Winter High Adventure

Plans are progressing for our winter high adventure camp. We will embark on a camping trip into the Boundary Waters Canoe area near Ely, MN. 

 

Departure will be on Thursday January 17th to travel to Virginia for one night in a hotel. We will get to Ely on Friday morning to get winter camping gear (tents with wood stoves) then ski or snow shoe  into boundary waters and set up camp. We will break camp and on Monday, January 21 to  return rented equipment and drive back to Rochester. Schools are not in session Friday or Monday so youth will not miss any school. 

 

Activities will include: cross country skiing, snow shoeing, ice fishing and possibly dog sledding. At night we should have good star gazing and possibly be treated to a show of the aurora borealis AKA "Northern Lights". 

 

We will rent canvas tents with wood stoves to experience hot tent camping. Scouts will also have options to make a quinzhee or sleep under the stars.