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Bear Paw Winter Camping

BearPaw is our Council’s outdoor winter camping experience for Scouts BSA troops and Venturing crews. 

Scout-O-Rama

Scout-O-Rama is a fun event for the whole community to showcase Scouting. Over 120 interactive, hands-on Scouting activities will be on display hosted by local Scout groups. Some of the cool activities include building and shooting water rockets, walking on a monkey bridge, shooting an Air-powered BB, racing a pinewood derby car and seeing outdoor cooking demonstrations.  Enjoy food for sale from a variety of unique food trucks. Everyone is invited be a Scout for a day at Scout O Rama!

Scouts BSA Summer Camp

The highlight for many Scouts BSA members is summer camp and our camps offers a variety of fun and challenging outdoor activities.

Family Camp

Come join us for a weekend of family camping near the coast in the beautiful California redwoods of Santa Cruz & Santa Clara Counties. Archery, nature hikes, campfires, games, sports, and FUN! Great food, starting with cracker barrel Friday night, breakfast, lunch, and dinner on Saturday and Sunday breakfast.

Scout-O-Rama

Scout-O-Rama is a fun event for the whole community to showcase Scouting. Over 120 interactive, hands-on Scouting activities will be on display hosted by local Scout groups. Over 5,000 participants are expected to attend over the course of the day. Some of the cool activities include building and shooting water rockets, walking on a monkey bridge, shooting an Air-powered BB, throwing a tomahawk, racing a pinewood derby car and seeing outdoor cooking demonstrations.  Enjoy food for sale from a variety of unique food trucks. Everyone is invited be a Scout for a day at Scout O Rama!

Visit the Scout-O-Rama page for more information.

Scouts BSA Summer Camp

The highlight for many Scouts BSA members is summer camp and our camps offers a variety of fun and challenging outdoor activities.

Camp Hi-Sierra

Camp Hi-Sierra is a 7-day 6-night Scout camp located in the Sierra Nevada Mountains offering exciting and extensive Scouting opportunities for boys and girls.  Offering a variety of fun and exciting programs, Scout can participate in climbing, biking, disc golf, boating, polar bear swim, archery, and overnight trips to the Clavey River.

If you would like to join us for summer camp at Camp Hi-Sierra please click here.

If you have any questions, please contact camping@svmbc.org.

Family Camp

Come join us for a weekend of family camping near the coast in the beautiful California redwoods of Santa Cruz & Santa Clara Counties. Archery, nature hikes, campfires, games, sports, and FUN! Great food, starting with cracker barrel Friday night, breakfast, lunch, and dinner on Saturday and Sunday breakfast.

Typical Activities
  • Crafts
  • Nature
  • Archery
  • Air-powered BB
  • Climbing
  • Metal work
  • Scout Skills
  • Games
  • Safety
  • & More

On top of this, the program will include a campfire, guided hikes and ample time for recreation and relaxation. Let us take the stress out of planning another event and come experience a weekend full of Scouting fun!

Who can Attend?

The Family Camping opportunities are open to all Scouting families. The programs are varied enough to appeal to all ages and stages, so bring the whole family from siblings to friends to grand parents.

Required Forms

Health Form (part A & B only) for all youth and adults.

Firearm Permission Form for youth attending events that involve shooting sports.

Where?

Camp Chesebrough Scout Reservation:  Straddling the Santa Cruz-San Mateo county border and nestled in the Santa Cruz Mountains, Camp Chesebrough is is a 544 acre nature retreat.

Camp Hi-Sierra: 29211 CA-108, Long Barn, CA 95335

If you have any questions about Family Camp, please contact camping@svmbc.org.

Powder Horn

Open to both registered adults and youth who are at least 13 and have completed the 8th grade, Powder Horn is a hands-on resource management course designed to give you the contacts and tools necessary to conduct an awesome high-adventure program in your troop, team, crew, or ship. 

The course will feature a variety of high adventure hands-on activities including climbing, wilderness survival, geocaching, orienteering, archery, fly fishing, sailing, Discovery Scuba, equestrian, stand up paddling, kayaking, and more.

Bear Paw Winter Camping

BearPaw is our Council’s outdoor winter camping experience for Scouts BSA troops and Venturing crews.  It was the featured [front page] article in the January 2014 issue of Boy’s Life magazine as a premier national BSA event. The outdoor camping experience allows participants to put into practice what they learned during troop meetings, which is camping in the snow or a very cold environment within a very safe environment accompanied by a couple hundred fellow Scouters.

Visit the Bear Paw Winter Camping Page for more information.

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