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BACKPACKING & HIKING
Upcoming
backpacking and/or hiking outings:
Backpacking Merit
Badge Requirements
http://www.meritbadge.com/mb/026.htm
Hiking Merit Badge
Requirements
http://www.meritbadge.com/mb/061.htm
Backpacking and
Hiking Trailhead for Yosemite Hikes http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Falls/9200/backpacking_and_hiking.html
Troop
494 Hiking Stick Program
Troop 494 has a hiking stick program that allows others to acknowledge
the many miles each Scout hiked. A hiking stick is awarded for scouts
that have hiked at least 20 miles. The various colored caps indicate the
number of miles a specific Scout trekked regardless whether the event
was backpacking or hiking. Furthermore, the bands depict significant
hikes the certain Scout experienced. In conclusion, this program allows
each Scout to be acknowledged by others for his accomplishments.
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CAPS |
White:
Green:
Blue:
Red:
Silver:
Gold: |
0
- 25 miles
26 - 75 miles
76 - 150 miles
151- 250 miles
251- 350 miles
351+ miles |
Novice
Hiker
Beginning
Hiker
Intermediate
Hiker
Expert
Hiker
Trekker
Explorer |
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| BANDS |
| Hiking: |
Green:
10-19 miles
Red: 20+ miles |
| Backpacking: |
Yellow:
5-9 miles
Blue: 10+ miles |
| Special
Hikes: |
Black
with Yellow band with ID |
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These will be
determined by the hiking committee but will include hikes such
as Half Dome, Upper Yosemite Falls, completing ROTB, 50-miling
hike outing, earning patches for the Skyline-to-sea, Sunol
Wilderness, Fages 20 miler, etc.
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Other Hiking Links:
San Francisco Bay Trail
http://www.baytrail.org/
The Bay Trail is a planned recreational corridor that, when
complete, will encircle San Francisco and San Pablo Bays with a
continuous 400-mile network of bicycling and hiking trails.
Bay Area Hiking Trail Index.
http://www.bahiker.com/ A
complete guide to all of the trails in the Bay Area with hiking reports.
Click on the trail index for a complete list of trails.
Midpeninsula Open Space Reserves
http://www.openspace.org/
Information for the thousands of acres of open space in the peninsula
available for hiking.
TEST
YOUR HIKING KNOWLEDGE
Past Troop 494
Backpack and Hiking Outings
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Big Basin State
Park to Waddell Beach
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Black Mountain
Hike (High Venture and Troop Hikes)
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Rim of the Bay
hikes at Pinnacles, Mt. Tamalpais, Mt. Diablo, Pt. Reyes and Mission
Peak
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Henry Coe
State Park backpacking
Links to
backpacking skills and information
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