Outdoor Skills
The Outdoor Skills Department at Seven Ranges stands as one of the most progressive and interesting departments at camp. Over the past few years, with the initiative of the Outdoor Skills staff, the department has undergone a complete facelift. Although it still includes all the old programs, which lie at the heart of Scouting’s outdoor camping program, the department has expanded to include many new issues that address modern camping enthusiasts. These include, but are not limited to, the Leave No Trace standards of outdoor ethics as well as instruction for unit leaders on how to take their units into the backcountry safely with the Trek Safely certification.
Even with these additions, the Outdoor Skills Department remains dedicated to ensuring the highest level of quality in the instruction of all Scoutcraft skills. Those include camping, cooking, knots, splices and lashings, fire building, survival skills, wood tool skills, orienteering and much, much more. The Jones Outdoor Skills Lodge serves as the headquarters for the Outdoor Skills program area.
MERIT BADGES
The Outdoor Skills program area offers the following merit badges/certifications:
TREK SAFELY
A guide to unit trek planning designed to help Scouting groups to be fully prepared for back-country treks. Certification can be obtained in about an hour. It applies to all types of treks which involve at least one overnight. Learn the seven points of Trek Safely and provide better leadership to your unit.
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PAUL BUNYAN WOODSMAN AWARD
This is an award open to both youth and adults. Those wishing to work on this award must have and instruct Totin-Chip at camp in the presence of an Outdoor Skills Department staff member.
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