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Hanna Winter Resort

Promote and Prepare

  • Use this guide in explaining the program to Scouts. There are activities for all age groups. If they choose, older Scouts can go on an overnight trek, middle age build a snow shelter, and new Scouts enroll in Project Tenderfoot. Troops and patrols may want to create their own schedule.
  • Register by December 31 to avoid the $5 late fee per camper.
  • Hold a meeting to check each Scout’s gear before leaving for camp.
  • Let us know ahead of time if any camper has special medical or food needs.
  • Have a Health History/Parental Permission Form completed for every camper. Bring a duplicate of this form to camp as we are required to keep them for 5 years.
  • Medications brought to camp must be in their original container.

Typical Day At Camp

Once you arrive, one leader should come into the Hanna Venture Base with Health History/ Parental Permission Forms and all medication to check in.

Staff will then direct you to your cabins. Troops may be split up to follow Youth Protection guidelines but we will try to keep everyone together if possible. The Buffalo Bill, Bixby, Ledbetter, Dosier and Schooley cabins as well as the rooms inside the Hanna Venture Base will be used for campers.

Once settled in, you can simply get comfortable and play some board games and there will be a meeting to help you and the staff prepare for the weekend activities.

After breakfast on Saturday, staff will check out equipment and explain how to properly use it. Campers may use the equipment for the entire day if they choose. Other than scheduled meals, the day is completely theirs. The climbing wall will again be open after supper.

Showers, restrooms, equipment storage, and meals are in Hanna Venture Base. Meals include Saturday breakfast at 8:00, lunch at 12:30, supper at 6:30, and Sunday breakfast at 8:00.

Before leaving, a leader should check out with the director and collect patches, pay any remaining balance, and complete an evaluation.

Program Details

Hanna Winter Resort at Hanna winter Resort there is something for everyone to enjoy. Whether you like short trips or long ones in the outdoors we have something for you. What do YOU want to do?

Day Activities
- Sledding
- Broom ball on the lake
- Ice fishing
- Snowshoeing
- Backpack Skiing
- Snow forts
- Project Tenderfoot
- Shelter building

Evening Activities
- Indoor climbing wall
- Movies
- Board games and cards

Project Tenderfoot
This program can help new Boy Scouts complete 80% of their Tenderfoot rank and teach them some camping basics to prepare for the spring.

Scouts can complete requirements: 3, 4a, 4b, 5, 6, 7, 9, 12a, and 12b. They should prepare by reading the requirements and bringing their scout handbook to camp.

  • 3. On the campout, assist in preparing and cooking one of your patrol's meals. tell why it is important for each patrol member to share in meal preparation and cleanup, and explain the importance of eating together.
  • 4a. Demonstrate how to whip and fuse the ends of a rope.
  • 4b. Demonstrate that you know how to tie the following knots and tell what their uses are: two half hitches and the taut-line hitch.
  • 5. Explain the rules of safe hiking, both on the highway and cross-country, during the day and at night. Explain what to do if you are lost.
  • 6. Demonstrate how display, raise, lower and fold the American flag.
  • 7. Repeat from memory and explain in your own words the Scout Oath, Law, motto and slogan.
  • 9. Explain why we use the buddy system in Scouting.
  • 12a. Demonstrate the Heimlich mneuver and tell when it is used.
  • 12b. show first aid for the following:
    • Simple cuts and scratches
    • Blisters on the hand and foot
    • Minor burns or scalds (first-degree)
    • Bites or stings of insects or ticks
    • Venomous snakebite
    • Nosebleed
    • Frostbite and sunburn

Overnight Trek
Before departing for a remote part of camp where they set up their shelter for the night campers receive instruction in shelter building and winter camping.
Saturday lunch and dinner will be on the trail.

Campers should bring personal winter camping clothes but can be outfitted with sleeping bags, tarps, trail gear and cooking equipment.

This program is for the experienced Scout and units must provide adult leadership.

Weekend Schedule

Friday
7:00 pm Camper arrival begins
8:00 pm Board games, welcome meeting
10:00 pm Quiet time
11:00 pm Lights out

Saturday
7:00 am Wake up / Shower
8:00 am Breakfast at Hanna
9:00 am Day activities
12:30 pm Lunch at Hanna
2:00 pm Day activities
6:30 pm Dinner
8:00 pm Climbing wall, board games
10:00 pm Quiet time
11:00 pm Lights out

Sunday
7:00 am Wake up / Shower
8:00 am Breakfast at Hanna
9:00 am Campers depart
10:00 am All campers checked out

Registration and Fees

Registration begins October 8th and is on a first come first served basis. Registration can be completed using the form at the back of this guidebook or using the online registration system.

$5 late fee per camper after December 31st. Full payment is due at registration.

Youth - $32
Adult - $27

Weekend capacity of 80 campers!