Scouting in Colorado has a long history, from the 1910s to the present day.
Early history (1910–1950)
Scouting got a brisk start in
Colorado
Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of t ...
. The
Denver
Denver () is a consolidated city and county, the capital, and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Its population was 715,522 at the 2020 census, a 19.22% increase since 2010. It is the 19th-most populous city in the Unit ...
Council was founded in 1915, and in 1926 changed its name to the Denver Area Council, which it remains to this day.
The
Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs is a home rule municipality in, and the county seat of, El Paso County, Colorado, United States. It is the largest city in El Paso County, with a population of 478,961 at the 2020 United States Census, a 15.02% increase since ...
Council was founded in 1916, and in 1922 changed its name to the El Paso and Teller Counties Council. That council in 1925 changed its name to Pikes Peak Council, which it remains to this day. Pikes Peak Council is home to the oldest continually-chartered troop in the state of Colorado, Troop 2, originally chartered to
Colorado Springs' First Presbyterian Church in October 1917.
The
Greeley Council was founded in 1916, and in 1924 changed its name to the Weld and Morgan Counties Council. That council in 1928 changed its name to Longs Peak Council, which it remains to this day. The
Fort Collins
A fortification is a military construction or building designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is also used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from Latin ''fortis'' ("strong") and ''facere'' ...
Council and
Longmont
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Longmont's ...
Council, each founded in 1917, merged in 1919 into what is now the Longs Peak Council. The
Boulder
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In c ...
Council, also created in 1917, was merged into the Council in 1920. The Southeastern Wyoming Council of Cheyenne merged into Longs Peak Council in 1928.
The Trinidad-
Las Animas County
Las Animas County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,555. The county seat is Trinidad. The county takes its name from the Mexican Spanish name of the Purgatoire River, originally c ...
Council, founded in 1917, changed its name to the Las Animas County Council in 1924. This and the
Arkansas Valley Council, founded in 1924, merged in 1927 to become the
Spanish Peaks
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The two peak ...
Council. The Pueblo Council was founded in 1920, and in 1928 changed its name to the Rocky Mountain Council, which it remains to this day. The Spanish Peaks Council merged into Rocky Mountain Council in 1932.
The Western Colorado Council was founded in 1942, and is one of the very few councils that did not undergo a name change or merger in its entire history until 2019. May 1, 2019 Western Area Council merged into the Denver Area Council. The new area council will now serve 24 counties, which includes more than 34,000 youth. The former council area is now the Majestic Mesas District of the Denver Area Council.
During
World War II
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,
Japanese American
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s interned at the
Granada War Relocation Center
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set up a separate ''Amache District'' for
Scouts
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at the camp, after the camp's unofficial name ''Camp Amache''.
Recent history (1950–1990)
In 1952, a Capital Fund Campaign was held to raise money for a new camp, Tomahawk Ranch.
Pikes Peak Council served as host to the
1960 National Scout Jamboree
The National Scout jamboree is a gathering, or jamboree, of thousands of members of the Boy Scouts of America, usually held every four years and organized by the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America. Referred to as "the Jamboree", "Ja ...
, held north of Colorado Springs adjacent to the United States Air Force Academy, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Boy Scouts of America.
*In 1927, the
Arkansas Valley Council (#669) (founded in 1924), merged with
Las Animas County Council
Scouting in Colorado has a long history, from the 1910s to the present day.
Early history (1910–1950)
Scouting got a brisk start in Colorado. The Denver Council was founded in 1915, and in 1926 changed its name to the Denver Area Council, whic ...
(#064) (formed in 1924) to form the
Spanish Peaks Council (#064).
*The
Boulder Council was formed in 1917.
*The
Colorado Springs Council was formed in 1916. The
El Paso & Teller Counties Council (#060) was formed in 1922. In 1925 the two councils merged to become the
Pikes Peak Council (#060)
*The
Denver Council was formed in 1915, and changed its name in 1926 to the
Denver Area Council
Scouting in Colorado has a long history, from the 1910s to the present day.
Early history (1910–1950)
Scouting got a brisk start in Colorado. The Denver Council was founded in 1915, and in 1926 changed its name to the Denver Area Council, whic ...
(#061).
*The
Fort Collins Council
Scouting in Colorado has a long history, from the 1910s to the present day.
Early history (1910–1950)
Scouting got a brisk start in Colorado. The Denver Council was founded in 1915, and in 1926 changed its name to the Denver Area Council, whic ...
was established in 1917.
*The
Greeley Council
Scouting in Colorado has a long history, from the 1910s to the present day.
Early history (1910–1950)
Scouting got a brisk start in Colorado. The Denver Council was founded in 1915, and in 1926 changed its name to the Denver Area Council, whic ...
(#062) was established in 1916. It became the
Weld & Morgan Counties Council
Scouting in Colorado has a long history, from the 1910s to the present day.
Early history (1910–1950)
Scouting got a brisk start in Colorado. The Denver Council was founded in 1915, and in 1926 changed its name to the Denver Area Council, whic ...
in 1924.
*The
Longmont Council
Scouting in Colorado has a long history, from the 1910s to the present day.
Early history (1910–1950)
Scouting got a brisk start in Colorado. The Denver Council was founded in 1915, and in 1926 changed its name to the Denver Area Council, whic ...
was formed in 1917.
*The
Longs Peak Council
Scouting in Colorado has a long history, from the 1910s to the present day.
Early history (1910–1950)
Scouting got a brisk start in Colorado. The Denver Council was founded in 1915, and in 1926 changed its name to the Denver Area Council, whic ...
(#062) formed in 1925 from the merger of Longs Peak Council (#689), Weld & Morgan Counties and
Southeastern Wyoming Council
Scouting in Colorado has a long history, from the 1910s to the present day.
Early history (1910–1950)
Scouting got a brisk start in Colorado. The Denver Council was founded in 1915, and in 1926 changed its name to the Denver Area Council, whic ...
(#639).
*The
Pueblo Council (#063) was formed in 1920 and became the
Rocky Mountain Council (#063) in 1928.
*The
Trinidad-Las Animas County Council was formed in 1917.
Scouting in Colorado today
There are five
Boy Scouts of America
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(BSA) local councils and a single
Girl Scouts of the USA
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council in Colorado, merged from an original five.
The first National Wider Opportunity for Senior Girl Scouts, "Recall the Riches restore the Ruins," was held in Central City in 1973. In 1979, "Sky Hi Ski," a National Wider Opportunity, was held at YMCA Snow Mountain Ranch near Granby and a Senior Girl Scout troop from Mile Hi Council participates in the opening ceremonies at the Winter Olympics at Lake Placid.
, all Girl Scouts from the state are joined as ''Girl Scouts of Colorado Council''.
Denver Area Council
![Denver Area Council HQ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/Denver_Area_Council_HQ.jpg)
The ''Denver Area Council'' of the
Boy Scouts of America
The Boy Scouts of America (BSA, colloquially the Boy Scouts) is one of the largest scouting organizations and one of the largest youth organizations in the United States, with about 1.2 million youth participants. The BSA was founded i ...
is headquartered in
Lakewood, Colorado
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, and supports
Scouting
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units and youth in an area of central
Colorado
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from Arapahoe and Adams Counties east to the
Continental Divide
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.
Organization
For traditional units, the council is split into districts related by school districts. These districts are:
* Alpine - Serving SCHOOL DISTRICTS Jefferson County, Gilpin County, Clear Creek County, and Platte Canyon School District
* Black Feather — Serving SCHOOL DISTRICTS Douglas County, Littleton, Sheridan, Englewood, and Elbert County
* Centennial — Serving SCHOOL DISTRICTS Aurora Public School, Bennett School District, Byers School District, Cherry Creek School District, Deer Trail School District, and the Strasburg
* Frontier — Serving SCHOOL DISTRICTS Denver Public Schools
* Majestic Mesas - Serving SCHOOL DISTRICTS Delta County School District, Dolores County School District, Gunnison Watershed School District, Hinsdale County School District, Mesa County Valley School District, Montrose County School District, Norwood Public Schools, Ouray School District, Ridgway School District, Telluride School District, and the West End School District
* Three Rivers - Serving SCHOOL DISTRICTS Aspen School District 1, DeBeque, Eagle County, East Grand, Garfield County School District 16 (Grand Valley School District 16), Garfield School District RE-2, Hayden, Lake County, Meeker, Moffat County, Park County, Plateau Valley, Rangely, Roaring Fork, South Routt, Steamboat Springs, and the Summit
* Valley — Serving SCHOOL DISTRICTS Brighton, Adams 12 and Adams 14, Mapleton, Westminster 50, and the Boulder Valley
* The new Majestic Mesas and Three Rivers district encompasses the former Western Colorado Council.
The council, also, has non-geographic districts to support non-traditional programs operated by the council. These districts are:
* Venturing — Serving all young men and women ages 14–20
* LeAP (Leadership Assistance Program);— In-school traditional Scouting in Denver County and our Soccer in Scouting program
* Learning for Life — Serving youth in Denver
* Special Needs — Serving youth with disabilities throughout the Metropolitan Area
* Exploring — Serving ages 14–21 in career exploration in the Denver Metropolitan Area
Programs and activities
National Youth Leadership Training
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(NYLT) is a week-long youth oriented leadership training experience held for five weeks during the summer.
Camps
The Denver Area Council operates camps in two locations in Colorado. The primary camp, ''Peaceful Valley Scout Ranch'', is located in
Elbert, Colorado
Elbert is an unincorporated town, a post office, and a census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by Elbert County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Elb ...
. The second, smaller camp, is ''Camp Tahosa'', located near
Nederland, Colorado
Nederland (, ) is a statutory town located near Barker Meadow Reservoir in the foothills of southwest Boulder County, Colorado, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census it had a population of 1,445.
History
Nederland was established in ...
.
=Tahosa High Adventure Base
=
''Camp Tahosa (TH)'' is a camp near
Ward, Colorado
Ward is a home rule municipality in Boulder County, Colorado, United States. The population was 150 at the 2010 census. The town is a former mining settlement founded in 1860 in the wake of the discovery of gold at nearby Gold Hill. Once one ...
, serving the
Denver Area Council
Scouting in Colorado has a long history, from the 1910s to the present day.
Early history (1910–1950)
Scouting got a brisk start in Colorado. The Denver Council was founded in 1915, and in 1926 changed its name to the Denver Area Council, whic ...
of the
Boy Scouts of America
The Boy Scouts of America (BSA, colloquially the Boy Scouts) is one of the largest scouting organizations and one of the largest youth organizations in the United States, with about 1.2 million youth participants. The BSA was founded i ...
. It was the primary camp for the Denver area until the later 1970s, when it was shut down because of damage caused by environmental factors, where It was replaced by ''Peaceful Valley Scout Ranch''. The camp now serves as a
high adventure
''High Adventure'' is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Kenny Loggins, released in September 1982. It is best known for its top 40 pop singles " Heart to Heart", " Heartlight" and " Don't Fight It"; the latter was co-written ...
base. The High Adventure Treks from Camp Tahosa lead Scouts into the adjacent forest.
Tahosa is home to separate camping programs for both Summer and non summer usage: From September to Early May, TH offers OKPIK, Tahosa Challenge (COPE), and weekend camping. During the summer months, TH offers a variety of programs including
National Youth Leadership Training
National Youth Leadership Training, often called NYLT, is the current youth leadership development training offered by the Boy Scouts of America. The program is conducted at the council level over six days for Scouts, Venturers, and Sea Scouts. ...
, Mountain Men (provisional camping), Alpine Adventure, Tahosa Trek, and EaglePoint.
Alpine Adventure is a six night mountaineering adventure in the high country of Colorado, combining the training facilities of Tahosa High Adventure Base with the lakes and vistas of the Indian Peaks Wilderness Area. The Scout will be members of a 12-person team, learning and applying skills to conquer the strenuous challenges of the program in a dynamic mountain environment.
Tahosa Trek was started in 1995 to provide a basic knowledge of backpacking/low impact camping, the program now offers more advanced training and longer, customized treks for the units of the
Boy Scouts of America
The Boy Scouts of America (BSA, colloquially the Boy Scouts) is one of the largest scouting organizations and one of the largest youth organizations in the United States, with about 1.2 million youth participants. The BSA was founded i ...
.
Okpik is a weekend extreme winter camping experience design to train Scouts in winter survival. The program starts with a classroom session on Friday night to prepare the scouts. On Saturday, the scouts will load equipment and supplies into sleds before snowshoeing around Tumblesome Lake. On the far shore of the lake, participants use the remainder of the day to construct
quinzhee
A quinzhee or quinzee is a Canadian snow shelter made from a large pile of loose snow that is shaped, then hollowed. This is in contrast to an igloo, which is built up from blocks of hard snow, and a snow cave, constructed by digging into the s ...
s which they spend the night in.
Tahosa Challenge is part of the
Project COPE
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program that encourages youth and adults to expand mental creativity, increase physical abilities, promote leadership skills and instill personal confidence.
EaglePoint is the newest addition to Tahosa. Founded in 2000 at Peaceful Valley Scout Ranch, EaglePoint is a troop run camp with access to the Tahosa High Adventure Base facilities. With a small staff, troops can build their own schedule and do whatever they would like for their week at camp. This program had a predecessor that started as early as 1991 called Eagle Quest.
=Peaceful Valley Scout Ranch
=
![BP Boot Print - Tahosa](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/BP_Boot_Print_-_Tahosa.jpg)
''Peaceful Valley Scout Ranch (PV)'' is the main camping location of the
Denver Area Council
Scouting in Colorado has a long history, from the 1910s to the present day.
Early history (1910–1950)
Scouting got a brisk start in Colorado. The Denver Council was founded in 1915, and in 1926 changed its name to the Denver Area Council, whic ...
of the
Boy Scouts of America
The Boy Scouts of America (BSA, colloquially the Boy Scouts) is one of the largest scouting organizations and one of the largest youth organizations in the United States, with about 1.2 million youth participants. The BSA was founded i ...
. The camp, built in the 1960s by the Army Corps of Engineers, was a replacement to the original camp,
Camp Tahosa. The camp is located just outside
Elbert, Colorado
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.
Peaceful Valley Scout Ranch is home to three separate camps: Camp Cris Dobbins; Camp Cortlandt Dietler; and Magness Adventure Camp. Like Tahosa, Peaceful Valley also hosted a troop-run camp also called EaglePoint; however, as of 2009, EaglePoint is defunct (the EaglePoint program at Tahosa is still active, though). Additionally, in 2005, the Boy Scouts of America Denver Area Council acquired a large section of land adjacent to Peaceful Valley, and is the location of their Magness Adventure Camp for Cub Scouts.
Facilities include the Travis Shooting Sports Facility, which contains an Olympic shotgun shooting range, the Gates Aquatic Center, a horse corral, BB Gun range, two lakes, and the three above mentioned camps. The camp also has a bronze boot print casts of
Robert Baden Powell
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located near the main camp office.
Camp Cris Dobbins is the flagship camp of Peaceful Valley. The camp is home to The Travis Shooting Facility, which includes an Olympic shotgun range, the million dollar Gates Aquatic Center, a dining hall which underwent a nearly twelve million dollar renovation and expansion in 2019, and over twenty campsites. The camp, with a capacity of around 700 campers, offers dozens of merit badges and programs for scouts of all ages.
Camp Dietler, founded in 1988 by William Eck, is a patrol style summer camp experience. While merit badges are offered, the main focus is on the patrol method. This is carried out through patrol cooking, events determined by the patrol leader's council, and a choice of two high adventure outposts. The camp is named for Cortlandt Dietler, who donated the money to build the camp commissary.
Magness Adventure Camp is the Denver Area Council's
Cub Scouting
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camp. The camp has three shelters, each with a campsite housing eighty tents. The program includes lake activities, a BB Gun range, an archery range, recently added a slingshot paint ball range and a firewatch tower that overlooks Elbert County. The camp is also available for rental by outside groups, and is often frequented by groups such as Denver's High School
ROTC
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Overview
While ROTC graduate officers serve in all ...
and girls groups from
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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.
Tahosa Lodge
Tahosa Lodge #383, chartered in 1948, serves 1218
Arrowmen as of 2004. It is the largest lodge in Colorado. The lodge totem is a
coney (
Pika
A pika ( or ; archaically spelled pica) is a small, mountain-dwelling mammal found in Asia and North America. With short limbs, very round body, an even coat of fur, and no external tail, they resemble their close relative, the rabbit, but wi ...
), and the name translates to "Dwellers on the Mountain Tops" in the
Kiowa
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language. The lodge is divided into seven chapters which correspond with the seven districts of the Denver Area Council. Tahosa Lodge holds their ordeal weekends and other events at the two council camps, Peaceful Valley Scout Ranch and Tahosa Scout Camp. Many patches from the lodge feature a character known as the Purple Bishop, and delegates of the lodge to
NOAC can often be seen wearing purple cloaks. The Purple Bishop is a legend from Camp Tahosa.
Great Southwest Council
The ''Great Southwest Council'' serves the Durango and
Mesa Verde
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Established ...
areas of Colorado, and includes
Cascade Boy Scout Camp on the
National Register of Historic Places
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.
Adventure West Council
''Adventure West Council'' of the Boy Scouts of America is headquartered in
Greeley, Colorado
Greeley is the home rule municipality city that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Weld County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 108,795 at the 2020 United States Census, an increase of 17.12% since the 2010 ...
. Composed of the former Longs Peak Council (named after the tallest peak in the council territory) and the former Greater Wyoming Council, the Adventure West Council supports
Scouting
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youth in northeastern Colorado north of Denver, southeastern Wyoming and the
panhandle
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While similar to a peninsula in shape, a salient is most often not surrounded by water on ...
of western Nebraska, and is chartered by BSA to organize, extend, support, and control the Scouting program within its exclusive territory. The ''WyoBraska Council'' of
Scottsbluff
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merged into the Longs Peak Council in 1973, and Longs Peak Council merged with Greater Wyoming Council in 2021.
Organization
The council's territory is divided into five geographic districts:
* Bighorn District
* Frontier District
* High Plains District
* Golden Plains District
* Wapiti District
Ben Delatour Scout Ranch
Encompassing at to in elevation, ''Ben Delatour Scout Ranch'' near
Red Feather Lakes, Colorado
Red Feather Lakes is an unincorporated town, a post office, and a census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by Larimer County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Fort Collins, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Red ...
is operated by the Longs Peak Council and includes four Scout Camps:
* Jack Nicol Cub Scout Camp
* Camp Charles Jeffrey (Boy Scout Camp)
* Soaring Eagle (Boy Scout Camp)
* Elkhorn High Adventure Base
''Camp Charles Jeffrey and Soaring Eagle'' feature a number of summer program areas including Rock Climbing at the Pancake Climbing Base and on some of the many peaks in the camp, C.O.P.E. (Challenging Outdoor Personal Experience), Shooting Sports, Scout Skills, Handicraft, and Nature Studies offered through a traditional Merit Badge program. The camp also has a Scouting Museum and Chuck Wagon Cooking area where traditional
dutch oven
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meals are prepared daily. Scout units can choose between a dining hall experience or a patrol cook option where meals are cooked at your campsite.
''Elkhorn High Adventure Base'' is open to older scouts and Venture Crews for a week of backpacking the Rockies. Backpacking treks of various difficulty levels are offered on the ranch property and in the nearby
Routt,
Roosevelt
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*Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919), 26th U.S. president
*Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945), 32nd U.S. president
Businesses and organisations
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* Roosevelt & Son, a merchant bank
* Roosevel ...
, and
Arapahoe
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By the 1850s, Arapaho band ...
National Forests. Shooting sports, C.O.P.E, climbing and repelling, a horse program and white water rafting activities round out week-long treks or 10-day-long super-treks.
''Jack Nicol Cub Scout Camp'' is the newest resident camp on the ranch, completed in 2001. It offers age appropriate programs that are not necessarily designed for rank advancement. Camp Nicol consists of 3 major themed program areas (Fort Unfug, Castle Walker and the Everett Seaport) and offers a summer program featuring a new camp-wide theme each year. The 2014 theme is Time Travel. Program activities include BB gun and archery shooting, hiking, handicrafts, hiking, games and a 'light parade' around the lake at night.
Ben Delatour Scout Ranch includes summer camp and year-round camping, with a number of buildings available for year-round use. The ranch has been an active site for sustainable forestry and in 2011, the ranch became protected from future development through a conservation easement with
The Conservation Fund
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, the Longs Peak Council, and the
Colorado State Forest Service
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.
Chimney Park Scout Camp
''Chimney Park Boy Scout Camp'' is located in the
Snowy Range Mountains, approximately west of
Laramie, Wyoming
Laramie is a city in and the county seat of Albany County, Wyoming, United States. The population was estimated 32,711 in 2019, making it the third-largest city in Wyoming after Cheyenne and Casper. Located on the Laramie River in southeastern ...
on US Highway 230 and about west of
Woods Landing, Wyoming
Woods Landing-Jelm is a census-designated place (CDP) in Albany County, Wyoming, Albany County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 97 at the United States Census, 2010, 2010 census.
Geography
Woods Landing-Jelm is located at (41.110931, - ...
. The approximate coordinates for the cabin are 41° 4' 19.78" N 106° 6' 29.2" W (NAD83/WGS84).
Chimney Park Boy Scout Camp offers year-round camping, especially winter camps, at an altitude about . The winter snow depth varies typically from 30 to 150 cm (1 to five feet), and the winter daytime high temperatures varies typically from -9 to +7 °C (+15 to +45 °F) The winter nighttime low temperatures vary typically from -26 to 0 °C (-15 to +32 °F). A lodge with stove and fireplace are available. Lodge use must be reserved through the Longs Peak Council Office. There is a usage fee. See https://longspeakbsa.org/programs/camps-camping/chimney-park/ for more information.
Camp Laramie Peak
''Camp Laramie Peak'', at the base of
Black Mountain near
Wheatland, Wyoming
Wheatland is a town in and the county seat of Platte County, Wyoming, Platte County in southeastern Wyoming, United States. The population was 3,627 at the United States Census, 2010, 2010 census.
History
Before the late 19th century, the area ar ...
, offers summer camp and year-round camping. It was purchased in 1920 by a group of volunteers wanting a place to take Scouts in the wilderness. The rugged terrain, rambling brooks, and mountain backdrop offers Troops a place to experience the traditional camp experience including the merit badge camp program. The camp also offers a first year camper program, horseback riding, rock climbing, ziplines, mountain boarding and mountain biking.
Hiking is available in the camp and in the nearby
Medicine Bow National Forest
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, including to the top of Laramie Peak. The elevation at the Camp is approximately , and has summer temperatures range from the 40s at night to the 90s during the day.
Camp Patiya
''Camp Patiya'' is a 30-acre camping and day use camp about seven miles west of
Boulder, Colorado
Boulder is a home rule city that is the county seat and most populous municipality of Boulder County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 108,250 at the 2020 United States census, making it the 12th most populous city in Color ...
. Camp Patiya started by the Camp Fire Girls. The Camp Fire Council purchased the original twenty acres for the camp in 1960 and began holding group and family camps shortly thereafter. All the buildings on site were constructed between 1963 and 1981. In 1977, an additional ten acres of land was donated, bringing the camp to its present size. Camp Fire continued to hold group camping year round and Day Camps in the summers. In the 1980s, membership in Camp Fire declined. In 1987, it was determined that the goals for operating the camp could best be met by transferring the ownership to Longs Peak Council.
The camp offers campsites, picnic areas, sheltered cooking sites, two cabins for sleeping indoors, training and meeting areas with both indoor and outdoor settings, plenty of room for games and activity, and flush toilets.
Kola Lodge
Kola Lodge #464, chartered in 1951, serves over 100 Arrowmen as of 2022. The totem of this Lodge is the Fire of Friendship centered in a gray arrowhead with a red feather in the background, and the name translates to "Friend" in the
Lakota language
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. In 1973, Kola Lodge absorbed Wiyaka Luta #403 of the Wyo-Braska Council.
Pikes Peak Council
The ''Pikes Peak Council'' of the
Boy Scouts of America
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, headquartered in
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Colorado Springs is a home rule municipality in, and the county seat of, El Paso County, Colorado, United States. It is the largest city in El Paso County, with a population of 478,961 at the 2020 United States Census, a 15.02% increase since ...
. Named after the most famous peak in the council territory, upon which '
America the Beautiful
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' was written, Pikes Peak Council provides
Scouting
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to youth in east-central Colorado, including
Park
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,
Teller,
El Paso
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,
Elbert,
Lincoln
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* Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), the sixteenth president of the United States
* Lincoln, England, cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England
* Lincoln, Nebraska, the capital of Nebraska, U.S.
* Lincoln ...
,
Kit Carson
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and
Cheyenne Counties.
As with ''Longs Peak Council'', there is officially no
apostrophe
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* The marking of the omission of one o ...
in the name, due to a ruling about the
mountain
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itself by the
Board on Geographic Names
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.
On board the
Space Shuttle Challenger
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when it disintegrated in 1986 was an
American flag
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that was sponsored by Troop 514 of
Monument, Colorado
The Town of Monument is a Home rule town situated at the base of the Rampart Range in El Paso County, Colorado, United States. Monument is one of the three communities that make up the Tri-Lakes area (along with Palmer Lake and Woodmoor). Th ...
. When the Challenger wreckage was retrieved from the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, this
flag
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was found, sealed in a plastic bag, intact and completely unscathed.
Camp Alexander
The council camp, ''Camp Alexander'', is located in the
Eleven Mile Canyon in the
Pike National Forest
The Pike National Forest is located in the Front Range of Colorado, United States, west of Colorado Springs including Pikes Peak. The forest encompasses 1,106,604 acres (4,478 km2) within Clear Creek, Teller, Park, Jefferson, Douglas and E ...
approximately west of Colorado Springs, and two miles (3 km) south of
Lake George, in
Park County, was donated in 1946 by
J. Don Alexander of the
Alexander Film Company The Alexander Film Company produced films to be shown during intermission in movie theaters.
The Alexander Film Company was founded in 1919 in Spokane, Washington and later based in Colorado Springs, Colorado. It produced films that were shown duri ...
. There are a series of ''
Burma Shave
Burma-Shave was an American brand of Shaving brush, brushless shaving cream, famous for its advertising gimmick of posting humorous rhyming poems on small sequential highway roadside signs.
History
Burma-Shave was introduced in 1925 by the Bur ...
''-style signs on the main road into camp, each sign having one of the points of the
Scout Law
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. Camp Alexander is between 8200 and elevation. The camp area consists of hills, low mountains, and valleys covered by a mix of
Ponderosa pine
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forests, high-altitude grasslands, and wetland vegetation along the lake and stream. In the 2012 Springer Wildfire, the camp was evacuated, and parts of the camp were used by firefighters as staging and defensible spaces.
Glen Aspen Scout Ranch
In 2008, the Pikes Peak Council acquired a beautiful parcel of land containing 200 acres just outside of Woodland Park in a gift from the estate of Leonard Johnson, Jr. The property is surrounded on most sides by the Pike National Forest. The property is hilly with several streams running through the property. The land is covered with varieties of foliage including pine, cedar, and of course Aspen. Wildlife is abundant and includes a herd of Elk, deer, bear, red-tailed hawks, eagles, foxes, coyotes, rabbits, squirrels, and much more.
Districts
* Frontier District (Serves
Colorado Springs School District 11
The Colorado Springs School District 11 (District 11 or D-11) is the central school district of Colorado Springs, Colorado. Its headquarters are in that city.
History
The first school in Colorado Springs was organized by Mary Mellen "Queen" Pa ...
and
Falcon School District 49
Falcon School District 49 (D49) is a public school district located on 133 square miles in the shadow of Pikes Peak. It spans eastern Colorado Springs and several unincorporated areas of El Paso County.
List of schools
Elementary schools
*Bennett ...
)
* High Plains District (Serves the school districts of Peyton, Calhan, Ramah, Ellicott, Miami-Yoder, Edison, Hanover, and all communities in Elbert, Lincoln, Kit Carson, and Kiowa Counties, pointing east to the Kansas border including the communities of
Limon,
Burlington
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Places Canada Geography
* Burlington, Newfoundland and Labrador
* Burlington, Nova Scotia
* Burlington, Ontario, the most populous city with the name "Burlington"
* Burlington, Prince Edward Island
* Burlington Bay, no ...
and
Cheyenne Wells)
* Ute District (Serves
Harrison School District 2
Harrison School District 2 is the southern school district of Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States.
it had about 11,000 students.
List of schools
ElementaryBricker Elementary School
*Centennial Elementary School
*Giberson Elementary S ...
,
Cheyenne Mountain School District 12,
Fountain-Fort Carson School District 8
Fountain-Fort Carson School District 8, shortened as FFC8 or D8, is a public school district serving the southwestern area of El Paso County, Colorado, United States. Its schools are mostly based in Fountain, but it also has schools on the nearby ...
and
Widefield School District 3)
* Jamboree District (Serves
Academy School District 20 and
Lewis-Palmer School District 38)
* ScoutReach District (Serves
Colorado Springs School District 11
The Colorado Springs School District 11 (District 11 or D-11) is the central school district of Colorado Springs, Colorado. Its headquarters are in that city.
History
The first school in Colorado Springs was organized by Mary Mellen "Queen" Pa ...
and
Harrison School District 2
Harrison School District 2 is the southern school district of Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States.
it had about 11,000 students.
List of schools
ElementaryBricker Elementary School
*Centennial Elementary School
*Giberson Elementary S ...
)
In July 2005, Pikes Peak Council moved from its four-decade home downtown to a temporary location in northeast Colorado Springs until the council's new headquarters at the intersection of I-25 and Fillmore Street was finished in July 2008, to account for the demographic and geographic shift of Colorado Springs. The vacated original building became the home of Sario, a
Lions Club
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(''City in a Garden''); I Will
, ...
project.
Scout executives
* Ray Ryerson 1940–1973
* Loren Swenson 1973–1993
* James Winkler 1993–1995
* Ross Harrop 1995–2004
* Ian Lilien 2004–2008
* Dustin Shaver 2008–2012
* Kent Downing 2012–2016
* Jim Machamer 2017–present
Ha-Kin-Skay-A-Ki Lodge
Ha-Kin-Skay-A-Ki Lodge #387, chartered in 1948, serves 743 Arrowmen as of 2004. The lodge totem is a
Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep
The bighorn sheep (''Ovis canadensis'') is a species of sheep native to North America. It is named for its large horns. A pair of horns might weigh up to ; the sheep typically weigh up to . Recent genetic testing indicates three distinct subspec ...
, and the name is said to translate to "Great Horned Goat of the Mountain" but does not specify the language or dialect. Until 1953, the lodge was simply known as Pike's Peak Lodge.
In response to the 2012 Waldo Canyon Fire that affected Colorado Springs, the lodge released a fundraising lodge flap featuring a bighorn sheep looking over a burning area.
National Scout Jamboree
In 1960, Colorado Springs host the 50th National Scout Jamboree. Known as the BSA Golden Jubilee, its theme was "For God and Country" and from July 22 to July 28, 1960, over 56,377 scouts and scouters were in attendance. Today, remnants of the 50th Jamboree can be found throughout Colorado Springs.
International exchanges
Pikes Peak Council have an international relationship with
Scouts
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in
Kyrgyzstan
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.
Rocky Mountain Council
The ''Rocky Mountain Council'' of the
Boy Scouts of America
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is headquartered in
Pueblo, Colorado
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, and provides program services to over 100 chartered partner organizations, delivering Scouting to more than 4,600 youth through 167 Scout units in 19 counties of Southern Colorado, including Pueblo, Fremont, Crowley, Kiowa, Prowers, Bent, Otero, Baca, Las Animas, Costilla, Conejos, Mineral, Rio Grande, Alamosa, Saguache, Huerfano, Custer, Lake and Chaffee Counties.
Rocky Mountain Council is home to
La Junta
La Junta is a home rule municipality in , the county seat of, and the most populous municipality of Otero County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 7,322 at the 2020 United States Census. La Junta is located on the Arkansas Ri ...
's
Koshare Indian Museum
The Pueblo clowns (sometimes called sacred clowns) are jesters or tricksters in the Kachina religion (practiced by the Pueblo natives of the southwestern United States). It is a generic term, as there are a number of these figures in the ritua ...
, regarded as one of the finest collections of Native American artifacts in the world. The Museum sponsors a Scout troop of dancers, the
Koshare Indian Dancers
The Pueblo clowns (sometimes called sacred clowns) are jesters or tricksters in the Kachina religion (practiced by the Pueblo natives of the southwestern United States). It is a generic term, as there are a number of these figures in the ritua ...
, members of Boy Scout Troop 232 and Venturing Crew 2230, founded in 1933 by
J. F. Burshears who have become recognized worldwide, for their interpretive Indian dancing.
Transitional Charter
In May 2021 following the National Annual Meeting of the BSA, the Rocky Mountain Council received notification that the council charter had been changed to a transitional charter. Instructions where that the council was to merge with the Pikes Peak Council by August 1, 2021. While no specific reason was provided as to why the Rocky Mountain Council had been issued this transitional charter, it is assumed that this merger occurred due to the bankruptcy lawsuit with that National Council and the requirement to show the courts that structural changes were occurring to support the financial future of the Boy Scouts of America.
On August 1, 2021, the Rocky Mountain Council officially merged with the Pikes Peak Council to form the Pikes Peak - Rocky Mountain Council.
In September 2021, the council executive board voted on the new name of the merged council to be Pathway to the Rockies.
Organization
* Cuerno Verde District
* High Mountain District
* Pioneer Trails District
Camps
* Rocky Mountain High Adventure Base: Located on San Isabel Scout Ranch, formerly Packard High Adventure Base.
* San Isabel Scout Ranch: Located near
San Isabel
Tupwee Gudas Gov Youchiquot Soovep Lodge
Tupwee Gudas Gov Youchiquot Soovep Lodge #536, chartered in 1958, serves 117 Arrowmen as of 2004. The lodge totem is a ''Populus tremuloides'' or
Rocky Mountain quaking aspen. Also known as Tupwee Lodge, its rather long name refers to its totem in the Ute language. The name means land of the quaking aspens.
Western Colorado Council
The ''Western Colorado Council'' of the
Boy Scouts of America
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was founded in 1942. In May 2019 the council merged with the Denver Area Council.
* Grand Mesa District serves Mesa County, and also hosts the council office
* Majestic Mountain District serves Hinsdale, Gunnison, Ouray, San Miguel, Montrose and Delta counties, a geographic area approximately the same size as the state of Connecticut
* Three Rivers District serves Garfield, Eagle, Summit, Pitkin, Moffat, Routt, Grand, and Rio Blanco counties
Mic-O-Say Lodge
Mic-O-Say Lodge #541, chartered in 1959, serves 168 Arrowmen as of 2004. The lodge totem is an
eagle
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. Prior to 1960 there was not an Order of the Arrow Lodge (OA) serving Western Colorado Council (WC-C). The Council honor camping organization had previously been the
Tribe of Mic-O-Say
The Tribe of Mic-O-Say is an honor society used by two local councils of the Boy Scouts of America, the Heart of America Council at the H. Roe Bartle Scout Reservation and, the council in which Mic-O-Say was founded in, the Pony Express Counci ...
(MOS) (also existing in some Councils in Kansas and Missouri) which had been founded by H. Roe Bartle. However, with the arrival of a new WC-C Scout Executive, a decision was made to discontinue MOS and replace it with an OA lodge which was officially recognized by the BSA. As a compromise, the lodge was allowed to retain the name "Mic-O-Say" and to continue some of the MOS insignia and traditions. The traditional MOS Eagle Claws were permitted to be worn by youth and adult members suspended from a French braid spiral lanyard in the tribal official red, white and blue craftstrip colors.
Summer camps
= Steve Fossett Spirit of Adventure Ranch
=
The Steve Fossett Spirit of Adventure Ranch (SOAR) was launched in Summer 2014. The camp was located in the Colorado Rockies near the eastern entrance of Glenwood Canyon, 8 miles off of I-70 from the Dotsero exit. Its offerings included white water rafting, horseback riding, climbing 14'ers, hut to hut mountain biking, backpacking as well as Trail to First Class and merit badges. The camp closed after the 2018 summer season, when it served as an alternate high adventure base for scouts unable to attend Philmont due to summer fires. The council merger did not include plans to renew the lease for the camp.
=Spanish Peaks Scout Ranch
=
The Spanish Peaks Scout Ranch (SPSR) is located near
Walsenburg, Colorado
The City of Walsenburg is the Statutory City that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Huerfano County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 3,049 at the 2020 census, down from 3,068 in 2010.
History
Walsenbur ...
and borders the
Spanish Peaks Wilderness
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. It is a local council camp of the
Santa Fe Trail Council based out of
Garden City, Kansas
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. The camp gives program geared toward outdoor education such as wilderness backpacking, climbing, and outdoor skills. In 2013, the camp was partially destroyed by
a wildfire which destroyed over 13,500 acres. The camp has since been rebuilt and has re-opened for operation.
Girl Scouting in Colorado
History
In 1955, $600 was raised to help restore
Juliette Low's birthplace. In 1959, the Girl Scouts of Metro Denver council name changed to Girl Scouts-Mile Hi Council, which remained the name until 2007. In 1967, troops for girls with special needs were started at
Fletcher Miller School and at
Fort Logan
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.
International Girl Scout gatherings named
Senior Roundups were held every three years from 1956 until 1965.
The National
Girl Scouts of the USA
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Roundup was held from July 3 to July 12, 1959, adjacent to the site of the then-new
United States Air Force Academy
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north of Colorado Springs, attended by 10,000 girls.
Oldest living GSUSA Girl Scout
The oldest living Girl Scout was
Marianne Elser Crowder, born in
Colorado Springs
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in April 1906. She joined the Wagon Wheel Council Troop 4 in 1918 and was awarded her Golden Eaglet, which was then the GSUSA highest award. She later operated her own dance studio in Colorado Springs and headed the dance department at
Colorado College
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before moving to
Menlo Park, California
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in 1939. The Wagon Wheel Council named Crowder the nation's oldest Girl Scout after it conducted a nationwide search and sifted through council archives.
Girl Scouts of Colorado
The ''Girl Scouts of Colorado'' was formed in 2007 by a realignment of the five councils that had been serving the state, and the incorporation of nine counties that were previously served by councils in border states. The five previous Colorado councils were Mile Hi (Denver), Wagon Wheel (Colorado Springs), Columbine (Pueblo), Mountain Prairie (Fort Collins), Chipeta (Grand Junction); and the eight Colorado counties previously served by councils in other states were Archuleta, Dolores, Jackson, La Plata, Las Animas, Montezuma, Prowers and San Juan. The council serves 40,500 girl members and 11,000 adult volunteers.
Girl Scouts of Colorado has service center locations in
Colorado Springs
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, Denver,
Durango
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,
Fort Collins
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,
Grand Junction and
Pueblo
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. There are also staff members who work in other areas of the state such as Bailey, Breckenridge, Estes Park, Crowley, Greeley, Johnstown, Longmont, Merino, Monte Vista, Parachute, Sterling, Trinidad, Red Feather Lakes, Sanford, Steamboat Springs and Woodland Park. Additionally, Girl Scouts of Colorado has divided the state into eight regions.
The council maintains three resident camp properties:
* Magic Sky Ranch, near
Red Feather Lakes
Red Feather Lakes is an unincorporated town, a post office, and a census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by Larimer County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Fort Collins, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Re ...
, Larimer County is
* Sky High Ranch,
Woodland Park, Teller County established in 1952 has
* Tomahawk Ranch, near
Bailey, Park County is
And some regular camps:
* Meadow Mountain Ranch, near
Estes Park
Estes Park is a statutory town in Larimer County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 5,904 at the 2020 United States Census. Estes Park is a part of the Fort Collins, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Front Range Urban Corr ...
, Boulder County is at above sea level.
* Kiwa Korral, near
Lyons
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, Boulder County
* Hamp Hut, in
Garden of the Gods
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Name
The area now known as Garden of the Gods was fir ...
Park, El Paso County. Built in 1953.
* Lazy Acres, near Pueblo, Pueblo County established in 1945
* Pawnee Lodge, near
Sterling, Logan County
* Twisted Pine, west of Denver
International Scouting units in Colorado
In addition, there are contingents of active
Plast
The Plast National Scout Organization of Ukraine ( uk, Пласт Національна Скаутська Організація України, ''Plast Natsionalna Skautska Orhanizatsiia Ukrayiny''), commonly called Ukrainian Plast or simply P ...
Ukrainian
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* Something of, from, or related to Ukraine
* Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe
* Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine
* So ...
Scouts in Colorado.
See also
*
Koshare Indian Dancers
The Pueblo clowns (sometimes called sacred clowns) are jesters or tricksters in the Kachina religion (practiced by the Pueblo natives of the southwestern United States). It is a generic term, as there are a number of these figures in the ritua ...
References
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Youth organizations based in Colorado
Colorado
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Western Region (Boy Scouts of America)