High Adventure
Our Troops go to high adventure every year. These trips are opportunities of a lifetime and offer scouts a tremendous experience for personal growth. BSA high adventure bases are open to Scouts who are 14 years-old at the time of camp. We have a rotation that will allow a Scout to attend Philmont, Northern Tier and Sea Base (earning the Triple Crown award) over the course of their scouting career.
Philmont Scout Ranch
Philmont Scout Ranch is the Boy Scouts of America’s largest National High-Adventure Base. It covers 140,177 acres of rugged mountain wilderness in the Sangre de Cristo range of the Rocky Mountains in northeastern New Mexico. Philmont Scout Ranch operates 35 staffed camps and 55 trail camps across the rugged terrain that range in elevation from 6,500 to 12,441 feet. In addition to providing an unforgettable adventure in backpacking across miles of rugged, rocky trails, Philmont Scout Ranch offers programs that feature the best of the old west—horseback riding, burro packing, gold panning, chuckwagon dinners, and interpretive history—with exciting challenges for today such as rock climbing, mountain biking, and sport shooting. It’s an unbeatable recipe for fast-paced fun in the outdoors.
Northern Tier BSA
Northern Tier is the Boy Scouts of America’s gateway to adventure in the Great Northwoods. In the summer, Scouts from Northern Tier’s three wilderness canoe bases explore millions of acres of pristine lakes, meandering rivers, dense forests and wetlands in Northern Minnesota, Northwest Ontario and Northeast Manitoba. Northern Tier crews paddle in almost 6 million acres of exclusively canoe-access wilderness from the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) of Minnesota to the Atikaki Provincial Park of Manitoba. Trips range in length from 6-14 days and usually include between 50-150 miles of wilderness travel.
Sea Base BSA
Sea Base now operates 18 different High Adventure programs for scouts out of five locations: two in the Florida Keys, one in the U.S. Virgin Islands, and one in Marsh Harbour, Bahamas.
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Coral Reef Sailing, Sea Exploring, Eco Sailing, Keys Adventure Sailing, Island Expedition, Scuba Adventure, Scuba Certification, Scuba Live Aboard, and Scuba Advanced Marine Exploration operate in the Florida Keys at Mile Marker 73.8 at Florida Sea Base on Lower Matecumbe Key located 75 miles south of Miami.
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Out Island Adventure, Keys Adventure, Florida Fishing, and Marine Eco Expedition programs operate in the Florida Keys on Summerland Key at Mile Marker 23.8 at the Brinton Environmental Center located 125 miles south of Miami.
Summit Bechtel Reserve
Situated in the wilds of West Virginia, The Summit is a training, Scouting, and adventure center for the millions of youth and adults involved in the Boy Scouts of America and anyone who loves the outdoors. The Summit Experience program lets you try all The Summit’s high adventure activities–BMX, skateboarding, mountain biking, zip lines, canopy tours, hunter’s education, climbing, shooting sports and more.
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