Adirondack Winter Venturee
Feb 21- 23, 2025
Check out this all inclusive Winter Venturee! Sleeping in Adirondacks, Gourmet/no - stove/outdoor cooking, hands on learning cooking techniques.
Learn how to sleep in the outdoors during the winter, build your own shelter and sleep in it, learn first lighting techniques, create fire starters, learn knots, how to take care of your cast iron, how to work together as a team to prepare your own food.
Weekend Registration Deadline is February 7, 2025 (all numbers are firm and payment sent)
Day Registration Deadline is February 14, 2025 (all numbers are firm and payment sent)
Winter Camp for Scouts, Venturers, Pathfinders, Rangers, TREX
Venturers/Rangers/TREX/Pathfinders - Sleeping in Adirondacks
Scouts/Pathfinders - Sleeping in Cabins or sleeping in Adirondacks
Come For The Weekend
Gates open: Feb 21 - starting 6:30pm, Pick up Feb 23at 11am
Weekend Cost: $60 per youth, camping, event crest, all activities and food included (first 2 Scouters/Guiders free, $50 each after 2)
Bring: your own dishes, mugs, water bottles, camp chairs, sleds/toboggans with Helmet and personal equipment (personal items and bedding), 10 pairs of socks and what ever else you need to camp outside in the winter. PACKING LIST HERE
Come For Just Saturday
Gates open: Feb 22 starting 9:00am
Day Cost: $30 per person (Youth and Scouters/Guiders) - includes food for the day, all activities and event crest
Bring: your own dishes, mugs, water bottles, camp chairs, sleds/toboggans with Helmet and personal equipment (personal items and bedding), 10 pairs of socks and what ever else you need to camp outside in the winter. DAY PACKING LIST HERE
Winter Camping How-To
We know that not everyone knows how to winter camp. Here are some helpful tips:
Download Winter Camping Tip Sheet
Download Winter Camping Presentation
Before you get to Camp:
Review All Winter Camping Information Here
Event ERP: EVENT ERP
Scouter's Manual: Download Scouter Package
Menu
Friday Mug up: Hot dog roast (chicken/beef, halal chicken and veg hot dogs), buns, condiments, hot drinks, water
Saturday Breakfast: Boil in a bag omelet into a breakfast burrito - you pick your fixings and a no egg option, hash brown skillet and Dutch Oven Baby (blueberry)
Saturday Lunch: Roasting everything - meat, veg, tofu including turkey in a garbage can and roasted beef and Dutch oven dessert (peach cobbler or apple crisp)
Saturday Supper: Dutch Oven me this....Potato Curry Dutch Oven, Lasagna, Cowboy Casserole, What's a Tin Foil Oven?....Pull apart cinnamon buns
Saturday Mug up: Baked Apples
Sunday Breakfast: Oatmeal Bar - oatmeal, raisons and fruit.
Snacks: Cookies, granola bars
Drinks: Coffee, hot chocolate, tea/herbal tea, cold water, drink crystals
Program
OAS Winter Skills and Winter FUN!
I can pack a day pack for a winter outing
I know how to watch my fellow scouts for signs of exposure to the cold
I have attended a winter campfire
I have used a toboggan or sled to transport equipment
I can properly set up my sleeping area to stay warm
I am able to pack the appropriate clothing for a two night winter camp
I can lay and light a fire in winter conditions for warmth an cooking and I can light a small fire.
I have baked a dessert at a winter camp
I have used a fire to cook a tin foil dinner
I have cooked a lunch over an open fire
I understand the layering principle when dressing for winter activities and apply it to all activities.
I know to avoid ice or open water without an adult present.
I know how to prevent and treat hypothermia and frostbite.
Over the fire gourmet cooking skills - you do the cooking!!
With a small group, I have built an emergency shelter in winter.
I have participated in a winter sport
I have completed a winter hike of at least 3 km or I have completed two winter hikes of at least 1 km.
I can identify the North Star and three other features in the winter night sky.
I know how to find shelter from the wind on a cold day.
I know how to pack extra clothes for winter outings.
I know how to keep my feet dry while I am outside in the winter.
I have helped plan a menu for a winter camp
I have helped cook meals at winter camp.
I have traveled in snow using snowshoes
I have spent two consecutive nights at winter camp
Schedule
Friday:
6:30pm Gates open - Please do not come earlier - refer to Parking Information Sheet
***Toboggan your personal items to your location (OAS Criteria checked off) (weather dependent)
7:00pm Set up Campsite or set up bunks in cabins, Evening Programming in your Adirondack/cabin - make fires at campfire pits, bring cards and board games, explore camp
9:00pm Mug up at Activity Shelter for Adirondacks and Cabins will have mug up in cabin bins.
9:30 pm Registration and Scouter's Meeting at Activity Shelter
Saturday:
7:00am Wake Up and get ready for the day
8:00am Prep and Cook Breakfast at Activity Shelter
Breakfast at Activity Shelter (bring your mess kit and camp chair)
9:00am Day Participants - Gates open, Lower Gate Parking Lot, Registration at Activity Shelter
9:30am Opening - Lion's Lodge Flag Pole
10:00am Morning Activities:
How to care for Cast Iron - divide into 4 groups around Greenwood Cabin
Prep Great Feast Lunch - Turkey in Garbage Can, Roasting Meat, Roasting Veg, etc
Round Robin Sessions for rest of morning:
Fire - char cloth, how to light fire, wax sticks, how to feather Fire - char cloth, how to light fire, wax sticks,, etc - Tent Site F
How to Winter Hammock Camp - Tent Site F
How to Winter Camp - site, equipment, packing, stay warm sleep outside, etc - Tent Site F
How to sharpen your knife - Tent Site F
How to feather logs - Tent Site H/I
12:00pm (or 2 hours after activities start) Lunch at Activity Shelter (bring your mess kit and camp chair)
1:30pm (or 1 1/2 hour after lunch starts) Afternoon Activities
Round Robin Sessions for rest of afternoon:
Fire - char cloth, how to light fire, wax sticks, etc - Tent Site G
How to Winter Hammock Camp - Tent Site G
How to Winter Camp -site, equipment, packing, stay warm sleep outside, etc - Tent Site F
Leave no Trace - Activity Shelter
Winter Safety - Water Safety - Activity Shelter Field
How to sharpen your knife - Tent Site F
How to feather logs - Tent Site F
Making Tin foil Oven - Activity Shelter
Knots - Knot Shack
How to build shelter to sleep in - Knot Shack
5:00pm Prep Dinner in Dutch Ovens and Tin Foil Ovens
6:00pm Dinner at Activity Shelter (bring your mess kit and camp chair)
7:00pm Dinner Clean Up, Prep Mug Up and then Free Time
***Day Participants may want to leave after Dinner or stay for campfire
7:30pm Camp Fire - Activity Shelter Field (bring camp chair)
8:00pm Mug up at Activity Shelter for everyone (bring mess kit and camp chair)
8:30pm Back to Adirondacks/cabins for night or star gazing in Activity Pavilion Field or explore, etc
Sunday:
7:30am Wake Up and Pack self
8:30am Breakfast in Cabins or at Activity Shelter
9:30am Closing - Lion's Lodge Flag Pole
10:00am Clean Adirondacks/cabins (Camp Master Check Out is needed to leave)
11:00am Pick up - both parking lots (refer to parking instructions)