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Future Summer Camps

Here are links to potential summer camps for 2013 and beyond (listed in order of distance from Fort Collins). Tell the Scoutmaster your preferences.

IN COLORADO—

• Peaceful Valley Scout Ranch/Camp Dobbins, Elbert, CO (pool, dining hall, camp tents, 130 miles)
• Peaceful Valley Scout Ranch/Camp Dietler, Elbert, CO (pool, patrol cooking, camp tents, 130 miles)
• BSA Camp Alexander, Lake George, CO (pool, dining hall, camp tents, 180 miles)

OUT OF STATE, BY BUS—

• Medicine Mountain Scout Ranch, Custer, South Dakota (patrol cooking, bring our own tents, sightseeing in Black Hills, 300 miles)
• Gorham Scout Ranch, Chimayo, New Mexico (dining hall, camp tents, Sangre de Cristo mountains west of Philmont, 400 miles)
• BSA Camp Buffalo Bill, just east of Yellowstone National Park near Cody, Wyoming (dining hall, bring our own tents, 480 miles)
• K-M Scout Ranch, Lewistown, Montana (dining hall, bring our own tents, ghost town & gold mine on camp, 620 miles)
• BSA Camp Raymond, Flagstaff, Arizona (pool dining hall, bring our own tents, 760 miles)
• BSA Camp Geronimo, Payson, Arizona (pool, dining hall, camp tents + adirondacks, 850 miles)
• BSA Camp Melita Island, Flathead Lake, Polson, Montana (patrol cooking, bring our own tents, camp is on its own island, 910 miles)

Where to Get Scout Uniforms/Equipment

Loveland
Loveland Scout Store (operated by the Longs Peak Council)
at the Loveland Outlet Mall, south complex (I-25 & US34)
5604 McWhinney Blvd
hours, noon—7 pm, Monday through Saturday
970-203-9530

Denver
BSA Scout Shop (neat place to visit)
NOTE that the Scout Shop has moved from its long-time location by Mile High Stadium.
Hamilton Scout Headquarters, 10455 W 6th Ave, Suite 125, Denver, CO 80215
normal hours: Monday-Friday, 9 am to 6 pm & Saturday, 9 am to 3 pm

Online—BSA National Supply Online Retail Store
available on the Internet at www.scoutstuff.org/bsasupply

BSA Online Training for Adults

Here's a quick and fairly painless way to learn more about Scouting. Most take an hour or less. Some will be required for certain Troop 97 activities (click here for a single-sheet summary of training requirements for adults in various Scouting roles). Why wait? Find out more!
Go to the BSA Online Learning Center page for training, including:

• BSA Youth Protection (required for all registered adults and on many activities; valid for 2 years)
• BSA "Hazardous Weather Training" (required for at least one adult on all outings; valid for 2 years)
• BSA Safe Swim Defense and Safety Afloat (how to have safe aquatic activities; valid for 2 years)
• BSA "Trek Safely" (required for adults on treks; valid for 2 years)

• BSA "Boy Scout Leader Fast Start" (great orientation about troop-level Scouting; valid forever)
• BSA "This Is Scouting" (introductory training; valid forever; replaces "New Leader Essentials")

• BSA "Climb On Safely" (training for climbing activities—NOTE that conducting a climbing/rappelling activity requires specialized certification well beyond this introductory training; valid for 2 years)
• BSA "Troop Committee Challenge" (good orientation about troop committee functions; valid indefinitely)

• Uniformed Adult Leaders—Requirements for Scouters Training Award & knot (PDF)