoeing, cross country skiing, cold weather camping and shelter building.
January 15-17 & February 19-21, 2010
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Touring & Mountain Biking
Weekly from May
through August in the Fox Valley. Rides begin at 6:00 p.m. and end by 8:30
p.m., depending on distance & amount of daylight. 1 hour rides in May, 2
hour rides during mid-summer, and 1.5 hour in August.
May
3, 10, 17 & 24, June 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29
July 6, 13, 20 & 27, Aug 3, 10, 17, 24 & 31 |
Winter Amidships
Competitive winter games, dinner & dance. Open to Venturing Crews, Career
Explorers, Boy Scouts, and Girl Scouts. Held in Fond du Lac.
February 20, 2010 |
Kayak Rolling
The kayak rolling program has been a huge success! This is a great way to
have some fun and to learn to roll up your boat when it is upside down. Warm
and wet at the Appleton
YMCA. Come as many times as you want. 12:00-2:00 PM Sundays.
January 17, 24, 31
(for participants 18 years or older only)
February 7, 14, 21, 28 (everyone)
March 14, 21, 28,
(everyone)
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Venturing Provisional Camp
This program is for youth that can’t attend a high adventure program with
their crew/troop or for someone that wants a little bit more adventure. You
may choose to participate in one of the four new Summer Camp High
Adventures. Adult Leadership is provided for this program.
July 4-10 2009, Gardner Dam Scout Camp
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Bay Jammer
Don’t miss this exciting weekend activity full of games, events, activities,
dancing and celebrations! Crews from all over the Midwest. Take part in 62
years of fun! Great Lakes Memorial Park, Menominee, MI.
July 16-18, 2010 |
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2009 National High Adventure Programs |
The National High Adventure bases in Ely, Minnesota and Cimarron, New
Mexico offer “once in a lifetime” adventures. The Bay-Lakes Council sponsors
annual treks to these bases. These trips are so big that they take 12-18
months to prepare for. This is a great time to start thinking about 2010.
For more information, contact the Center for Scouting in Appleton at
1-800-372-6887.
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Philmont - Cimarron, NM
www.scouting.org/philmont
June 30-July 14, 2010
Enjoy a challenging 12-day backpacking trek in the Sangre de Cristo
mountains at elevations between 6,500' and 12,441'. Participate in
program activities at the many staffed camps along your route, such as:
• Rock Climbing
• Black Powder Rifle
• Mountaineering
• Pole sparring |
Florida Sea Base - Florida Keys
www.bsaseabase.org
June 15-21, 2010
The Bay-Lakes Council is planning new trips to Islamorada, FL, to take
advantage of these exciting programs.
• Bahamas
• Tall Ships
• Coral Reef Sailing
• SCUBA
• Out Island |
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Philmont Scout Ranch
Normally there is a long waiting list, so how can I get there
in 2010?1) Join
the Bay-Lakes Council's 2010 contingent ASAP
2) Enter the Philmont lottery and be selected. Go to
www.scouting.org/philmont for more
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Northern Tier - Ely, MN
Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness
www.ntier.org
Summer 2011 (Date TBD)
• Canoe and experience the world famous Boundary Waters Canoe Area
• Fully outfitted (9) day trek into
the BWCA
• Transportation, lodging & meals |
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