Troop 168's high adventure program is designed to challenge and engage our older Scouts with activities requiring good Scout skills, greater physical exertion and more mature emotional stability than needed for regular troop outings.

For any Venture program activity, there are one or more temporary Venture Patrols made up of older Scouts from the troop's regular patrols who come together for these special events, and then return to their patrols afterward where they can best share their experiences and knowledge with the troop's younger Scouts. Troop 168's Venture program put Scouts' and adult leaders' knowledge & training to the test.  As these few pictures of Troop 168 Scouts show, their experiences are exciting and varied.

Most summers, Troop 168's older Scouts have an opportunity to attend a High Adventure Base camp in addition to Summer Camp.  Troop 168 traditionally goes to BSA Northern Tier High Adventure Canoe Base Camps near the Minnesota-Canada border to canoe and portage through the myriad lakes called the Boundary Waters and Quetico Parks. Some years, Troop 168 attends high adventure outings at Philmont Scout Ranch and we've been to the Pecos National Wilderness Area for  extended, primitive, two-week backpacking trips in New Mexico's mountains.  We've done scuba diving and cruised the Caribbean out of the BSA Florida National Sea Base.

All of the time and effort a Scout expends while earning his first several rank advancements teaches him valuable skills which prove their worth during Troop 168's high adventure activities. These are the outings Scouts and their leaders remember for the rest of their lives. They are defining times in a boy's life.  We've often seen boys go on a long-term, high adventure camp ... to return as young men.