UPDATE: Thanks to everyone that participated in the Camporee this year!
Every four years, the Denver Area Council puts on a Council Camporee, and this year, Cub Scouts are invited to participate with their families. Pack 794 is attending the Camporee this year as our Family Fall Campout. Please see the links below for information about the Camporee.
NOTE: Registration is Now Closed
Information Link:
Denver Area Council CamporeeRegistration Link: (now closed)
Cub Scout Family Camping at Camporee- When you register, indicate that your Unit is "Pack 794" and your District is "Arapahoe District"
- Cost is $12.50/person before 8/16 and $15/person after 8/16
Information For Those Attending:
- Troop 794 Packing List: this is for two nights, not one, but use this as a guide for what to pack
- There are over 1000 Cub Scout family campers signed up!
- Cub Scout family campers are registered as families, NOT as a Pack
- The camp opens on Saturday morning at 8 am, and Cub Scout families need to arrive between 8am and 9am
- If the families in our Pack want to camp together, we must ARRIVE together
- In order to arrive together, we will meet in the King Soopers parking lot at Founders Parkway and 5th Street in Castle Rock
- Google Maps: King Soopers, 750 N Ridge Rd Castle Rock, CO 80104
- Be there by 7:30 am on Saturday, 9/19
- From there, we will go east on Hwy 86, then south on Elbert Rd
- Each car must have the parking permit sheet printed out, in color, on an 8.5"x11" sheet
- This came in an email from Dana Smerchek
- If you did not get this, email me at andrewhgrimes(at)gmail(dot)com
- Each family must have an envelope packet containing:
- Completed family roster
- Receipt showing payment of registration
- Completed BSA Medical Form Part A & B for each camper
- If you don't have the Colorado Addendum for each child, just complete the vaccination section on Part B of the medical form
- Meals
- The camp will provide Saturday dinner and Sunday breakfast in the main dining hall
- Sat dinner: barbecue chicken and regular BBQ catered items
- Sun breakfast: continental
- Saturday lunch: bring this with you or buy from food vendors at PV
- There will be a lot of people trying to buy food, so I suggest bringing Saturday lunch
- Also, if you have special dietary requirements, bring your own food
- Drink lots of water! PV is above 7000 feet elevation, and dehydration can sneak up on you quickly.
- There will be water available there, but take along a water bottle
- Wear bug spray, there are more bugs that usual out there this year due to the spring and summer rains
- Wear sun screen and sun protection, the weather will not be hot but it will be sunny
- Parents will be responsible for any medications
- If you or your children need allergy meds, please have them
- Smellables must be kept in your cars
- This includes any food, but also toothpaste, sunscreen, hair products, etc.
- If you have a question, ask me
- Saturday night Arena Show
- There will be a huge Arena Show Saturday night
- No chairs will be allowed, but it is suggested that we bring blankets to sit on
- We will be part of at Guinness World Record! This will be the largest number of people popping bubble wrap at the same time.
- Fort Carson rock band, Mt. Everest climbers, and a Laser Light Show
- Restrictions
- No alcoholic beverages allowed at PV
- No tobacco consumption of any kind allowed at PV
- No fires, no cooking in Cub Scout camping areas without permission
Approximate Schedule
- Sat, 7:30 am: Meet at King Soopers in Castle Rock
- Sat, 8:30 am: Arrive at PV
- We will be directed to our campsite
- Park vehicles
- Unload gear
- Set up tents near where you are parked
- There will be young Marines there to assist
- Take packets with roster, receipt, and med forms to Fort Garland lodge to check in
- You will receive a pack of stuff
- Sat, ~9:30 am - Noon
- Go participate in the various activities!
- Sat, Noon, eat lunch
- Sat, Lunch - 4:30 pm
- Continue to participate in the various activities!
- Sat, ~5:00 pm, eat dinner
- Will be served at the main dining hall
- Wear Class A uniforms to dinner and the Arena Show
- Sat, 6:30 pm, head to the arena to be seated for the World Record Attempt
- Will gather as a Pack group to be seated together
- Sat, 7:15 pm, World Record Attempt
- Sat, 7:30 pm, Arena Show starts
- Sat, 10:00 pm, prepare for bed, quiet time, lights out
- Sat, 7:00 am, wake up
- Sat, 7:00 am to 8:00 am, breakfast at main dining hall
- After breakfast, can pack up and leave
- Sat, 9:00 am, Chapel service
- Sat, 10:00 am, Check out and return home
