High Adventure
High Adventure Trips
Each summer we organize a high adventure trip. We rotate between Philmont Scout Reservation, Sea Base, and either a troop high adventure trip or National Jamboree. Local trips have included several days of white water rafting and hiking in the White Mountains to name a few.
Philmont - 2025
Our 2025 high adventure trip will be to Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico as part of a council contingent. Scouts must be 14 years old or 13 and completed the eighth grade by the start date.
We will depart on June 21, 2025, and return on July 5.
The cost will be $3,600 per person. The payment plan was distributed with $1800 due by now. There is one spot available with people on the waiting list invited to fill it. Please pay $100 if you want to be added to the waiting list.
The contingent will fly to Colorado and be bussed to New Mexico stopping for a whitewater rafting trip on the Arkansas River. Time in Colorado before arriving at Philmont will help acclimate them to the altitude before their trek. Scouts will carry their equipment, food, and water on their backs, stopping at designated campsites each day where they’ll participate in horseback riding, rock climbing, panning for gold, team challenges, spar pole climbing, shooting sports, visit native American petroglyphs, dinosaur tracks, and a mine tour.
The troop will be organizing practice hikes throughout the year and in the spring of 2025, will hold a class during our regular Monday meetings to get Scouts and adults ready for the trip.
Troop 542 High Adventure - 2026
For our troop high adventure trip in 2026, we will attend the National Jamboree held at The Summit Bechtel Reserve. The dates are July 22-31, 2016. See https://jamboree.scouting.org/ for information on the jamboree.
Sea Base - 2027
In the summer of 2027, we’ll return to Sea Base for another sailing adventure. Stay tuned for information as it becomes available.