Note: This event is cancelled.
Date: Saturday, May 20, 2017
Location: Briones Regional Park
Meet: 7am @ Danville Park and Ride
Return: Approximately 5pm @ Danville Park and Ride
Uniform: Class B (wicking/non-cotton) hiking shirt, hiking pants/shorts, hiking boots, hat
Bring: Minimum 3-liters of water, lunch, trail food (GORP, etc), sun protection, personal first aid kit, compass, rain gear.
Cost: None
Required: Permission slip due May 16th
If you want to prepare yourself for high adventure outings like Fages II (on first Saturday of June), Philmont 2017, or working on hiking merit badge, this challenging 15 mile hike with 3000 ft elevation gain should be one of your practicing opportunity.
This trail offers a wonderful opportunity to increase stamina and conditioning, while offering some great scenery as a reward.
Contact Mr Keith Chan (925-829-3176) with questions.
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Date: February 4th, 2017 (Saturday)
Meet: 7:30am @ Danville Park & Ride
Return: Home drop-off, approximately 5pm
Location: Mount Tamalpais State Park
Cost: $20 (optional Rim of Bay patch $5.50, Mt. Tamalpais rocker $1.50)
Attire: Class B
Bring: Sack lunch, trail food, 2-3L of water
Required: Permission slip due January 31st.
Just north of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge, Mount Tamalpais State Park rises majestically from the heart of Marin County. Its deep canyons and sweeping hillsides are cloaked with cool redwood forests, oak woodlands, open grasslands, and sturdy chaparral. The breathtaking panorama from Mount Tamalpais’s 2,571-foot peak includes the Farallon Islands 25 miles out to sea, the Marin County hills, San Francisco Bay, the East Bay, and Mount Diablo. On rare occasions, the snow-covered Sierra Nevada can be seen 150 miles away.
Join us Saturday, February 4th for Troop 805’s first hike of 2017… the Mount Tamalpais Hike! Round trip to the top of Mount Tamalpais (or “Mt. Tam”) is a distance of 8.5 miles with an elevation gain of 1,081’. Along the way to the stunning views at the top we will see the famous Mountain Theater and replicas of the “Gravity Cars” designed to transport visitors from the top of the mountain to the redwood-filled canyon of Muir Woods using only gravity and a brake!
Contact Mr Evans (cell: 408-828-1547) for questions.
Posted in Activities, Troop News | Tagged hiking
Date: Saturday-Sunday, Oct 8th–9th, 2016
Location: Redwood Regional Park, Oakland and Tilden Regional Park, Berkeley
Meet: 10:00am @ Sycamore Park & Ride on Saturday
Return: ~4:00pm @ Sycamore Park & Ride on Sunday
Cost: $35 (includes all meals, including patrol meals)
Attire: Class A for travel. Class B for all other times
Required: Permission slip due Oct 4th
Details:
– Limited to 20 Scouts.
– We will need to meet for 30 minutes after the Court of Honor on Oct 4th to plan.
– Bring snacks for the hike on Saturday and after the race on Sunday.
– Be sure to bring your compass, whistle, trail or running shoes, long pants, water bottle.
– Patrols will need to plan menus for: Saturday lunch, dinner and Sunday breakfast.
– Please pack using a framed backpack since the camp site is ½ mile from the parking lot. Large items will be wheeled in.
Are you ready to test your map reading and problem solving abilities? Are you ready to pass the map and compass requirements for First Class or the Orienteering merit badge? The Bay Area Orienteering Club is hosting at Tilden Park the 24th annual Scout-O, a cross country map and compass adventure designed to test the map reading ability, compass skills and woodsman savvy of any scout regardless of experience. This is the only time Scouts are encouraged to go off-trail when hiking. Scouts will also get a progressive participation patch for competing. OSPL needed. Additional ASM or registered parent needed as second adult. Please email me (dasrkims@yahoo.com) by this Saturday if you are interested.
Please contact either Mrs Kim (925-785-3732) if you have any questions.
Posted in Activities, Troop News | Tagged camping, hiking, orienteering
This event has been cancelled.
Date: Saturday, June 4, 2016
Location: Pleasanton Ridge, Sunol
Meet: Saturday, June 4 5:45 AM @ Sycamore Park & Ride
Return: Scouts will be dropped off at their homes at approximately 8:00 PM
Uniform: Class-B uniform, sturdy hiking boots, hat
Bring: 2 liters of water, sun protection, trail snack, personal first aid kit, $10 for dinner on the way home
Cost: $15 including lunch at the ~10 mile mark
Required: Permission slip and a copy of full BSA medical forms (Parts A, B & C) due May 24th
The Fages II hike is open to scouts 12 years or older who have adequately trained for this distance. “Adequately trained” means that you MUST have completed a BSA sponsored backpacking trip or day hike of at least 10 miles.
Contact Mr Keith Chan (925-829-3176) for questions.
Posted in Activities, Troop News | Tagged hiking
Date: Saturday, May 7, 2016
Location: Pleasanton Ridge, Sunol
Meet: Saturday 7:30am sharp at Pleasanton Ridge, Foothill Rd staging area
Return: Approximately 4:00pm at the Foothill Rd staging area
Uniform: Class B wicking shirt, hiking pants and boots
Bring: Water, lunch, sun protection
Cost: None
Required: Permission slip due May 3rd
If you want to prepare yourself for high adventure outings like Fages II (on first Saturday of June), Northern Tier 2016, Philmont 2017, or working on hiking merit badge, this challenging 16 mile hike with 2200 ft elevation gain should be one of your practicing opportunities.
This trail offers a wonderful opportunity to increase stamina and conditioning, while offering some great scenery as a reward.
Contact Mr Keith Chan (925-829-3176) for questions.
Posted in Activities, Troop News | Tagged hiking
Note: Event rescheduled to due to schedule conflict and pending storm.
Dates: Saturday-Sunday, March 12-13, 2016
Meet: Saturday, March 12th 7:30AM @ Sycamore Park & Ride
Pickup: Sunday, March 13th 3:30PM @Sycamore Park & Ride
Cost:
– $110
– Optional Rim of the Bay patch ($5.50) and Mt Saint Helena rocker ($1.50)
Attire:
– Class B uniform is to be worn traveling to and during the hike.
– Class A is to be worn during the Petrified Forest tour and the return home.
Required: Permission slip due 03/01/2016 at Troop Meeting
A hike to Mount St. Helena and an overnighter at Bothe-Napa Valley state park. (We will also tour a Petrified Forest!) This is an 11-mile round trip hike, with an elevation gain of 1,384 feet. At 4,343 feet, Mt. St. Helena is the highest peak in the East Bay. Completing the hike earns you the Mt. St. Helena leg of the Rim of the Bay hike series.
Contact Mr Ray Chan if you have questions.
Posted in Activities, Troop News | Tagged camping, hiking, overnighter
