Post by Feral Wolf on Jun 5, 2012 9:32:20 GMT -7
So here's the inside word regarding site location scouting: we have selected a site location! Stay tuned for site location & directions announcement in the coming days!
The site we have selected for this year is *within* the Weminuche Wilderness, and unlike previous years, there will be *no* car camping. There's a pay campground near the trailhead so we're hoping to utilize donation money to reserve the spot closest to the trailhead, which will then serve as our welcoming/info area. There's plenty of parking and folx can easily get away with crashing in their vehicles, but what we mean about no car camping is you can't set up camp, pitch tents, make fires, etc., where the cars are parked, as you could in previous years, unless you wish to pay for a site in the nearby campground, which would pretty much defeat the entire purpose of being there.
The base camp is a three to four mile hike, but it's easy and relatively flat compared to that death hill from years past. There's a river and large old-growth ponderosa pine for tree climbing trainings! It's a beautiful site and you won't be disappointed.
There are many reasons we chose this site over the past site, which we'll talk about in our upcoming post releasing the site location info and directions. We'll also talk about it more on the ground and in the woods. The scout council is confident in this decision.
The site we have selected for this year is *within* the Weminuche Wilderness, and unlike previous years, there will be *no* car camping. There's a pay campground near the trailhead so we're hoping to utilize donation money to reserve the spot closest to the trailhead, which will then serve as our welcoming/info area. There's plenty of parking and folx can easily get away with crashing in their vehicles, but what we mean about no car camping is you can't set up camp, pitch tents, make fires, etc., where the cars are parked, as you could in previous years, unless you wish to pay for a site in the nearby campground, which would pretty much defeat the entire purpose of being there.
The base camp is a three to four mile hike, but it's easy and relatively flat compared to that death hill from years past. There's a river and large old-growth ponderosa pine for tree climbing trainings! It's a beautiful site and you won't be disappointed.
There are many reasons we chose this site over the past site, which we'll talk about in our upcoming post releasing the site location info and directions. We'll also talk about it more on the ground and in the woods. The scout council is confident in this decision.