Scouting in Colorado
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Scouting in Colorado has a long history, from the 1910s to the present day, serving thousands of youth in programs that suit the rugged, mountainous environment in which they live.
. The Denver Council was founded in 1915, and in 1926 changed its name to the Denver Area Council, which it remains to this day.
The Colorado Springs Council was founded in 1916, and in 1922 changed its name to the El Paso and Teller Counties Council. That council in 1925 changed its name to Pikes Peak Council, which it remains to this day. Pikes Peak Council is home to the oldest continually-chartered troop in the state of Colorado, Troop 2, originally chartered to Colorado Springs' First Presbyterian Church in October, 1917.
The Greeley
Council was founded in 1916, and in 1924 changed its name to the Weld and Morgan Counties Council. That council in 1928 changed its name to Longs Peak Council, which it remains to this day. The Fort Collins Council and Longmont Council, each founded in 1917, merged in 1919 into what is now the Longs Peak Council. The Boulder
Council, also created in 1917, was merged in to the Council in 1920. The Southeastern Wyoming Council of Cheyenne merged into Longs Peak Council in 1928.
The Trinidad-Las Animas County Council, founded in 1917, changed its name to the Las Animas County Council in 1924. This and the Arkansas Valley Council, founded in 1924, merged in 1927 to become the Spanish Peaks
Council. The Pueblo Council was founded in 1920, and in 1928 changed its name to the Rocky Mountain Council, which it remains to this day. The Spanish Peaks Council merged into Rocky Mountain Council in 1932.
The Western Colorado Council was founded in 1942, and is one of the very few councils that have not undergone a namechange or merger in their entire history.
During World War II
, Japanese American
s interned at the Granada War Relocation Center
set up a separate Amache District for Scouts at the camp, after the camp's unofficial name Camp Amache.
Pikes Peak Council served as host to the 1960 National Scout Jamboree, held north of Colorado Springs adjacent to the United States Air Force Academy, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Boy Scouts of America.
local councils and a single Girl Scouts of the USA
council in Colorado, merged from an original five.
The first National Wider Opportunity for Senior Girl Scouts, "Recall the Riches restore the Ruins," was held in Central City in 1973. In 1979, "Sky Hi Ski," a National Wider Opportunity, was held at YMCA Snow Mountain Ranch near Granby and a Senior Girl Scout troop from Mile Hi Council participates in the opening ceremonies at the Winter Olympics at Lake Placid.
As of October 1, 2007, all Girl Scouts from the state are joined as Girl Scouts of Colorado Council.
is headquartered in Denver, Colorado
, and supports Scouting
units and youth in an area of central Colorado
from Arapahoe and Adams Counties east to the Continental Divide
.
The Pioneer Trails District is a new district, formed in 2004. It broke off from the Arapahoe District, which was deemed by the council to be too large.
The council, also, has non-geographic districts to support non-traditional programs operated by the council. These districts are:
(NYLT) is a weeklong youth oriented leadership training experience held for five weeks during the summer.
. The second, smaller camp, is Camp Tahosa, located near Nederland, Colorado
.
Camp Tahosa is a camp near Ward, Colorado
, serving the Denver Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America
. It was the primary camp for the Denver area until the later 1970s, when it was shut down because of damage caused by environmental factors. It was replaced by Peaceful Valley Scout Ranch. The camp was recently re-opened as a high adventure
base. The High Adventure Treks from Camp Tahosa lead Scouts into the adjacent forest.
Tahosa is home to six separate camping programs, Alpine Adventure, Tahosa Trek, OKPIK, The Challenge (COPE), Big Horn National Youth Leadership Training
and EaglePoint.
Alpine Adventure is a six night mountaineering adventure in the high country of Colorado, combining the training facilities of Tahosa High Adventure Base with the lakes and vistas of the Indian Peaks Wilderness Area. The Scout will be members of a 12-person team, learning and applying skills to conquer the strenuous challenges of the program in a dynamic mountain environment.
Tahosa Trek was started in 1995 to provide a basic knowledge of backpacking/low impact camping, the program now offers more advanced training and longer, customized treks for the units of the Boy Scouts of America
.
Okpik is a weekend extreme winter camping experience design to train Scouts in winter survival.
The Challenge is part of the Project COPE
program that encourages youth and adults to expand mental creativity, increase physical abilities, promote leadership skills and instill personal confidence.
EaglePoint is the newest addition to Tahosa. Founded in 2000 at Peaceful Valley Scout Ranch, EaglePoint is a troop run camp with access to the Tahosa High Adventure Base facilities. With a small staff, troops can build their own schedule and do whatever they would like for their week at camp. This program had a predecessor that started as early as 1991 called Eagle Quest.
Peaceful Valley Scout Ranch is the main camping location of the Denver Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America
. The camp, built in the 1960s by the Army Corps of Engineers, was a replacement to the original camp, Camp Tahosa. The camp is located just outside of Elbert, Colorado
.
Peaceful Valley Scout Ranch is home to three separate camps: Camp Cris Dobbins; Camp Cortlandt Dietler; and Magness Adventure Camp. Like Tahosa, Peaceful Valley also hosted a troop-run camp also called EaglePoint; however, as of 2009, EaglePoint is defunct at the Peaceful Vally location (the EaglePoint program at Tahosa is still active, though). Additionally, in 2005, the Boy Scouts of America Denver Area Council acquired a large section of land adjacent to Peaceful Valley, and is looking to develop a fourth camp on this recent acquisition, called Camp Gates.
Facilities include the Travis Shooting Sports Facility, which contains an Olympic shotgun shooting range, the Gates Aquatic Center, a horse corral, BB Gun range, two lakes, and the four above mentioned camps.
Camp Cris Dobbins is the flagship camp of Peaceful Valley. The camp is home to The Travis Shooting Facility, which includes an Olympic shotgun range, the million dollar Gates Aquatic Center, a dining hall, and over twenty campsites. The camp, with a capacity of around 600 campers, offers dozens of merit badges and programs for scouts of all ages.
Camp Dietler, founded in 1988 by William Eck, is a patrol style summer camp experience. While merit badges are offered, the main focus is on the patrol method. This is carried out through patrol cooking, events determined by the patrol leader's council, and several high adventure outposts. The camp is named for Cortlandt Dietler, who donated the money to build the camp commissary.
Magness Adventure Camp is the Denver Area Council's Cub Scouting camp. The camp has three shelters, each with a campsite housing eighty tents. The program includes lake activities, a BB Gun range, an archery range, recently added a slingshot paint ball range and a tower that overlooks Elbert County. The camp is also available for rental by outside groups, and is often frequented by groups such as Denver's High School ROTC and girls groups from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Founded in 2000, EaglePoint is a troop run camp with access to the Peaceful Valley facilities. With a small staff, troops can build their own schedule and do whatever they would like for their week at camp. However, in 2009, the program is no longer at Peaceful Valley, it has been moved to a new location at Tahosa Scout Camp.
(Pika
), and the name translates to "Dwellers on the Mountain Tops" in the Kiowa
language.
on the National Register of Historic Places
.
. Named after the tallest peak in the council territory, Longs Peak Council serves Scouting
youth in northeastern Colorado north of Denver, southeastern Wyoming and the panhandle
of western Nebraska, and is chartered by BSA to organize, extend, support, and control the Scouting program within its exclusive territory. The WyoBraska Council of Scottsbluff merged into the Longs Peak Council in 1973.
As with Pikes Peak Council, there is officially no apostrophe in the name, due to a ruling about the mountain
itself by the Board on Geographic Names.
is operated by the Longs Peak Council BSA and includes four Scout Camps:
Program areas on the Boy Scout Camps include Rock Climbing on some of the many peaks in the camp, C.O.P.E. (Challenging Outdoor Personal Experience), Shooting Sports, Scout Skills, Handicraft, and Nature Studies. Elkhorn High Adventure Base provides backpacking on BDSR and in nearby National Forest areas in several levels of challenge.
Ben Delatour Scout Ranch includes summer camp and year-round camping, with an altitude about 2100 m (6800 ft).
on US HWY 230 and just about 6.4 miles (10.3 km) west of Woods Landing, Wyoming. The approximate coordinates for the cabin are 41° 4' 19.78" N 106° 6' 29.2" W (NAD83/WGS84)
Chimney Park Boy Scout Camp offers year-round camping, especially winter camps, at an altitude about 2700 m (9,000 ft). The winter snow depth varies typically from 30 to 150 cm (1 to five feet), and the winter daytime high temperatures varies typically from -9 to +7 °C (+15 to +45 °F) The winter nighttime low temperatures vary typically from -26 to 0 °C (-15 to +32 °F). A lodge with stove and fireplace are available. Lodge use must be reserved through the Longs Peak Council Office. There is a usage fee. See http://www.longspeakbsa.org/camps/ChimneyPark/ for more information.
, offers summer camp and year-round camping.
. In 1973, Kola Lodge absorbed Wiyaka Luta #403 of the Wyo-Braska Council.
, headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado
. Named after the most famous peak in the council territory, upon which 'America the Beautiful
' was written, Pikes Peak Council provides Scouting
to youth in east-central Colorado, including Park
, Teller
, El Paso
, Elbert
, Lincoln
, Kit Carson
and Cheyenne Counties
.
As with Longs Peak Council, there is officially no apostrophe in the name, due to a ruling about the mountain
itself by the Board on Geographic Names.
On board the Space Shuttle Challenger
when it disintegrated in 1986 was an American flag that was sponsored by Troop 514 of Monument, Colorado
. When the Challenger wreckage was retrieved from the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean
, this flag
was found, sealed in a plastic bag, intact and completely unscathed.
approximately 45 miles (72.4 km) west of Colorado Springs, and two miles (3 km) south of Lake George, in Park County
, was donated in 1946 by J. Don Alexander of the Alexander Film Company
. There are a series of Burma Shave-style signs on the main road into camp, each sign having one of the points of the Scout Law
. Camp Alexander is between 8200 and 8600 feet (2,621.3 m) elevation. The camp area consists of hills, low mountains, and valleys covered by a mix of Ponderosa pine
forests, high-altitude grasslands, and wetland vegetation along the lake and stream.
In July 2005, Pikes Peak Council moved from its four-decade home downtown to a temporary location in northeast Colorado Springs until the council's new headquarters at the intersection of I-25 and Fillmore Street was finished in July 2008, to account for the demographic and geographic shift of Colorado Springs. The vacated original building became the home of Sario, a Lions Club
project.
in Kyrgyzstan
.
is headquartered in Pueblo, Colorado
, and provides program services to over 100 chartered partner organizations, delivering Scouting to more than 4,600 youth through 167 Scout units in 19 counties of Southern Colorado, including Pueblo, Fremont, Crowley, Kiowa, Prowers, Bent, Otero, Baca, Las Animas, Costilla, Conejos, Mineral, Rio Grande, Alamosa, Saguache, Huerfano, Custer, Lake and Chaffee Counties.
Rocky Mountain Council is home to La Junta
's Koshare Indian Museum
, regarded as one of the finest collections of Native American artifacts in the world. The Museum sponsors a Scout troop of dancers, the Koshare Indian Dancers
, members of Boy Scout Troop 232 and Venturing Crew 2230, founded in 1933 by J. F. Burshears
who have become recognized worldwide, for their interpretive Indian dancing.
Located near Poncha Springs
, formerly Packard High Adventure Base.
Official Site
Located near San Isabel.
Official Site
. Also known as Tupwee Lodge, its rather long name refers to its totem in the Ute language. The name means land of the quaking aspens.
was founded in 1942, and is headquartered in Grand Junction, Colorado
. Western Colorado Council serves over 4,000 youth members and over 1,000 volunteer leaders through Scout
units in fifteen counties of northwestern Colorado.
. Prior to 1960 there was not an Order of the Arrow Lodge (OA) serving Western Colorado Council (WC-C). The Council honor camping organization had previously been the Tribe of Mic-O-Say
(MOS) (also existing in some Councils in Kansas and Missouri) which had been founded by H. Roe Bartle. However with the arrival of a new WC-C Scout Executive, a decision was made to discontinue MOS and replace it with an OA lodge which was officially recognized by the BSA. As a compromise, the lodge was allowed to retain the name "Mic-O-Say" and to continue some of the MOS insignia and traditions. The traditional MOS Eagle Claws were permitted to be worn by youth and adult members suspended from a French braid spiral lanyard in the tribal official red, white and blue craftstrip colors.
and borders the Spanish Peaks Wilderness
. It is a local council camp of the Santa Fe Trail Council, Boy Scouts of America
based out of Garden City, Kansas
. The camp gives program geared toward outdoor education such as wilderness backpacking, climbing, and outdoor skills.
International Girl Scout gatherings named Senior Roundups were held every three years from 1956 until 1965. The National Girl Scouts of the USA
Roundup was held from July 3 to July 12, 1959, adjacent to the site of the then-new United States Air Force Academy
north of Colorado Springs, attended by 10,000 girls.
, born in Colorado Springs in April 1906. She joined the Wagon Wheel Council Troop 4 in 1918 and got her Golden Eaglet, which was then the GSUSA highest award. She later operated her own dance studio in Colorado Springs and headed the dance department at Colorado College
before moving to Menlo Park, California
in 1939. The Wagon Wheel Council named Crowder the nation's oldest Girl Scout after it conducted a nationwide search and sifted through council archives.
Girl Scouts of Colorado has service center locations in Colorado Springs, Denver, Durango, Fort Collins, Grand Junction and Pueblo. There are also staff members who work in other areas of the state such as Bailey, Breckenridge, Estes Park, Crowley, Greeley, Johnstown, Longmont, Merino, Monte Vista, Parachute, Sterling, Trinidad, Red Feather Lakes, Sanford, Steamboat Springs and Woodland Park. Additionally, Girl Scouts of Colorado has divided the state into eight regions.
Headquarters: Denver, Colorado
Website: http://www.girlscoutsofcolorado.org/
The council maintains three resident camp properties:
And some regular camps:
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Scouts in Colorado.
Early history (1910-1950)
Scouting got a brisk start in ColoradoColorado
Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...
. The Denver Council was founded in 1915, and in 1926 changed its name to the Denver Area Council, which it remains to this day.
The Colorado Springs Council was founded in 1916, and in 1922 changed its name to the El Paso and Teller Counties Council. That council in 1925 changed its name to Pikes Peak Council, which it remains to this day. Pikes Peak Council is home to the oldest continually-chartered troop in the state of Colorado, Troop 2, originally chartered to Colorado Springs' First Presbyterian Church in October, 1917.
The Greeley
Greeley, Colorado
The City of Greeley is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and the most populous city of Weld County, Colorado, United States. Greeley is located in the region known as Northern Colorado. Greeley is situated north-northeast of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver. According to the...
Council was founded in 1916, and in 1924 changed its name to the Weld and Morgan Counties Council. That council in 1928 changed its name to Longs Peak Council, which it remains to this day. The Fort Collins Council and Longmont Council, each founded in 1917, merged in 1919 into what is now the Longs Peak Council. The Boulder
Boulder, Colorado
Boulder is the county seat and most populous city of Boulder County and the 11th most populous city in the U.S. state of Colorado. Boulder is located at the base of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains at an elevation of...
Council, also created in 1917, was merged in to the Council in 1920. The Southeastern Wyoming Council of Cheyenne merged into Longs Peak Council in 1928.
The Trinidad-Las Animas County Council, founded in 1917, changed its name to the Las Animas County Council in 1924. This and the Arkansas Valley Council, founded in 1924, merged in 1927 to become the Spanish Peaks
Spanish Peaks
The Spanish Peaks are a pair of volcanic mountains located in southwestern Huerfano County, Colorado. The Ute indians named them Huajatolla , meaning "two breasts". The Spanish name translates as "Breasts of the Earth". The two peaks, West Spanish Peak and East Spanish Peak, are the easternmost...
Council. The Pueblo Council was founded in 1920, and in 1928 changed its name to the Rocky Mountain Council, which it remains to this day. The Spanish Peaks Council merged into Rocky Mountain Council in 1932.
The Western Colorado Council was founded in 1942, and is one of the very few councils that have not undergone a namechange or merger in their entire history.
During World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, Japanese American
Japanese American
are American people of Japanese heritage. Japanese Americans have historically been among the three largest Asian American communities, but in recent decades have become the sixth largest group at roughly 1,204,205, including those of mixed-race or mixed-ethnicity...
s interned at the Granada War Relocation Center
Granada War Relocation Center
The Granada War Relocation Center was a Japanese American internment camp located in southeast Colorado about a mile west of the small farming community of Granada, south of US 50....
set up a separate Amache District for Scouts at the camp, after the camp's unofficial name Camp Amache.
Recent history (1950-1990)
In 1952, a Capital Fund Campaign was held to raise money for a new camp, Tomahawk Ranch.Pikes Peak Council served as host to the 1960 National Scout Jamboree, held north of Colorado Springs adjacent to the United States Air Force Academy, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Boy Scouts of America.
Scouting in Colorado today
There are six Boy Scouts of AmericaBoy Scouts of America
The Boy Scouts of America is one of the largest youth organizations in the United States, with over 4.5 million youth members in its age-related divisions...
local councils and a single Girl Scouts of the USA
Girl Scouts of the USA
The Girl Scouts of the United States of America is a youth organization for girls in the United States and American girls living abroad. It describes itself as "the world's preeminent organization dedicated solely to girls". It was founded by Juliette Gordon Low in 1912 and was organized after Low...
council in Colorado, merged from an original five.
The first National Wider Opportunity for Senior Girl Scouts, "Recall the Riches restore the Ruins," was held in Central City in 1973. In 1979, "Sky Hi Ski," a National Wider Opportunity, was held at YMCA Snow Mountain Ranch near Granby and a Senior Girl Scout troop from Mile Hi Council participates in the opening ceremonies at the Winter Olympics at Lake Placid.
As of October 1, 2007, all Girl Scouts from the state are joined as Girl Scouts of Colorado Council.
Denver Area Council
The Denver Area Council of the Boy Scouts of AmericaBoy Scouts of America
The Boy Scouts of America is one of the largest youth organizations in the United States, with over 4.5 million youth members in its age-related divisions...
is headquartered in Denver, Colorado
Denver, Colorado
The City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains...
, and supports Scouting
Scouting
Scouting, also known as the Scout Movement, is a worldwide youth movement with the stated aim of supporting young people in their physical, mental and spiritual development, that they may play constructive roles in society....
units and youth in an area of central Colorado
Colorado
Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...
from Arapahoe and Adams Counties east to the Continental Divide
Continental Divide
The Continental Divide of the Americas, or merely the Continental Gulf of Division or Great Divide, is the name given to the principal, and largely mountainous, hydrological divide of the Americas that separates the watersheds that drain into the Pacific Ocean from those river systems that drain...
.
Organization
For traditional units, the council is split into districts related by geography. These districts are:- Arapahoe — Serving Sheridan, Littleton, Englewood, Roxborough, Greenwood Village, Cherry Hills, western Centennial and Highlands Ranch
- Centennial — Serving Aurora, Green Valley Ranch, Bennett, Strasburg, Byers, Deer Trail, Center, eastern Centennial, Foxfield and unincorporated Arapahoe County
- Frontier — Serving Denver County
- Gateway — Serving North Jefferson, Gilpin, Clear Creek and Broomfield Counties
- Pioneer Trails — Serving Elbert, Elizabeth, Kiowa, Franktown, Castle Rock, Sedalia, Louviers, Larkspur and Parker
- Timberline — Serving Jefferson, Park and parts of Clear Creek Counties
- Valley — Serving Adams County
The Pioneer Trails District is a new district, formed in 2004. It broke off from the Arapahoe District, which was deemed by the council to be too large.
The council, also, has non-geographic districts to support non-traditional programs operated by the council. These districts are:
- Venturing — Serving all young men and women ages 14–20
- Summit — In-school traditional Scouting in Denver County and our Soccer in Scouting program
- Learning for Life — Serving youth in Denver
- Special Needs — Serving youth with disabilities throughout the Metropolitan Area
- Exploring — Serving ages 14–21 in career exploration in the Denver Metropolitan Area
Programs and activities
Big Horn National Youth Leadership TrainingNational Youth Leadership Training
National Youth Leadership Training is the current incarnation of youth leadership development training offered by the Boy Scouts of America . The program is conducted at the council level over a week or over two weekends. It is intended to provide standardized, in-depth training covering a number...
(NYLT) is a weeklong youth oriented leadership training experience held for five weeks during the summer.
Camps
The Denver Area Council operates camps in two locations in Colorado. The primary camp, Peaceful Valley Scout Ranch, is located in Elbert, ColoradoElbert, Colorado
Elbert is a census-designated place and the location of a U.S. Post Office in Elbert County, Colorado, United States. The population as of the 2010 Census was 230.The community is named for a past Colorado territorial governor and state Supreme Court Justice Samuel Hitt Elbert...
. The second, smaller camp, is Camp Tahosa, located near Nederland, Colorado
Nederland, Colorado
The Town of Nederland is a Statutory Town established in 1885 located near the Continental Divide and Barker Meadow Reservoir in the mountains of southwest Boulder County, Colorado....
.
Tahosa High Adventure Base
Camp Tahosa is a camp near Ward, Colorado
Ward, Colorado
Ward is a Home Rule Municipality in Boulder County, Colorado, United States. The population was 150 at the 2010 census. The town is a former mining settlement founded in 1860 in the wake of the discovery of gold at nearby Gold Hill...
, serving the Denver Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America
Boy Scouts of America
The Boy Scouts of America is one of the largest youth organizations in the United States, with over 4.5 million youth members in its age-related divisions...
. It was the primary camp for the Denver area until the later 1970s, when it was shut down because of damage caused by environmental factors. It was replaced by Peaceful Valley Scout Ranch. The camp was recently re-opened as a high adventure
High adventure
High adventure is a type of outdoor experience. It typically is meant to include activities like backpacking, hiking, kayaking or canoeing. It may also include mountaineering, rock climbing, mountain biking, orienteering, hang gliding, paragliding and hot air ballooning.-High adventure in...
base. The High Adventure Treks from Camp Tahosa lead Scouts into the adjacent forest.
Tahosa is home to six separate camping programs, Alpine Adventure, Tahosa Trek, OKPIK, The Challenge (COPE), Big Horn National Youth Leadership Training
National Youth Leadership Training
National Youth Leadership Training is the current incarnation of youth leadership development training offered by the Boy Scouts of America . The program is conducted at the council level over a week or over two weekends. It is intended to provide standardized, in-depth training covering a number...
and EaglePoint.
Alpine Adventure is a six night mountaineering adventure in the high country of Colorado, combining the training facilities of Tahosa High Adventure Base with the lakes and vistas of the Indian Peaks Wilderness Area. The Scout will be members of a 12-person team, learning and applying skills to conquer the strenuous challenges of the program in a dynamic mountain environment.
Tahosa Trek was started in 1995 to provide a basic knowledge of backpacking/low impact camping, the program now offers more advanced training and longer, customized treks for the units of the Boy Scouts of America
Boy Scouts of America
The Boy Scouts of America is one of the largest youth organizations in the United States, with over 4.5 million youth members in its age-related divisions...
.
Okpik is a weekend extreme winter camping experience design to train Scouts in winter survival.
The Challenge is part of the Project COPE
Project COPE
Project COPE is an acronym for Challenging Outdoor Personal Experience, a program in the Boy Scouts of America. It consists of different challenges for groups of scouts that involve teamwork and problem solving, or for individual scouts that test agility and individual skills...
program that encourages youth and adults to expand mental creativity, increase physical abilities, promote leadership skills and instill personal confidence.
EaglePoint is the newest addition to Tahosa. Founded in 2000 at Peaceful Valley Scout Ranch, EaglePoint is a troop run camp with access to the Tahosa High Adventure Base facilities. With a small staff, troops can build their own schedule and do whatever they would like for their week at camp. This program had a predecessor that started as early as 1991 called Eagle Quest.
Peaceful Valley Scout Ranch
Peaceful Valley Scout Ranch is the main camping location of the Denver Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America
Boy Scouts of America
The Boy Scouts of America is one of the largest youth organizations in the United States, with over 4.5 million youth members in its age-related divisions...
. The camp, built in the 1960s by the Army Corps of Engineers, was a replacement to the original camp, Camp Tahosa. The camp is located just outside of Elbert, Colorado
Elbert, Colorado
Elbert is a census-designated place and the location of a U.S. Post Office in Elbert County, Colorado, United States. The population as of the 2010 Census was 230.The community is named for a past Colorado territorial governor and state Supreme Court Justice Samuel Hitt Elbert...
.
Peaceful Valley Scout Ranch is home to three separate camps: Camp Cris Dobbins; Camp Cortlandt Dietler; and Magness Adventure Camp. Like Tahosa, Peaceful Valley also hosted a troop-run camp also called EaglePoint; however, as of 2009, EaglePoint is defunct at the Peaceful Vally location (the EaglePoint program at Tahosa is still active, though). Additionally, in 2005, the Boy Scouts of America Denver Area Council acquired a large section of land adjacent to Peaceful Valley, and is looking to develop a fourth camp on this recent acquisition, called Camp Gates.
Facilities include the Travis Shooting Sports Facility, which contains an Olympic shotgun shooting range, the Gates Aquatic Center, a horse corral, BB Gun range, two lakes, and the four above mentioned camps.
Camp Cris Dobbins is the flagship camp of Peaceful Valley. The camp is home to The Travis Shooting Facility, which includes an Olympic shotgun range, the million dollar Gates Aquatic Center, a dining hall, and over twenty campsites. The camp, with a capacity of around 600 campers, offers dozens of merit badges and programs for scouts of all ages.
Camp Dietler, founded in 1988 by William Eck, is a patrol style summer camp experience. While merit badges are offered, the main focus is on the patrol method. This is carried out through patrol cooking, events determined by the patrol leader's council, and several high adventure outposts. The camp is named for Cortlandt Dietler, who donated the money to build the camp commissary.
Magness Adventure Camp is the Denver Area Council's Cub Scouting camp. The camp has three shelters, each with a campsite housing eighty tents. The program includes lake activities, a BB Gun range, an archery range, recently added a slingshot paint ball range and a tower that overlooks Elbert County. The camp is also available for rental by outside groups, and is often frequented by groups such as Denver's High School ROTC and girls groups from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Founded in 2000, EaglePoint is a troop run camp with access to the Peaceful Valley facilities. With a small staff, troops can build their own schedule and do whatever they would like for their week at camp. However, in 2009, the program is no longer at Peaceful Valley, it has been moved to a new location at Tahosa Scout Camp.
Tahosa Lodge
Tahosa Lodge #383, chartered in 1948, serves 1218 Arrowmen as of 2004. The lodge totem is a coneyConey
-Places:* Coney Arm, a settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador* Coney Beach Pleasure Park, an amusement park in Wales* Coney's Castle, a fort in Dorset, England* Coneygar, a suburb of Bridport, Devon, England* Coneyhurst, a hamlet in West Sussex, England...
(Pika
Pika
The pika is a small mammal, with short limbs, rounded ears, and short tail. The name pika is used for any member of the Ochotonidae, a family within the order of lagomorphs, which also includes the Leporidae . One genus, Ochotona, is recognised within the family, and it includes 30 species...
), and the name translates to "Dwellers on the Mountain Tops" in the Kiowa
Kiowa
The Kiowa are a nation of American Indians and indigenous people of the Great Plains. They migrated from the northern plains to the southern plains in the late 17th century. In 1867, the Kiowa moved to a reservation in southwestern Oklahoma...
language.
Great Southwest Council
The Great Southwest Council serves the Durango and Mesa Verde areas of Colorado, and includes Cascade Boy Scout CampCascade Boy Scout Camp
Cascade Boy Scout Camp is a camp near Durango in San Juan County, Colorado, United States that is associated with Scouting in Colorado. The lodge building, also known as Cascade Lodge or Boy Scout Lodge, was built in 1928 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988...
on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
.
Longs Peak Council
Longs Peak Council of the Boy Scouts of America is headquartered in Greeley, ColoradoGreeley, Colorado
The City of Greeley is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and the most populous city of Weld County, Colorado, United States. Greeley is located in the region known as Northern Colorado. Greeley is situated north-northeast of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver. According to the...
. Named after the tallest peak in the council territory, Longs Peak Council serves Scouting
Scouting
Scouting, also known as the Scout Movement, is a worldwide youth movement with the stated aim of supporting young people in their physical, mental and spiritual development, that they may play constructive roles in society....
youth in northeastern Colorado north of Denver, southeastern Wyoming and the panhandle
Panhandle
A panhandle is an informal geographic term for an elongated arm-like protrusion of a geo-political entity, such as a subnational entity or a sovereign state.-Term:...
of western Nebraska, and is chartered by BSA to organize, extend, support, and control the Scouting program within its exclusive territory. The WyoBraska Council of Scottsbluff merged into the Longs Peak Council in 1973.
As with Pikes Peak Council, there is officially no apostrophe in the name, due to a ruling about the mountain
Longs Peak
Longs Peak is one of the 53 mountains with summits over 14,000 feet in Colorado. It can be prominently seen from Longmont, Colorado, as well as from the rest of the Colorado Front Range. It is named after Major Stephen Long, who explored the area in the 1820s...
itself by the Board on Geographic Names.
Organization
The council's territory is divided into nine geographic districts:- Cache La Poudre District
- Frontier District
- High Plains District
- Indian Peaks District
- Mountain View District
- Rocky Mountain District
- High Altitude District
- Three Rivers District
- Tri-Trails District
Ben Delatour Scout Ranch
Encompassing 3200 acres (12.9 km²) at 7200 to 8000 feet (2,438.4 m) in elevation, Ben Delatour Scout Ranch http://www.longspeakbsa.org/camps/BDSR/ at Red Feather Lakes, ColoradoRed Feather Lakes, Colorado
Red Feather Lakes is a census-designated place in Larimer County, Colorado, United States. The population was 525 at the 2000 census. The Red Feather Lakes Post Office has the ZIP Code 80545.-Geography:...
is operated by the Longs Peak Council BSA and includes four Scout Camps:
- Camp Jack Nicol Cub Scout Camp
- Camp Charles Jeffrey Boy Scout Camp (dining hall)
- Soaring Eagle Boy Scout Camp at Camp Ruth Coffin (patrol cooking and western theme)
- Elkhorn High Adventure Base.
Program areas on the Boy Scout Camps include Rock Climbing on some of the many peaks in the camp, C.O.P.E. (Challenging Outdoor Personal Experience), Shooting Sports, Scout Skills, Handicraft, and Nature Studies. Elkhorn High Adventure Base provides backpacking on BDSR and in nearby National Forest areas in several levels of challenge.
Ben Delatour Scout Ranch includes summer camp and year-round camping, with an altitude about 2100 m (6800 ft).
Chimney Park Scout Camp
Chimney Park Boy Scout Camp is located in the Snowy Range Mountains, approximately 33 miles (53.1 km) west of Laramie, WyomingLaramie, Wyoming
Laramie is a city in and the county seat of Albany County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 30,816 at the . Located on the Laramie River in southeastern Wyoming, the city is west of Cheyenne, at the junction of Interstate 80 and U.S. Route 287....
on US HWY 230 and just about 6.4 miles (10.3 km) west of Woods Landing, Wyoming. The approximate coordinates for the cabin are 41° 4' 19.78" N 106° 6' 29.2" W (NAD83/WGS84)
Chimney Park Boy Scout Camp offers year-round camping, especially winter camps, at an altitude about 2700 m (9,000 ft). The winter snow depth varies typically from 30 to 150 cm (1 to five feet), and the winter daytime high temperatures varies typically from -9 to +7 °C (+15 to +45 °F) The winter nighttime low temperatures vary typically from -26 to 0 °C (-15 to +32 °F). A lodge with stove and fireplace are available. Lodge use must be reserved through the Longs Peak Council Office. There is a usage fee. See http://www.longspeakbsa.org/camps/ChimneyPark/ for more information.
Camp Laramie Peak
Camp Laramie Peak, at the base of Black Mountain near Wheatland, WyomingWheatland, Wyoming
Wheatland is a town in and the county seat of Platte County in southeastern Wyoming, United States. The population was 3,548 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Wheatland is located at ....
, offers summer camp and year-round camping.
Kola Lodge
Kola Lodge #464, chartered in 1951, serves 457 Arrowmen as of 2004. The totem of this Lodge is the Fire of Friendship centered in a gray arrowhead with a red feather in the background, and the name translates to "Friend" in the Lakota languageLakota language
Lakota is a Siouan language spoken by the Lakota people of the Sioux tribes. While generally taught and considered by speakers as a separate language, Lakota is mutually understandable with the other two languages , and is considered by most linguists one of the three major varieties of the Sioux...
. In 1973, Kola Lodge absorbed Wiyaka Luta #403 of the Wyo-Braska Council.
Pikes Peak Council
The Pikes Peak Council (60) of the Boy Scouts of AmericaBoy Scouts of America
The Boy Scouts of America is one of the largest youth organizations in the United States, with over 4.5 million youth members in its age-related divisions...
, headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Colorado Springs is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and most populous city of El Paso County, Colorado, United States. Colorado Springs is located in South-Central Colorado, in the southern portion of the state. It is situated on Fountain Creek and is located south of the Colorado...
. Named after the most famous peak in the council territory, upon which 'America the Beautiful
America the Beautiful
"America the Beautiful" is an American patriotic song. The lyrics were written by Katharine Lee Bates and the music composed by church organist and choirmaster Samuel A. Ward....
' was written, Pikes Peak Council provides Scouting
Scouting
Scouting, also known as the Scout Movement, is a worldwide youth movement with the stated aim of supporting young people in their physical, mental and spiritual development, that they may play constructive roles in society....
to youth in east-central Colorado, including Park
Park County, Colorado
Park County is the 17th most extensive of the 64 counties of the State of Colorado of the United States. The county was named after the large geographic region known as South Park, which was named by early fur traders and trappers in the area. The geographic center of the State of Colorado is...
, Teller
Teller County, Colorado
Teller County is the 22nd most populous of the 64 counties of the State of Colorado of the United States. The county population was 20,555 at U.S. Census 2000. The county seat is Cripple Creek, and the most populous city is Woodland Park...
, El Paso
El Paso County, Colorado
El Paso County is the most populous of the 64 counties of the state of Colorado of the United States, now more populous than Denver County. The United States Census Bureau concluded that the county population was 622,371 in 2010. In recent years, the population had come closer to that of Denver...
, Elbert
Elbert County, Colorado
Elbert County is the 21st most populous of the 64 counties of the State of Colorado of the United States. The county population was 19,872 at U.S. Census 2000. The county seat is Kiowa...
, Lincoln
Lincoln County, Colorado
Lincoln County is the tenth most extensive of the 64 counties of the State of Colorado of the United States. The county population was 6,087 at U.S. Census 2000...
, Kit Carson
Kit Carson County, Colorado
Kit Carson County is the 18th most extensive of the 64 counties of the State of Colorado of the United States. The county population was 8,011 at U.S. Census 2000. The county was named for Kit Carson...
and Cheyenne Counties
Cheyenne County, Colorado
Cheyenne County is the fifth least densely populated of the 64 counties of the state of Colorado of the United States. The county population was 2,231 at U.S. Census 2000...
.
As with Longs Peak Council, there is officially no apostrophe in the name, due to a ruling about the mountain
Pikes Peak
Pikes Peak is a mountain in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains, west of Colorado Springs, Colorado, in El Paso County in the United States of America....
itself by the Board on Geographic Names.
On board the Space Shuttle Challenger
Space Shuttle Challenger
Space Shuttle Challenger was NASA's second Space Shuttle orbiter to be put into service, Columbia having been the first. The shuttle was built by Rockwell International's Space Transportation Systems Division in Downey, California...
when it disintegrated in 1986 was an American flag that was sponsored by Troop 514 of Monument, Colorado
Monument, Colorado
Monument is a growing town situated on the Rampart Range in El Paso County, Colorado, United States. Monument is bordered by Pike National Forest on the west, Colorado Springs and the United States Air Force Academy to the south, foothills and rock outcroppings to the north and rolling plains to...
. When the Challenger wreckage was retrieved from the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area...
, this flag
Challenger flag
The Challenger flag is an American flag that was in the flight kit of the final, disastrous Challenger mission. It was sponsored by Boy Scout Troop 514 of Monument, Colorado...
was found, sealed in a plastic bag, intact and completely unscathed.
Camp Alexander
The council camp, Camp Alexander, is located in the Elevenmile Canyon in the Pike National ForestPike National Forest
The Pike National Forest is located in the Front Range of Colorado, USA, west of Colorado Springs and including Pikes Peak. The forest encompasses 1,106,604 acres within Clear Creek, Teller, Park, Jefferson, Douglas and El Paso counties. The major rivers draining the forest are the South Platte...
approximately 45 miles (72.4 km) west of Colorado Springs, and two miles (3 km) south of Lake George, in Park County
Park County, Colorado
Park County is the 17th most extensive of the 64 counties of the State of Colorado of the United States. The county was named after the large geographic region known as South Park, which was named by early fur traders and trappers in the area. The geographic center of the State of Colorado is...
, was donated in 1946 by J. Don Alexander of the Alexander Film Company
Alexander Film Company
The Alexander Film Company used to make films to be shown during intermission at drive-in movie theatres.The Alexander Film Company was founded in 1919 in Spokane, Washington and later based in Colorado Springs, Colorado. It produced films that were shown during the intermission at drive-in movie...
. There are a series of Burma Shave-style signs on the main road into camp, each sign having one of the points of the Scout Law
Scout Law
Since the publication of Scouting for Boys in 1908, all Scouts and Guides around the world have taken a Scout Promise or oath to live up to ideals of the movement, and subscribed to a Scout Law...
. Camp Alexander is between 8200 and 8600 feet (2,621.3 m) elevation. The camp area consists of hills, low mountains, and valleys covered by a mix of Ponderosa pine
Ponderosa Pine
Pinus ponderosa, commonly known as the Ponderosa Pine, Bull Pine, Blackjack Pine, or Western Yellow Pine, is a widespread and variable pine native to western North America. It was first described by David Douglas in 1826, from eastern Washington near present-day Spokane...
forests, high-altitude grasslands, and wetland vegetation along the lake and stream.
Districts of the Pikes Peak Council
- Frontier District (Serves Colorado Springs School District 11Colorado Springs School District 11The Colorado Springs School District 11 is the central school district of Colorado Springs, Colorado.- History :The first school in Colorado Springs was organized by Mary Mellen "Queen" Palmer, wife of city founder William Jackson Palmer, in late 1871. Classes were first held in a home on the...
) - High Plains District (Serves Falcon School District 49Falcon School District 49The Falcon School District 49 is located to the east of Colorado Springs, Colorado. It is the largest district geographically within the state of Colorado, as well as one of the fastest growing.-Elementary:*Evans International Elementary School...
and points east to the Kansas border including the communities of LimonLimon, ColoradoLimon is a Statutory Town that is the most populous town in Lincoln County, Colorado, United States immediately east of Elbert County. The population was 2,071 at the 2000 census. Limon has been called the "Hub City" of Eastern Colorado because Interstate 70, U.S. Highways 24, 40, and 287, and...
, BurlingtonBurlington, ColoradoBurlington is a Home Rule Municipality, county seat, most populous place and only city in Kit Carson County, Colorado, United States. Its population was 4191 at the U.S. Census 2010...
and Cheyenne Wells) - Jamboree District (Serves Academy School District 20Academy School District 20Academy School District 20 is the northern school district of Colorado Springs, Colorado.-Elementary:*Academy Endeavour Elementary*Academy International Elementary*Antelope Trails Elementary*Chinook Trail Elementary*Discovery Canyon Campus...
and Lewis-Palmer School District 38) - Ute District (Serves Harrison School District 2Harrison School District 2The Harrison School District 2 is the southern school district of Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.-Elementary:*Bricker Elementary School *Centennial Elementary School...
, Cheyenne Mountain School District 12Cheyenne Mountain School District 12The Cheyenne Mountain School District 12 is the southwestern school district of Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.-Elementary:*Skyway Park Elementary*Gold Camp Elementary*Broadmoor Elementary*Cheyenne Mountain Elementary*Pinon Valley Elementary...
, Fountain-Fort Carson School District 8 and Widefield School District 3Widefield School District 3-Timeline :* 1874 Widefield School District 3 founded to include three communities: Widefield, Drennan and Truckton* 1912 Widefield School opened near Highway 85/87* 1942 Camp Carson opened west of Widefield...
)
In July 2005, Pikes Peak Council moved from its four-decade home downtown to a temporary location in northeast Colorado Springs until the council's new headquarters at the intersection of I-25 and Fillmore Street was finished in July 2008, to account for the demographic and geographic shift of Colorado Springs. The vacated original building became the home of Sario, a Lions Club
Lions Clubs International
Lions Clubs International is a secular service organization with over 44,500 clubs and more than 1,368,683 members in 191 countries around the world founded by Melvin Jones Headquartered in Oak Brook, Illinois, United States, the organization aims to meet the needs of communities on a local and...
project.
Scout Executives
- Ray Ryerson 1940 - 1973
- Loren Swenson 1973 - 1993
- James Winkler 1993 - 1995
- Ross Harrop 1995 - 2004
- Ian Lilien 2004 - 2008
- Dustin Shaver 2008–present
Ha-Kin-Skay-A-Ki Lodge
Ha-Kin-Skay-A-Ki Lodge #387, chartered in 1948, serves 743 Arrowmen as of 2004. The lodge totem is a Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep, and the name is said to translate to "Great Horned Goat of the Mountain" but does not specify the language or dialect. Until 1953, the lodge was simply known as Pike's Peak Lodge.International exchanges
Pikes Peak Council Scouts have an international relationship with ScoutsScouting in Kyrgyzstan
Scouting in Kyrgyzstan was founded in November 1994 and is not yet a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, but is working toward WOSM recognition...
in Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan , officially the Kyrgyz Republic is one of the world's six independent Turkic states . Located in Central Asia, landlocked and mountainous, Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the southwest and China to the east...
.
Rocky Mountain Council
The Rocky Mountain Council (63) of the Boy Scouts of AmericaBoy Scouts of America
The Boy Scouts of America is one of the largest youth organizations in the United States, with over 4.5 million youth members in its age-related divisions...
is headquartered in Pueblo, Colorado
Pueblo, Colorado
Pueblo is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and the most populous city of Pueblo County, Colorado, United States. The population was 106,595 in 2010 census, making it the 246th most populous city in the United States....
, and provides program services to over 100 chartered partner organizations, delivering Scouting to more than 4,600 youth through 167 Scout units in 19 counties of Southern Colorado, including Pueblo, Fremont, Crowley, Kiowa, Prowers, Bent, Otero, Baca, Las Animas, Costilla, Conejos, Mineral, Rio Grande, Alamosa, Saguache, Huerfano, Custer, Lake and Chaffee Counties.
Rocky Mountain Council is home to La Junta
La Junta, Colorado
The City of La Junta is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and the most populous city of Otero County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 7,568 at the U.S. Census 2000. La Junta is located on the Arkansas River in southeastern Colorado east of Pueblo.-History:During...
's Koshare Indian Museum
Koshare Indian Museum
The Koshare Indian Museum is a registered site of the Colorado Historical Society in La Junta, Colorado. The building, located on the Otero Junior College campus, is a tri-level museum with an attached kiva that is built with the largest self-supporting log roof in the world...
, regarded as one of the finest collections of Native American artifacts in the world. The Museum sponsors a Scout troop of dancers, the Koshare Indian Dancers
Koshare Indian Dancers
Koshare Indian Dancers are members of Boy Scout Troop 232 in the Rocky Mountain Council of the Boy Scouts of America, located in La Junta, Colorado. They have been dedicated to maintaining Native American culture through dance since 1933...
, members of Boy Scout Troop 232 and Venturing Crew 2230, founded in 1933 by J. F. Burshears
J. F. Burshears
James Francis "Buck" Burshears was the founder of the Koshare Indian Dancers and the troop's Scoutmaster for over half a century. His poem "The Scoutmaster's Prayer" has been an inspiration to thousands of Scouters throughout the world.The Koshare Indians were formed as a senior project while...
who have become recognized worldwide, for their interpretive Indian dancing.
- Cuerno Verde District
- High Mountain District
- Pioneer Trails District
Rocky Mountain High Adventure Base
Located near Poncha Springs
Poncha Springs, Colorado
Poncha Springs is a Statutory Town in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States. The population was 466 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Poncha Springs is located at ....
, formerly Packard High Adventure Base.
Official Site
San Isabel Scout Ranch
Located near San Isabel.
Official Site
Tupwee Gudas Gov Youchiquot Soovep Lodge
Tupwee Gudas Gov Youchiquot Soovep Lodge #536, chartered in 1958, serves 117 Arrowmen as of 2004. The lodge totem is a Populus tremuloides or Rocky Mountain quaking aspenAspen
Populus section Populus, of the Populus genus, includes the aspen trees and the white poplar Populus alba. The five typical aspens are all native to cold regions with cool summers, in the north of the Northern Hemisphere, extending south at high altitudes in the mountains. The White Poplar, by...
. Also known as Tupwee Lodge, its rather long name refers to its totem in the Ute language. The name means land of the quaking aspens.
Western Colorado Council
The Western Colorado Council (64) of the Boy Scouts of AmericaBoy Scouts of America
The Boy Scouts of America is one of the largest youth organizations in the United States, with over 4.5 million youth members in its age-related divisions...
was founded in 1942, and is headquartered in Grand Junction, Colorado
Grand Junction, Colorado
The City of Grand Junction is the largest city in western Colorado. It is a city with a council–manager government form that is the county seat and the most populous city of Mesa County, Colorado, United States. Grand Junction is situated west-southwest of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver. As...
. Western Colorado Council serves over 4,000 youth members and over 1,000 volunteer leaders through Scout
Scouting
Scouting, also known as the Scout Movement, is a worldwide youth movement with the stated aim of supporting young people in their physical, mental and spiritual development, that they may play constructive roles in society....
units in fifteen counties of northwestern Colorado.
- Grand Mesa District serves Mesa County, and also hosts the council office
- Majestic Mountain District serves Hinsdale, Gunnison, Ouray, San Miguel, Montrose and Delta counties, a geographic area approximately the same size as the state of Connecticut
- Northwest Mountain District serves Moffat, Routt, Grand, and Rio Blanco counties
- Three Rivers District serves Garfield, Eagle, Summit, and Pitkin (but not Lake) counties
Mic-O-Say Lodge 541
Mic-O-Say Lodge #541, chartered in 1959, serves 168 Arrowmen as of 2004. The lodge totem is an eagleEagle
Eagles are members of the bird family Accipitridae, and belong to several genera which are not necessarily closely related to each other. Most of the more than 60 species occur in Eurasia and Africa. Outside this area, just two species can be found in the United States and Canada, nine more in...
. Prior to 1960 there was not an Order of the Arrow Lodge (OA) serving Western Colorado Council (WC-C). The Council honor camping organization had previously been the Tribe of Mic-O-Say
Tribe of Mic-O-Say
The Tribe of Mic-O-Say is an honor society used by two of the 303 local councils of the Boy Scouts of America, The Heart of America Council and The Pony Express Council; it is not a program of the National Council of the BSA...
(MOS) (also existing in some Councils in Kansas and Missouri) which had been founded by H. Roe Bartle. However with the arrival of a new WC-C Scout Executive, a decision was made to discontinue MOS and replace it with an OA lodge which was officially recognized by the BSA. As a compromise, the lodge was allowed to retain the name "Mic-O-Say" and to continue some of the MOS insignia and traditions. The traditional MOS Eagle Claws were permitted to be worn by youth and adult members suspended from a French braid spiral lanyard in the tribal official red, white and blue craftstrip colors.
Summer Camps
The Western Colorado Council has closed their former camp, and is working on getting a new camp.Spanish Peaks Scout Ranch
The Spanish Peaks Scout Ranch (SPSR) is located near Walsenburg, ColoradoWalsenburg, Colorado
The City of Walsenburg or Los Leones is a Statutory City that is the county seat and the most populous city of Huerfano County, Colorado, United States...
and borders the Spanish Peaks Wilderness
Spanish Peaks Wilderness
The Spanish Peaks Wilderness is a 17,855 acre wilderness area in Huerfano County and Las Animas County, Colorado, USA, located 20 miles southwest of Walsenburg. All of the wilderness area is located on U.S...
. It is a local council camp of the Santa Fe Trail Council, Boy Scouts of America
Scouting in Kansas
Scouting in Kansas has a long history, from the 1910s to the present day, serving thousands of youth in programs that suit the environment in which they live.-Early history :...
based out of Garden City, Kansas
Garden City, Kansas
Garden City is a city in and the county seat of Finney County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 26,658. The city is home to Garden City Community College and the Lee Richardson Zoo, the largest zoological park in western Kansas.-History:In February 1878, James...
. The camp gives program geared toward outdoor education such as wilderness backpacking, climbing, and outdoor skills.
History
In 1955, $600 was raised to help restore Juliette Low's birthplace. In 1959, the Girl Scouts of Metro Denver council name changed to Girl Scouts-Mile Hi Council, which remained the name until 2007. In 1967, troops for girls with special needs were started at Fletcher Miller School and at Fort Logan.International Girl Scout gatherings named Senior Roundups were held every three years from 1956 until 1965. The National Girl Scouts of the USA
Girl Scouts of the USA
The Girl Scouts of the United States of America is a youth organization for girls in the United States and American girls living abroad. It describes itself as "the world's preeminent organization dedicated solely to girls". It was founded by Juliette Gordon Low in 1912 and was organized after Low...
Roundup was held from July 3 to July 12, 1959, adjacent to the site of the then-new United States Air Force Academy
United States Air Force Academy
The United States Air Force Academy is an accredited college for the undergraduate education of officer candidates for the United States Air Force. Its campus is located immediately north of Colorado Springs in El Paso County, Colorado, United States...
north of Colorado Springs, attended by 10,000 girls.
Oldest living GSUSA Girl Scout
The oldest living Girl Scout was Marianne Elser CrowderMarianne Elser Crowder
Marianne Elser Crowder was, until her death, the oldest living Girl Scout in the United States.She joined the Wagon Wheel Council Troop 4 in 1918 and got her Golden Eaglet, then the GSUSA highest award...
, born in Colorado Springs in April 1906. She joined the Wagon Wheel Council Troop 4 in 1918 and got her Golden Eaglet, which was then the GSUSA highest award. She later operated her own dance studio in Colorado Springs and headed the dance department at Colorado College
Colorado College
The Colorado College is a private liberal arts college in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States, in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. It was founded in 1874 by Thomas Nelson Haskell...
before moving to Menlo Park, California
Menlo Park, California
Menlo Park, California is a city at the eastern edge of San Mateo County, in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, in the United States. It is bordered by San Francisco Bay on the north and east; East Palo Alto, Palo Alto, and Stanford to the south; Atherton, North Fair Oaks, and Redwood City...
in 1939. The Wagon Wheel Council named Crowder the nation's oldest Girl Scout after it conducted a nationwide search and sifted through council archives.
Girl Scouts of Colorado
The Girl Scouts of Colorado was formed in 2007 by a realignment of the five councils that had been serving the state, and the incorporation of nine counties that were previously served by councils in border states. The five previous Colorado councils were Mile Hi (Denver), Wagon Wheel (Colorado Springs), Columbine (Pueblo), Mountain Prairie (Fort Collins), Chipeta (Grand Junction); and the eight Colorado counties previously served by councils in other states were Archuleta, Dolores, Jackson, La Plata, Las Animas, Montezuma, Prowers and San Juan. The council serves 40,500 girl members and 11,000 adult volunteers.Girl Scouts of Colorado has service center locations in Colorado Springs, Denver, Durango, Fort Collins, Grand Junction and Pueblo. There are also staff members who work in other areas of the state such as Bailey, Breckenridge, Estes Park, Crowley, Greeley, Johnstown, Longmont, Merino, Monte Vista, Parachute, Sterling, Trinidad, Red Feather Lakes, Sanford, Steamboat Springs and Woodland Park. Additionally, Girl Scouts of Colorado has divided the state into eight regions.
Headquarters: Denver, Colorado
Denver, Colorado
The City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains...
Website: http://www.girlscoutsofcolorado.org/
The council maintains three resident camp properties:
- Magic Sky Ranch, near Red Feather Lakes, Larimer County is 750 acres (3 km²)
- Sky High Ranch, Woodland Park, Teller County established in 1952 has 880 acres (3.6 km²)
- Tomahawk Ranch, near Bailey, Park County is 480 acres (1.9 km²)
And some regular camps:
- Meadow Mountain Ranch, near Estes Park, Boulder County is at 8600 feet (2,621.3 m) above sea level.
- Kiwa Korral, near Lyons, Boulder County
- Hamp Hut, in Garden of the GodsGarden of the GodsGarden of the Gods is a public park located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.-Genesis of the park:Entrance to the park is free according to the wish of Charles Elliott Perkins, whose children donated the land to the city of Colorado Springs in 1909....
Park, El Paso County. Built in 1953. - Lazy Acres, near Pueblo, Pueblo County established in 1945
- Pawnee Lodge, near Sterling, Logan County
- Twisted Pine, 20 miles (32.2 km) west of Denver
International Scouting units in Colorado
In addition, there are contingents of active PlastPlast
The Plast National Scout Organization of Ukraine commonly called Ukrainian Plast or simply Plast is the largest Scouting organization in Ukraine.-First Phase: 1911-1920:...
Ukrainian
Ukrainians
Ukrainians are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine, which is the sixth-largest nation in Europe. The Constitution of Ukraine applies the term 'Ukrainians' to all its citizens...
Scouts in Colorado.