At a Glance

Adventure Type:
Hike
Elevation: 1036
Return Time: 3:15pm
Difficulty: moderate
Trail Map: Trail_map
Length: 10.7 mi
Meet Time: 9:00am
Surface: dirt
Trail Type: loop
Est Cost: 0
Health form parts: ABB
Location: Forest Park, Oregon
Location Website: Forest Park

Note: Entry-level

Forest Park - 10.2mi

Wildwood and Leif Erikson Loop - 
Explore this 10.2-mile loop trail near Portland, Oregon. Generally considered a moderately challenging route, it takes an average of 4 h 0 min to complete. This is a popular trail for hiking and running, but you can still enjoy some solitude during quieter times of day. The best times to visit this trail are January through October.

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?

Plan a 5mi out and back option for younger scouts

Gear

Day Pack
10 Essentials
Hiking boots
Hiking Poles
Compass

Pre-Adventure Skillsets

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

Sample Agenda

9:00am Meet at CCC
9:15am Leave for Forest Park
9:45am Arrive
10:00am Begin Hike on the Wildwood and Leif Erikson Loop Trail
12:00pm Take a break at the end of the trail and eat Lunch
12:30pm Hike back to vehicles
2:30pm Arrive at vehicles
2:45am Depart from Forest Park
3:15pm Arrive and pickup at CCC

Rank Requirements

key: At Meeting / On Adventure

Tenderfoot

1c. Explain how you demonstrated the Outdoor Code and Leave No Trace on campouts or outings.

4a. Show first aid for the following: Simple cuts and scrapes, Blisters on the hand and foot, Minor (thermal/heat) burns or scalds (superficial, or first-degree), Bites or stings of insects and ticks, Venomous snakebite, Nosebleed, Frostbite and sunburn, Choking

5a. Explain the importance of the buddy system as it relates to your personal safety on outings and where you live. Use the buddy system while on a troop or patrol outing.

5b. Describe what to do if you become lost on a hike or campout.

5c. Explain the rules of safe and responsible hiking, both on the highway and cross-country, during the day and at night.

5d. Explain why it is important to hike on trails or other durable surfaces, and give examples of durable surfaces you saw on your outing.

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

4. Identify or show evidence of at least 10 kinds of wild animals (such as birds, mammals, reptiles, fish, or mollusks) found in your local area or camping location. You may show evidence by tracks, signs, or photographs you have taken.

First Class

1b. Explain the potential impacts of camping, both on the environment and on other outdoor users. Explain why the Outdoor Code and Leave No Trace Seven Principles are important for protecting the outdoors.

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.

4. Take four 10-mile hikes and one 20-mile hike, each on a different day, and each of continuous miles. Prepare a written hike plan before each hike and share it with your merit badge counselor or a designee for approval before starting the hike. Include map routes, a clothing and equipment list, and a list of items for a trail lunch. You may stop for as many short rest periods as needed, as well as one meal, during each hike, but not for an extended period such as overnight.*

5. After each of the hikes (or during each hike if on one continuous trek) in requirement 4, write a short report on your hike. For each hike, give the date and description (or map) of the route covered, the weather, any interesting things you saw, and any challenges you had and how you overcame them. It may include something you learned about yourself, about the outdoors, or about others you were hiking with. Share this with your merit badge counselor.*

Flier

www.Sherwood116.com

Troop 116

Hike @ Forest Park - 10.2mi

Wildwood and Leif Erikson Loop - Explore this 10.2-mile loop trail near Portland, Oregon. Generally considered a moderately challenging route, it takes an average of 4 h 0 min to complete. This is a popular trail for hiking and running, but you can still enjoy some solitude during quieter times of day. The best times to visit this trail are January through October.

Hike!

Forest Park - 10.2mi
Portland, Oregon

9:00am - 3:15pm

meet at Cedar Creek Church on < date > @ 9:00am

Whole Troop!

We’ll meet at Cedar Creek Church @ 9:00am and carpool to Forest Park - 10.2mi in Portland, Oregon.

Gear

Day Pack
10 Essentials
Hiking boots
Hiking Poles
Compass

Skills

Be prepared
Buddy System
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

Skills Instruction
Scout - Tenderfoot

1c. Explain how you demonstrated the Outdoor Code and Leave No Trace on campouts or outings. [Leave No Trace]

5d. Explain why it is important to hike on trails or other durable surfaces, and give examples of durable surfaces you saw on your outing. [Leave No Trace]

2nd - 1st

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

1b. Explain the potential impacts of camping, both on the environment and on other outdoor users. Explain why the Outdoor Code and Leave No Trace Seven Principles are important for protecting the outdoors. [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]

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

- First Aid
- Map & Compass
- Fitness

Skills Instruction
Scout - Tenderfoot

4a. Show first aid for the following: Simple cuts and scrapes, Blisters on the hand and foot, Minor (thermal/heat) burns or scalds (superficial, or first-degree), Bites or stings of insects and ticks, Venomous snakebite, Nosebleed, Frostbite and sunburn, Choking [First Aid]

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]

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]

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 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

- Buddy System
- Hiking
- Nature

Skills Instruction
Scout - Tenderfoot

5a. Explain the importance of the buddy system as it relates to your personal safety on outings and where you live. Use the buddy system while on a troop or patrol outing. [Buddy System]

5c. Explain the rules of safe and responsible hiking, both on the highway and cross-country, during the day and at night. [Hiking]

2nd - 1st

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]

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

5b. Describe what to do if you become lost on a hike or campout. [Be Prepared]

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.