High Adventure / Venturing Programs
2008 Venturing Program Brochure
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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
- Let's Paddle - June
- Bay Jammer - July
- Kodiak - August
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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 2008!
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 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 be paddling are the
very same ones used by Native American Indians, French-Canadian Voyageurs,
trappers and
hunters in the old Northwest territories. You and your crew will pick your route
for your adventure.
Typical trips are to the Flambeau, Manitowish, Nicolet or Peshtigo rivers. As an
example,
if you choose the Flambeau, 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 a few challenging Class I and Class II rapids and
some 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, Peshtigo 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 COPE, climbing,
rappelling and mountain
biking.
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 two
nights on Explorer
Point at Bear Paw Scout Camp, before biking toward Gardner Dam for an overnight
stop
at Boulder Lake.
Who may participate? Any registered Venturer or Boy Scout age 14 or older. Boy
Scouts who
are 13 and older may participate in the Northwoods Adventure. 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.
Dates: Weekly starting June 22 and ending August 9.
Prior Participant Wolf River Adventures
Complete trek and registration information is in the
2008 Summer Camp
Leader's
Guide .
High Adventure Programs
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 5 & January 25, 26 & 27 |
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 the Camp’s COPE and Climbing facilities, plus time for movies,
campfires and relaxing with your friends.
May 30-Jun 1, Jun 6-8, Sep 5-7, Sep 19-21 |
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 18-20 & February 15-17 |
Touring Biking (1 day)
Brand new programs featuring biking treks in each area of our Council plus a
Mountain Bike weekend in the Northwoods.
District - one day rides: May 10, Jun 14,
Jul 12, Aug 9, Aug 23, Sep 13, Oct 11
Mountain Biking
Weekend
Mountain Biking weekend includes food, lodging, equipment and adult
supervision on October 17-19 at GDC. |
Winter Amidships
Competitive winter games, dinner & dance. Open to Venturing Crews, Career
Explorers, Boy Scouts, and Girl Scouts. Held at Marian College in Fond du
Lac.
Saturday, February 16 |
Let's Paddle
Paddle the Wolf River Territory. This program will be held on two Saturdays
in June at Gardner Dam Camp. Adventure, excitement and paddling a kayak
through rapids on the Wolf River. All skill levels welcome.
June 21 & June 28 |
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
February 3,10,17 & 24; March 2, 9, 16 & 30 |
Bay Jammer
Don’t miss this exciting weekend activity full of games, events, activities,
dancing and celebrations! Crews from all over the Midwest. Don’t miss this
event. Great Lakes Memorial Park, Menominee, MI
July 18-20 |
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.
June 29-July 5, at Gardner Dam Camp |
Kodiak
Kodiak is a high adventure based leadership
trek for participants aged 16-21. Experience
this unique and comprehensive leadership
training while on backpacking trek along the
south shore of Lake Superior.
August 11-17 |
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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 2009.
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
July 23-August 5, 2009
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
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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Double H High Adventure Base
www.scouting.org/philmont/doubleh
The Double H High Adventure Base is near Philmont at Datil, NM
Summer '09 (exact dates to be
determined)
(7) Day backpacking trek. |

Northern Tier - Ely, MN
Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness
www.ntier.org
Summer '09 (exact dates to
be determined)
(also still openings for June 18-28, 2008)
• 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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