At a Glance

Adventure Type:
Hike
Length: 5.1 mi
Elevation: 583
Surface: dirt
Difficulty: moderate
Trail Type: out and back
Trail Map: Trail_map
Meet Time: 8:00am
Return Time: 12:00pm
Est Cost: 0
Health form parts: ABB
Location: Chehalem Ridge Nature Park, Oregon
Location Website: Chehalem Ridge Nature Park

Note: Entry-level

Chehalem Ridge Trail - 5mi

Experience this 5.1-mile out-and-back trail near Gaston, Oregon. Generally considered a moderately challenging route, it takes an average of 2 h 4 min to complete. This is a popular trail for birding, hiking, and horseback riding, but you can still enjoy some solitude during quieter times of day. The trail is open year-round and is beautiful to visit anytime.

Guide to Safe Scouting

Adults complete the following:

What risk(s) exist?

Physical fitness

How are we going to prep?

Physical fitness

What age appropriate modifications can be made?

None

Gear

Day Pack
10 Essentials
Hiking boots
Hiking Poles
Camera
Compass
Knife

Pre-Adventure Skillsets

Be Prepared
First Aid
Fitness
Gps
Leave No Trace
Map & Compass
Nature
Hiking

Sample Agenda

8:00am Meet at CCC
8:15am Leave for Chehalem Ridge
8:45am Arrive
9:00am Begin Hike on the Chehalem Ridge Trail
10:00am Take a break at the end of the trail
10:15am Hike back to vehicles
11:15am Arrive at vehicles
11:30am Depart from Chehalem Ridge
12:00pm Arrive and pickup at CCC

Rank Requirements

key: At Meeting / On Adventure

Second Class

1b. Recite the Leave No Trace Seven Principles from memory. Explain how you follow them on all outings.

3a. Demonstrate how a compass works and how to orient a map. Use a map to point out and tell the meaning of five map symbols.

3b. Using a compass and map together, take a 5-mile hike (or 10 miles by bike) approved by your adult leader and your parent or guardian.2

3c. Describe some hazards or injuries that you might encounter on your hike and what you can do to help prevent them

First Class

4b. Demonstrate how to use a handheld GPS unit, GPS app on a smartphone, or other electronic navigation system while on a campout or hike. Use GPS to find your current location, a destination of your choice, and the route you will take to get there. Follow that route to arrive at your destination.

5a. Identify or show evidence of at least 10 kinds of native plants found in your local area or campsite location. You may show evidence by identifying fallen leaves or fallen fruit that you find in the field, or as part of a collection you have made, or by photographs you have taken.

5b. Identify two ways to obtain a weather forecast for an upcoming activity. Explain why weather forecasts are important when planning for an event.

5c. Describe at least three natural indicators of impending hazardous weather, the potential dangerous events that might result from such weather conditions, and the appropriate actions to take.

5d. Describe extreme weather conditions you might encounter in the outdoors in your local geographic area. Discuss how you would determine ahead of time the potential risk of these types of weather dangers, alternative planning considerations to avoid such risks, and how you would prepare for and respond to those weather conditions.

Awards

key: At Meeting / On Adventure

Merit Badges

key: At Meeting / On Adventure

Hiking

1a. Explain to your counselor the most likely hazards you may encounter while hiking, and what you should do to anticipate, help prevent, mitigate, and respond to these hazards.

1b. Show that you know first aid for injuries or illnesses that could occur while hiking, including hypothermia, frostbite, dehydration, heat exhaustion, heatstroke, sunburn, hyperventilation, altitude sickness, sprained ankle, blisters, insect stings, tick bites, and snakebite.

2a. Explain and, where possible, show the points of good hiking practices including proper outdoor ethics, hiking safety in the daytime and at night, courtesy to others, choice of footwear, and proper care of feet and footwear.

2b. Read aloud or recite the Leave No Trace guidelines, and discuss why each is important while hiking.

2c. Read aloud or recite the Outdoor Code, and give examples of how to follow it on a hike

3. Explain how hiking is an aerobic activity. Develop a plan for conditioning yourself for 10-mile hikes, and describe how you will increase your fitness for longer hikes.

Flier

www.Sherwood116.com

Troop 116

Hike @ Chehalem Ridge Trail - 5mi

Experience this 5.1-mile out-and-back trail near Gaston, Oregon. Generally considered a moderately challenging route, it takes an average of 2 h 4 min to complete. This is a popular trail for birding, hiking, and horseback riding, but you can still enjoy some solitude during quieter times of day. The trail is open year-round and is beautiful to visit anytime.

Hike!

Chehalem Ridge Trail - 5mi
Gaston, Oregon

8:00am - 12:00pm

meet at Cedar Creek Church on < date > @ 8:00am

Whole Troop!

We’ll meet at Cedar Creek Church @ 8:00am and carpool to Chehalem Ridge Trail - 5mi in Gaston, Oregon.

Gear

Day Pack
10 Essentials
Hiking boots
Hiking Poles
Camera
Compass
Knife

Skills

Be prepared
First aid
Fitness
GPS
Leave no trace
Map & Compass
Nature
hiking

Make sure to register on troopmaster,
look for the link in your email!!!

Troop 116

T-Program Planning
for Day Outing

Prior to T-5, the PLC should have determined (and dates below):

Outing Event:________________________

Event Date:_______________

Location: ___________________________

Scout in charge: ______________________

QR Code/URL for drive

Itinerary:

Submitted: ___/___/______
Approved: ___/___/______
Dropped to drive folder: ___/___/______

Special activities and equipment needed for the outing:

T-5 Date:_______________

Patrol Leaders hand out event flyers and permission slips and get a straw count.
Patrol Leaders discuss food needs. (Optional - Assign Grubmasters and Assistant Grubmasters.)

T-4 Date:_______________

(PLC assigns SPL and PL’s in charge of outing, SM/ASM’s identify the tour leader.)
Scouts return permission slips and trip fees to their Patrol Leaders.
(Optional - Grubmasters presents menus, make necessary changes, and get SPL/ASM approvals.)

T-3 Date:_______________

Patrol Leaders remind everyone of food needs.
(Optional - Grubmasters assign duty roster responsibilities within their patrols.)
Patrols discuss gear needs, assign Scouts to check out Troop gear if required.

T-2 Date:_______________

Patrol Leaders remind Scouts of personal gear that is required.

T-1 Date:_______________

Patrol Quartermasters check out Troop gear as required.
(Optional - Grubmasters check out necessary cooking gear.)

T+1 Date:_______________

Patrols and Grubmasters check in gear and inventory sheets.
Patrols complete event evaluation.

Week 1

Month's Theme: Hike
Topic: ________________
Date: _____________

Activity

Description

Run By

Time

Pre-opening Activity

Opening Ceremony

- Flag presentation
- Oath and Law
- Uniform inspection

Group Instruction

- Leave No Trace
- Fitness

Skills Instruction
Scout - Tenderfoot

2nd - 1st

1b. Recite the Leave No Trace Seven Principles from memory. Explain how you follow them on all outings. [Leave No Trace]

Merit Badge

2b. Read aloud or recite the Leave No Trace guidelines, and discuss why each is important while hiking. [Leave No Trace]

2c. Read aloud or recite the Outdoor Code, and give examples of how to follow it on a hike [Leave No Trace]

3. Explain how hiking is an aerobic activity. Develop a plan for conditioning yourself for 10-mile hikes, and describe how you will increase your fitness for longer hikes. [Fitness]

Patrol Breakouts

- T-Minus activities (Duty roster/Menu/etc)
- Patrol outing planning
- Advancement check-in (see how advancement is going and what is needed -> report to SPL)
- (Seasonal planning) Summer camp activities, APC Ideas

Game

Closing

- Closing Flags
- Announcements
- SM’s minute

Total 90 minutes of meeting

After the meeting

Leadership team reviews plans for the next meeting and for the main event.

Week 2

Month's Theme: Hike
Topic: ________________
Date: _____________

Activity

Description

Run By

Time

Pre-opening Activity

Opening Ceremony

- Flag presentation
- Oath and Law
- Uniform inspection

Group Instruction

- Map & Compass
- Nature

Skills Instruction
Scout - Tenderfoot

2nd - 1st

3a. Demonstrate how a compass works and how to orient a map. Use a map to point out and tell the meaning of five map symbols. [Map & Compass]

5b. Identify two ways to obtain a weather forecast for an upcoming activity. Explain why weather forecasts are important when planning for an event. [Nature]

5c. Describe at least three natural indicators of impending hazardous weather, the potential dangerous events that might result from such weather conditions, and the appropriate actions to take. [Nature]

5d. Describe extreme weather conditions you might encounter in the outdoors in your local geographic area. Discuss how you would determine ahead of time the potential risk of these types of weather dangers, alternative planning considerations to avoid such risks, and how you would prepare for and respond to those weather conditions. [Nature]

Merit Badge

1a. Explain to your counselor the most likely hazards you may encounter while hiking, and what you should do to anticipate, help prevent, mitigate, and respond to these hazards. [Nature]

Patrol Breakouts

- T-Minus activities (Duty roster/Menu/etc)
- Patrol outing planning
- Advancement check-in (see how advancement is going and what is needed -> report to SPL)
- (Seasonal planning) Summer camp activities, APC Ideas

Game

Closing

- Closing Flags
- Announcements
- SM’s minute

Total 90 minutes of meeting

After the meeting

Leadership team reviews plans for the next meeting and for the main event.

Week 3

Month's Theme: Hike
Topic: ________________
Date: _____________

Activity

Description

Run By

Time

Pre-opening Activity

Opening Ceremony

- Flag presentation
- Oath and Law
- Uniform inspection

Group Instruction

- First Aid
- Hiking

Skills Instruction
Scout - Tenderfoot

2nd - 1st

3c. Describe some hazards or injuries that you might encounter on your hike and what you can do to help prevent them [First Aid]

Merit Badge

1b. Show that you know first aid for injuries or illnesses that could occur while hiking, including hypothermia, frostbite, dehydration, heat exhaustion, heatstroke, sunburn, hyperventilation, altitude sickness, sprained ankle, blisters, ins... [First Aid]

2a. Explain and, where possible, show the points of good hiking practices including proper outdoor ethics, hiking safety in the daytime and at night, courtesy to others, choice of footwear, and proper care of feet and footwear. [Hiking]

Patrol Breakouts

- T-Minus activities (Duty roster/Menu/etc)
- Patrol outing planning
- Advancement check-in (see how advancement is going and what is needed -> report to SPL)
- (Seasonal planning) Summer camp activities, APC Ideas

Game

Closing

- Closing Flags
- Announcements
- SM’s minute

Total 90 minutes of meeting

After the meeting

Leadership team reviews plans for the next meeting and for the main event.

Week 4

Month's Theme: Hike
Topic: ________________
Date: _____________

Activity

Description

Run By

Time

Pre-opening Activity

Opening Ceremony

- Flag presentation
- Oath and Law
- Uniform inspection

Group Instruction

- Be Prepared

Skills Instruction
Scout - Tenderfoot

2nd - 1st

Merit Badge

Patrol Breakouts

- T-Minus activities (Duty roster/Menu/etc)
- Patrol outing planning
- Advancement check-in (see how advancement is going and what is needed -> report to SPL)
- (Seasonal planning) Summer camp activities, APC Ideas

Game

Closing

- Closing Flags
- Announcements
- SM’s minute

Total 90 minutes of meeting

After the meeting

Leadership team reviews plans for the next meeting and for the main event.