Packing: Backpacking
What to pack for a standard fall or spring trip
The 10 Essentials
Carry these on every trip, including day hikes, and you can survive anything
Summer trip shirts
All our summer trip tees, Class B shirts, and other troop swag
Summer camp
Our annual week at a traditional BSA/SA summer camp, with the merit badges, canvas platform tents, curiously beige food, singalongs, and all the rest
Spaghetti Dinner
Our annual spring fundraiser doesn’t just buy the troop new tents and such, it keeps registration free for all and allows Scouts to fill up their troop accounts to spend on trips and camp
Annual calendar
The traditional trips Troop 116 typically takes each year
Online Calendar
All scheduled meetings and trips this year
Standard trip details
The basics and logistics for most weekend trips—when we leave, how much trips cost, what to pack, etc.
Weekend Trips
We take 10 weekend trips a year (Sept-Jun), from backpacking to biking, city scavenger hunts to skiing, the freeze-out to the Rodney Challenge
Summer Trips
These are the adventures we talk about the rest of our lives, whether a 10 day backpack or six-week cross-country road trip, sailing the Florida Keys or glacier climbing in Alaska, exploring Europe or kayaking Puget Sound