Klondike

Mt. Nebo District

Klondike Derby

February 7 & 8, 2014 • Camp Maple Dell
Conduct Winter Camping Training. Make sure your participants are well prepared! See BSA Fieldbook, chap 13 Review Scout Skills: first aid, fire building, compass, lashing
Register Online at utahscouts.org/mtnebo
• Provide troop number, and a count for: youth, leaders
Each patrol must provide one adult volunteer helper for Saturday morning or Friday evening.
(Parent, committee member, other Scouter, or if necessary a unit leader or older Scout.)
This will add a 10-nugget bonus to the patrol’s score! Have your volunteer contact B. Buell (info below).

Do Before Derby

Recruit a Staff Volunteer

Bring to Derby
Camping Gear
Dinner & Breakfast
Water (refills available at hose bib on south side of Clyde Lodge) Cook Stove or Fire Barrel
LNT: you must haul out your trash and ashes!
Klondike Sled and Station Gear (see list to right -->)
Toilet Paper (just in case outhouses run out)
Medical form (Parts A & B) for each participant, in posession of leader

Station Gear to be brought by each patrol

Do Not Bring

__ Matches
__ Pocketknife __ Tin Can
__ Water

Straw, hay, newspaper
ATVs, snowmobiles (Friday after 3 pm). May use prior, to haul gear Multiple vehicles. PLEASE carpool, as parking is very limited!
Schedule:
Monday – Thursday: optional early site selection and set-up Friday:
5:00 - 7:30 Check-in at registration cabin, and dinner on your own 7:30 SPL meeting at the Trading Post. One boy from each troop 8:00 Opening Campfire Program at Amphitheater by the lake:

B. First Aid (cold weather) __ Bandana
__ Water
__ Sleeping Bag

Saturday:

Each troop should prepare a skit, song, or cheer

C. Klondike Race
__ Klondike Sled
__ at least 20 feet of rope __ Compass

7:00 Breakfast on your own
8:00 Strike camp and haul camping gear down (optional for early depart)
9:00 Flag Raising at Horse Pasture
9:30 Challenge Stations and Klondike Derby Race: Horse Pasture, Bowl
11:30 Awards & Closing at Horse Pasture
1:00 Vacate Maple Dell
Questions? Contact Bart or Bronwyn Buell 801-465-6153, blbuell@gmail.com Flyer updated 12/14/2013

A. Fire Building (boil water) __ Firewood
__ Kindling
__ Tinder

__ Blanket
__ Tarp or Ground Cloth __ Scout Staff or Ski Pole

D. Ladder Lashing
__ 6–8 feet of rope/twine per scout __ 2-foot stick (rung) per 2 scouts