Here is a overview of the trips planed for the scouts for the coming year.
September - Canoeing in Maine
October – 2 day Bicycle trip on Block Island.
November - Annual Webelos 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 do a scuba course and high ropes challenge.
January - Our annual ski and snowboard trip to Vermont..
February - The Klondike Camporee
March – This is our cross-over trip for Webelos joining our troop and we’ll be doing a local training trip for new scouts and parents.
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.
Over April school vacation we will also offer a sailing trip in the British Virgin Islands on two 45 foot catamarans.
May - We will go to a private island in NW Connecticut for hiking and survival shelter building.
June - 6th 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. The other two Simsbury Scout Troops join us. Boys Life Magazine published a full picture, 6 page article of the race in April 2010, featuring Troop 175.
After school ends, we’ll take a four day trip to Gettysburg.
July - We do our annual 1 week camp at Camp Mattituck.
Also, we will take our older boys up Mt. Kilimanjaro in Africa
August - 3 day family camp in Nantucket.
For a complete listing of troop events, Download Calendar 2011-2012
