Download Troop 175 Calendar (v5) for a complete listing of meeting and trip dates.
Camping trips are an important part of what makes Simsbury Troop 175 such a great place to be a boy scout. Here are the trips scheduled so far for the 2009-2010 year.
September - Bicycle trip to Block Island where we’ll camp on the Island.
October – We’ll travel to Well Fleet on Cape Cod and bicycle the National Seashore, clam, fish, and build a bonfire on the beach.
November - annual Weblos Challenge on our “home” turf, Onion Mountain in West Simsbury.
This is a great event where Cubs are invited for a full day of Scout activities, and to work with our
Scout patrols on making rope bridges, furniture, campfires, orienteering and zip lines. In the
evening, the patrols will cook a meal with the Cubs followed by a Troop campfire with songs and skits put on by the Scouts. Cubs are invited to spend the night camping (with a parent).
December - We will have a reunion trip of our alumni Scouts from college, many who earned the rank of Eagle, to do some backcountry skiing and camping.
January - Operation “Deep Freeze” will be in Southern Vermont, where scouts will build survival shelters and learn cold weather camping.
February - Our Annual ski and snowboard trip to Vermont.
March – This is our cross-over trip for Webelos joining our troop and we’ll be holding “Camping 101” at nearby at Roaring Brook. Dads/Moms invited – as always.
April - Once again we will go to Tuckerman’s Ravine on Mt. Washington in the White Mountains. This is one of our most popular trips. In 2009, we had 65 scouts and parents join us.
May - We will be fishing and camping on Long Island Sound.
June - 4th Annual Boy Scout Adventure Race. This race was developed by Troop 175 and involves biking, running, canoeing, rappelling, orienteering and climbing in Simsbury in a 16 mile, 4 hour race. Last year we invited the other two Simsbury Scout Troops to join us as a fundraiser. We were proud that in this competition Troop 175 took 8 of the 9 medal categories and set new course records. Boys Life Magazine will run a full picture article of the race in April 2010.
After school ends, we’ll take a four day canoe trip in Maine on the Saco River. This is a mini expedition trip as we will carry everything we need with us.
