Published by
webmaster under
T16 on
June 10, 2019
MEETINGS: Tuesdays 7:00 to 8:30pm with PATROL LEADERS COUNCIL: 4th Tuesday of the Month
(with exceptions, see calendar)
Welcome to Troop 16’s Website: your resource for information on the Troop and current happenings
Scoutmaster: Mr. Nate Smith – 303 746-4013
Troop Committee Chair: Mrs. Colleen Combest – 303 946-4700
Senior Patrol Leader: Otto H.
Please use this link to contact our leaders via e-mail.
More information about the troop can be found in our Troop 16 Informational Trifold
Troop 16 – Home of the Survivorman Challenge and the Adventure Race
Information about the 2019 Popcorn Sale can be found here.
Published by
Nate Smith under
Survivorman on
March 27, 2020
All scout meetings and troop events are cancelled until April 21st troop meeting, due to statewide lockdown. Please work on merit badges and rank advancement at home. Reach out to the scoutmaster to schedule a time to zoom and share what you have worked on, or to ask for a counselor for a merit badge you want to work on.
Let’s stay staff and keep scouting.
Published by
Colleen Combest under
Camping,
T16 on
March 13, 2020
Unfortunately because of the school closures, we are canceling this campout. Our program will resume with our PLC and Troop Committee meeting on March 31 at PUMC.
Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park and the Ami’s Acres Campground. This a fun camp with access to all the rides and thrills.
Fee: $20 T-16 Camp Fee + $25 Glenwood Caverns Park Fee total $45. This may change if we are able to do a service project. If that happens the Park Fee will be refunded to you.
This campout has a maximum of 40 people for the campsite we will be using.
Meet-up: 4:00pm at PUMC, Friday March 27th the drive is about three hours.Back Home: 2:00p at PUMC on Sunday March 29th
The new big trailer will be going with new chuck boxes (make sure your patrol chuck is fully stocked)
NOTE TO ADULTS: We need some volunteers to do the cooking for Dirty Socks and Staff and someone to pull the trailer. If you can help please email ewfreund@gmail.com. Thanks.
NOTE ABOUT MEALS:
This campout will emphasize cooking requirements for Trail to First ClassTherefore, those scouts who need cooking requirements for Trail to First Class have priority when it comes to planning, preparing and clean-up.
Sack Dinner on Friday as per usual. Lunch on Saturday should be a bag lunch taken into the Park and this is still a meal that needs to be planned, prepared and cleaned up.
Sunday morning should be a backpacking breakfast so the only cooking will be what can be done only with boiled water, try to be somewhat creative.
Published by
Stacie Arambula under
Community Service on
January 30, 2020
Volunteers are needed to sell pancake supper tickets and to work the pancake supper! Please use the links below to sign up and receive service hours!
Ticket Sales Link:
https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/4090b4ea8a92fa46-pancake
Pancake Supper Night:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090b4ea8a92fa46-2020
Published by
Stacie Arambula under
Community Service on
January 30, 2020
Volunteers are needed for Scout Sunday at PUMC. Duties will be greeting church members and selling pancake supper tickets. This is a very easy way to earn a service hours for rank advancement or for school. You must wearing your Class A Uniform (a.k.a. your scout uniform) to volunteer. Please signup at: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0F44A4A82AAB9-2020!
Published by
Robert Holzhauser under
Camping,
High Adventure on
January 29, 2020
Sign-ups are now open for the Snow Sports campout to be held Feb 21-23, 2020.
This is a popular campout and affords the opportunity to earn the Snow Sports merit badge.
We will be snow camping at the Tennessee Pass trailhead near Ski Cooper. Ski Cooper is an ideal ski and snowboard venue with plenty of terrain for beginners and experienced skiers alike. Ski Cooper visitors also benefit from smaller crowds and affordable lift tickets. Cost will be standard camp fee of $20 plus the cost of a lift ticket and/or equipment rental (group prices are being negotiated). The Troop encourages adult sign-ups too and we are looking for an adult Camp Host for this campout, contact Mr. Kamm for details.
Published by
David Hilgartner under
Camping,
High Adventure on
January 28, 2020
Melita Island Summer Camp
Camp date: July 25 – August 2, 2020
Summer camp 2020 will be a return to Melita Island! This one of Troop 16’s perennial favorite summer camps. Melita Island is a 64-acre island in Flathead Lake, the largest freshwater lake in Montana. It is part of the Flathead Indian Reservation.
Melita Island is a superb place for Scouts to hone their leadership skills, revel in the island’s natural environment, and participate in all kinds of water-related activities. Melita Island offers a number of unique traits that make it an appealing place for Scouts from all over Montana, the nation, and indeed, the world, to come and camp.
Total Cost will be $800 per Scout, and $550 per adult. This fee is the camp fee plus transportation and food costs. Per Troop policy, payments are not refundable, unless someone else takes that spot.
Questions? Contact David Hilgartner at davidhilgartner64@gmail.com or via text at 303-883-4122
Payment schedule:
- First payment – Reservation Deposit (due Jan 10, 2020):
- Second payment (due Feb 12, 2020):
- Final Payment (due April 21, 2020):
Published by
Colleen Combest under
T16 on
January 22, 2020
Denver Area Council’s Annual Report to the State is on Thursday, February 13, 2020 at the Colorado State Capitol in the Old Supreme Court Chamber. Presentations will be made by youth delegates from BSA Councils throughout Colorado. Listen to live legislative sessions in the Senate or House of Representatives. Participate in guided tours of the State Capitol and Dome. Enjoy lunch and a commemorative pin!
Register at https://www.denverboyscouts.org/activities-events/report-to-the-state/
Feb 13, 2020 8am – 2:30pm Cost is $15 per person. Space is limited.
Published by
Robert Holzhauser under
Camping on
January 1, 2020
This January 17-19, Troop 16 returns to YMCA of the Rockies Snow Mountain Ranch for our Troop 16 Polar Bear Challenge campout.
If we are lucky the temperature at night will drop below 0° F and we will earn the Denver Area Council Polar Bear Award patch. This campout will be an education in cold weather camping and cooking.
During our stay we will have free access to the many fun facilities at Snow Mountain Ranch like the Tubing Hill, the ice rink, and Kiva. The Kiva is a huge gymnasium rec center where we stay toasty warm and enjoy rollerskating, basketball, ping pong, games, you-name-it. Nervous about the cold? Don’t Be! Your Scout Leaders will give you all the tips and tricks to have a successful, comfortable, and fun winter camping experience.
Camp Host for this campout is TBD (contact Camp Coordinator Brian Kamm (303) 828-8280 if you are interested in hosting).
Troop Track Sign Up
Published by
David Hilgartner under
Adventure Race on
November 12, 2019
2019 ADVENTURE RACE
the 2019 Adventure Race is upon us!
Calling all Knights and Men-at-Arms! The annual Troop 16 Adventure Race is on! The theme this year, back by popular demand, is Monty Python’s Quest for the Holy Grail. Join us in this life-sized race through over a dozen challenges scattered around Peaceful Valley as you seek enough power to get past the Black Knight, defeat the Killer Rabbit, and claim the Grail. You will enjoy the Royal Feast afterwards.
Contact your Camp Host, Dave Hilgartner, with questions about the campout, or your Gamemaster, Rob Beyerly, with questions about what the heck a Grail is.
Parents, please consider coming out for the weekend or just for the day on Saturday. We need lots of help to pull it off. Peaceful Valley is located at Peaceful Valley Scout Ranch, North Elbert Road, Elbert, CO.
SIGN UP HERE: https://bsa16.trooptrack.com/plan/events/1084742
RSVP by Friday, Nov 8.
We meet at the PUMC church parking lot at 4 pm on 11/15/19. As always, please bring your dinner for Friday.
Driving Directions to Peaceful Valley
Basic Gear Checklist
Published by
Colleen Combest under
T16 on
November 4, 2019
REMINDER: Please pay your dues on TroopTrack by Tuesday Nov 5 and turn in your new BSA background check at the troop meeting tomorrow.
Greetings Troop! It’s Rechartering time again! Thanks to all of you for your continued support for Troop 16. If recharter seems early this year, that’s because it is. Denver Area Council is now following a Jan 1-Dec 31 calendar.
Click HERE to access Recharter on TroopTrack.
- Deadline to pay dues is Nov 5, 2019.
- Adult fee $36 Youth Fee $72 which includes Boys Life
- If you want to waive Boys Life, post a message in TroopTrack and we will credit your Scout Account.
- All adults must have YPT current through at least Feb 2020 and provide a new signed background check disclosure.
- $100 popcorn packs are available for sale through Council. Scouts earn $35 per pack to help pay for the dues increase. Contact Mrs. Arambula for details.
- Questions? Contact Colleen Combest prior to the registration deadline.
Please be kind and register on time!
Colleen Combest – Committee Chair