When Are You Leaving and How Long Will You Be Gone?

Know the length of a camping trip so that you can take along enough food, clothing, fuel, and gear. Based on their duration, three kinds of scout camping are short term, long-term, and high adventure:

• Short-term camping includes one-night outings and weekend trips. any troops and patrols try to go camping once a month or more, often in local parks or at BSA campgrounds.
• Long-term campmg alIows you to spend at least six days and five nights with your troop at Scout camp or on expeditions into the back-country, along rivers and lakes, or over the open road. These longer trips often occur in the summer, but you might have opportunities for winter outings, too.
• High-adventure treks begin at adventure bases operated by the BSA National Council or a BSA local council, Some troops also plan and embark on their own high-adventure treks. On journeys of a week or longer, you can push toward a mountaintop, paddle your canoe across wilderness lakes, or even sail a ship on the open sea. (For more information, see Passport to High Adventure, BSA publication No. 4310.)