• Boy Led 

  • Baden Powell Method of age based patrols - 1st year, Experienced, Venture

  • Enhances true leadership, comradery and personal growth

  • Boy Led = FUN meetings and outings!

• High Adventure 

  • Rotating High Adventure Program – Hike, Bike, Canoe – 50-Miler award earned annually

  • We create a separate program each year to train up the High Adventure Team for our Summer Adventure

  • Each Adventure will likely be the pinnacle scouting event for the Scouts who attend

• Leadership Training 

  • Introduction to Leadership Skills for Troops for all youth leaders 

  • National Youth Leadership Training for older Scouts

  • Some of our members staff National Youth Leadership Training and train other Scouts

• Experienced Adult Leaders/Mentors

  • Many of our Adult leaders and Parents are Eagle Scouts

  • Wood Badge Trained - advanced leadership training for Adult Scout Leaders

  • Scouting Trained: IOLS, Wilderness First Aid, Winter Camping, Leave No Trace and Shooting Sports Instructors

  • Professionally Trained in multiple disapplies: 

    • Professional Medical Providers

    • Certified Leave No Trace Trainers

    • Military Trained Adult Leaders including a Green Beret 

    • Professionally trained Survival instructor

    • Certified Shooting Sports instructors for archery and all firearms allowed by Scouting

    • Mountaineering and Climbing

    • Swift Water Rescuer

    • Very experienced Outdoorsmen

    • Assortment of Professionals and Hobbyists 

• Year Round Monthly Outings

  • We have at least one event a month

  • Weather doesn’t stop us, it merely guides us where to go

  • Annual plan allows parents and scouts to schedule outings a year in advance

• Rotating Summer Camp

  • We attend Summer Camps all over the Northwest

  • Support our Council (Fire Mountain) every other year

  • We offer other options - National Jamboree, World Jamboree, other Jamborees in other countries

• JTE Gold 

  • Many consecutive years

• We promote zero cost Scouting

  • Year round fundraising teaches Scouts to earn and save and provides the opportunity to 100% self-fund their Scouting

• Annual Troop Competition 

  • Troop 60 Scoutmaster Challenge promotes fun competition and camaraderie

• Dedicated Advancement Program

  • Scout Led Advancement - Scouts Train Scouts

  • Scout Patrol Guide assigned to First Year Patrol 

  • Adult Leader assigned to First Year Patrol

  • Life to Eagle Coach and program with monthly meetings

  • Dedicated Advancement Chair

  • Council Advancement Chair in Troop 60

  • Multiple Merit Badge Counselors supporting many challenges Merit Badges

• Dedicated Medical Staff

  • Safety is our Number One focus

  • We have licensed Medical Providers on outings

  • Our Adult and Youth leadership instructs our Council's Wilderness First Aid program 

  • We have the most experienced Wilderness Medical Providers in the Council in Troop 60

Nobody does Scout Skills like us!
We have a Green Beret who teaches advanced wilderness skills!