Community youth program based in Belmont, California: serving San Mateo, Foster City, Redwood City, Redwood Shores & San Carlos
October 12-14, 2012
Yosemite Valley
Continuing our recent tradition, this fall we will return to Yosemite and some of the most spectacular views in North America. We will camp in the valley, hike at least one scenic trail, enjoy good food and have a fun campfire.
Those interested in attending this outing should proceed to the Member Area for more detailed information.
[divider top=”0″]September 29-30, 2012
Angel Island State Park
Don’t miss out on this exciting opportunity to camp and spend the night on Angel Island for a service project, night hike with great views of the San Francisco Bay, tour of the US Immigration Center. You can sign up at the weekly Tuesday night meetings, limited to 45 people, so sign up early.
Recent picture: AngelCam
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Location: TBD
We continue to build skills that have been well practiced at Summer Camp. Most of the boys will have either earned, or nearly earned, the Canoeing Merit badge at Summer Camp. This outing is typically a 10+ mile tour of a Class1-2 river. We spend Saturday practicing, and Sunday touring. What a great way to enjoy the dog days of summer – on a cool river!
[/private]Check back here again soon at this web site for a post-event report on our Troop 27 shared experience with the Venture Crew 27 Treasure Hunt for 2012.
This summer our troop continued its unique, 50-plus-year tradition of building its own summer camp at a lake in the high Sierra. 20 participants in the Advance Camp prepared the camp by cleaning up what others had left behind and creating facilities that included a large kitchen, three latrines, impressive flagpole, waterfront and much more.
The troop endured several miles of rough roads to reach Sawmill Lake where they were richly rewarded. Summer camp included 40 scouts (patrols, Senior Patrol Leaders and the Instructor Corps) who participated in swimming and boating, navigation & ropework skills, working with others, (propane-fired) campfire experiences and having lots of fun, all in a beautiful wilderness setting.
Some advancement opportunities included a 5-mile troop hike, First Class orienteering course, Trail to First Class requirements and various merit badges, including Camping, Canoeing, Communications, several crafts merit badges, Emergency Preparedness, Environmental Science, Fishing, Geocaching, Lifesaving, Nature, Orienteering, Photography, Pioneering, Sailing and – of course – Swimming.
There were patrol contests such as canoe races, wood chopping and the two-man saw. The scouts enjoyed games like Tug-O-War, Two Ball and the very popular White Bomb. Five scouts completed the mile swim as well.
Highlights included a night of lightning and heavy rain, crossing the Lake Faucherie spillway during our 5-mile hike and bridging new scouts across a monkey bridge. We will remember the beautiful scenery, clear water and relationships that deepened during the outing. Of course we followed “leave no trace” principles and restored the area to its natural condition before we departed. Overall, this was an outstanding summer camp experience!
March 17-18, 2012
Location: Secret
The Treasure Hunt is an annual tradition at Troop 27. It is a challenging, adventerous, and fun-filled outing that our Venturing Crew 27 plans & runs for the Troop. For decades, the Treasure Hunt has consistently been a Troop & Crew favorite. Unlike all other outings, the Treasure Hunt activity details are kept secret in the planning stage, but are all based on a particular theme. which changes from year to year. [Read more…]
July 17 – 20: 2012: Advance Camp
July 20 – 27: Summer Camp
July 28: Summer Camp Clean-up
Location: (targeting) Loon Lake
Summer camp planning is well underway, so make sure you’ve set aside the week!
This summer our troop will continue its unique, 50-year tradition of building its own summer camp at a lake in the high Sierra. Summer camp offers Scouts waterfront activities, wood skills, working with others in their patrols, campfire experiences and having lots of fun, all in a beautiful wilderness setting. [Read more…]
April 27 – 29, 2012
Cutter Scout Reservation, Santa Cruz Mountains
This year the annual skills competition event has been rebranded as a Zomb-O-Ree, which should be fun!
Learn and practice your fire building, first aid, and a host of other wilderness survival skills at our Invasion Training Stations. Then team up with your fellow Scouts and compete in contests to hone your skills even further. As your team progresses, you’ll be given parts of an antidote that will help you fight the Zombie Contagion – but can you put it all together in time? [Read more…]
On November 12th and 13th we had our November outing at Anthony Chabot Regional Park and the Chabot Gun Club. We spent Saturday afternoon at the rifle range learning about gun safety, parts of a rifle, and how to shoot a .22 caliber rifle at a target 50 feet away. [Read more…]
October 15, 2011 – Scout Report
Yosemite, CA: We met at church at 7:00 to load the trailer. Then there was a 4-hour drive to our camp. We made a great spaghetti dinner. All the boys camped in their own camp while the parents and leaders were in their own, separate camp.
We had fun entertainment with skits and music around the campfire.
-Written by Troop Scribe Nathan G.
On August 20th and 21st, Troop 27 embarked on yet another great outing: whitewater canoeing on the Stanislaus River. We arrived at the river around noon and unloaded the canoes. While the adults moved the cars to the end of the stretch of river we were going on, scouts waited in the shade where some scouts went in a still section of the river. After the adults returned, we were assigned canoe buddies, packed lunches in coolers, and started on our 13 mile trip. It was a very nice river with calm stretches and stretches with rapids. We only had a few canoes capsize, and everyone reached the final destination safely. We then hiked a short distance to our campsites, had backpacking style dinners (adding hot water), had a campfire, and went to sleep. Most scouts chose to sleep under the stars and we were lucky to have such a great view of the sky. The next morning, we packed up, had a backpacking breakfast, and listened to Mr. Frydenlund’s Scouts’ Own about obedience and disobedience and three types of laws: natural laws, just laws, and trivial laws. After a camp sweep, we hiked out and unloaded the canoes again. Instead of doing a short stretch of rapids, we decided to do the same 13 mile course we had done the day before. In the middle of the course, some scouts took part in rescuing some rafters under the direction of Mr. Frydenlund. We then continued along the river and reached the end smoothly. This experience was undoubtedly skill-enhancing and great preparation for the September canoe outing.
Troop 27 welcomes Scouts BSA for girls age 11-17 starting February 1, 2019. Visit Scouting.org for more information about Scouts BSA.
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