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Posted by Jeff Gibbs on
September 21, 2017
The signup for the Outober campout, shooting sports is now open. Boys will be able to work on their rifle and shotgun shooting for the merit badges, or to improve their skills. Each boy attending the campout to shoot, must have been through one of Troop 16’s Home Firearm Safety courses. Signup links for both the campout and the HFS course are available from the campout’s information page. Signup for the campout closes October 10th, at midnight.
Direct link to sign ups (must login first) : Campout , FHS Course
Posted by Jeff Gibbs on
September 1, 2017
Back by popular demand, the September campout will be a backpacking trip. We will travel to Lost Creek Wilderness area and hike approximately 3 miles along the Wigwam trail for an amazing weekend experience. Scouts will hike through the valley with views of nearby Bison and Windy Peak and work on skills such as fire starting, water filtration/purification, land navigation and how to properly set up/break down camp in the back country. Signup: Here
Posted by Jeff Gibbs on
July 26, 2017
There are over 50 Fourteeners (summits above 14,000 feet) in Colorado. How many have you bagged? The August campout will be your chance to join the elite Fouteener club or to add to your list of summits. Mt. Sherman (14,036 feet) will be our objective. We will hike from the trailhead 2500 feet below the summit to to qualify for the Colorado Fourteener Club patch and summit before noon on Saturday. Weather permitting, we will have a campfire on Saturday night.
Sign up: HERE
Posted by Jeff Gibbs on
June 10, 2017
Please join us for a fun weekend of mountain biking at the Airforce Academy. Everyone who signs up will need to provide their own bike for this campout. Campout is June 23-25, 2017. Signup deadline is Tuesday, June 13, 2017 at midnight. Click Here to Sign up now!
Posted by Jeff Gibbs on
April 5, 2017
The April Campout is devoted to camping, a headlamp cave tour in Glenwood Caverns and Adventure Park Admittance. We will be staying on the land owned by the Caverns, and will get a free, private guided headlamp tours in return for a Trash pickup service project.
To find out more about the caves and attractions at Glenwood Caverns, click here.
To find out more and to sign up, click here.
Posted by Jeff Gibbs on
March 14, 2017
The Parker Police Department is hosting a merit badge training for area boy and girl scouts. This training will help cover the scout requirements for the following four sections:
Crime Prevention
Fingerprinting and Evidence
Emergency Preparedness
Police officer questions and police car
Each section of the training will be approximately 30 minutes, and the scout groups will rotate through each of the four sections.
The police department will be hosting a large number of scouts at this presentation. In order to allow the maximum number of scouts to take advantage of this training, they ask that only scouts and leaders attend.
Wednesday March 29th 5:30 -7:30 p.m.
Sign Up: Here
Posted by Jeff Gibbs on
February 20, 2017
Colorado has some of the finest slopes for skiing or shredding. Join the troop on the slopes at Ski Cooper during the March campout. Signups are now open for the weekend. Check out the March 2017 – Snow Sports informational page to get signed up.
Posted by Jeff Gibbs on
February 1, 2017
The signup is now open to attend the February 2017 campout. The troop will be spending the weekend near Fraser, Colorado. We will be at the St. Louis Creek Campground (link). If there is enough snow, quinzee building will be started Saturday morning, and tubing at Colorado Adventure Park in the evening. Please view the signup page for more information.
Posted by Jeff Gibbs on
January 3, 2017
The January 2017 campout signup is now open, signups close January 10th, at midnight. The troop will be going back to YMCA of the Rockies to brave the cold weather and try to earn the Polar Bear patch for sleeping in sub-zero degree temperatures. Everyone will stay warm by having lots of fun during the day and playing lots of fun games. Please see the information page for more details and to signup.
Posted by Jeff Gibbs on
October 7, 2016
The October 2016 campout sign-up is now live. You do not want to miss this opportunity to spend several hours caving the less explored caves of Cave of the Winds! with an extra option to do Zip-Lining!!! An extra pair of clothes and shoes just for caving will be needed. Sign-up deadline is October 11th, no exceptions, so sign-up now to reserve your spot. Click HERE to be directed to the sign up page. You must be logged on to view this page.