2024 Trek 7-2 
2024 Trek 7-2 | For this South Country Itinerary, your crew will start at the Zastrow Trailhead and will hike up to Backache Springs for the night. Your crew will then go up and over Urraca Mesa to Urraca Camp where you can test your skills on the challenge course during the day and enjoy an evening campfire performance full of music and ghost stories about the mesa. Start the next day with a beautiful sunrise at Inspiration Point, then make your way to Miners Park. Here you will have the opportunity to participate in rock climbing and rappelling on natural rock formations, or in the remodeled climbing gym. The following day your crew will hike to Shaefers Pass to camp for the night. While at Shaefers Pass, your crew can side hike Shaefers Peak and the iconic Tooth of Time! Head on down to Clarks Fork to learn what it took to be a cowboy and do some roping, branding, horseback riding and enjoy an awesome campfire performance put on by the staff! Your journey is coming to an end as you hike to the Webster Trailhead, but the memories will last a lifetime! | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Per the Guidebook to Itineraries: "Due to potential emergencies, such as catastrophic fires, Crews must not deviate from their assigned itinerary. Changes are only permitted for bona fide medical emergencies and must be approved in advance by the Logistics Department." | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dry Camps: Shaefers Pass; Unique Campsite: Backache Springs; - No photo available for this campsite or this program at this location. Click icon for specific needs. |
| Day | Camp | Program Features | Campsite Features | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Camping Headquarters | Opening Campfire | Commissary; Showers; Trading Post; | |
| 2 | Backache Springs | Food Pickup @ Camping Headquarters | Trail Camp; (Commissary; Showers; Trading Post; at CHQ Trailbound) | |
| Bus to Zastrow | Showers; | |||
| Ranger Training | ||||
| 3 | Urraca | Challenge Events | ||
| Campfire | ||||
| 4 | Miner's Park | Food Pickup | Showers; | |
| Rock Climbing & Rappelling | ||||
| Sunrise at Inspiration Point @ Urraca | ||||
| 5 | Shaefers Pass | Water @ North Fork Urraca | Trail Camp (Usually dry); | |
| Conservation Project @ North Fork Urraca | ||||
| 6 | Clarks Fork | Climb Shaefer's Peak | Showers; | |
| Climb Tooth of Time | ||||
| Western Lore / Branding | ||||
| Chuck Wagon Dinner | ||||
| 7 | Camping Headquarters | Horse Rides @ Clarks Fork | Commissary; Showers; Trading Post; (Showers; at Clarks Fork) | |
| Closing Campfire | ||||
| Hike to Webster Trailhead | ||||
| Day | Camp | Potential Additional Program Features | Campsite Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Camping Headquarters | Visit the Villa Philmonte | Commissary; Showers; Trading Post; |
| National Scouting Museum | |||
| Zastrow | Land Navigation / GPS Technology | Showers; | |
| Dutch Oven Dessert | |||
| Rededication to Scouting | |||
| Woodbadge Museum | |||
| Geocaching | |||
| ATV Rider Course | |||
| 4 | Miner's Park | Traverse Wall | Showers; |
| Crate Stacking | |||
| Urraca | Challenge Events | ||
| High Ropes Instruction & Advanced Challenge Scenarios | |||
| 5 | North Fork Urraca | Hike via North Fork Urraca | |
| 7 | Clarks Fork | Western Lore / Branding | Showers; |
| Cowboy Campfire | |||
| Ride out from Cattle Headquarters | |||
| Ride over Schaefers Pass | |||
| Camping Headquarters | Visit the Villa Philmonte | Commissary; Showers; Trading Post; | |
| National Scouting Museum | |||
| Ride into Cattle Headquarters | |||