NW Montana Scouts return to Klondike Derby Winter Camporee
Members of the Northwest District of the Montana Council, Boy Scouts of America, recently hosted the annual Klondike Derby Winter Camporee near Coram. Area scout troops participated in a weekend-long event that tested their outdoor survival skills. Pictured above are troop members practicing flint and steel fire starting with char cloth. (Courtesy photo)
Members of the Northwest District of the Montana Council, Boy Scouts of America, recently hosted the annual Klondike Derby Winter Camporee near Coram. Area scout troops participated in a weekend-long event that tested their outdoor survival skills. Pictured above are troop members participating in the tug-of-war competition. (Courtesy photo)
After a two-year hiatus, young men and women from across the Flathead Valley were back to compete in the snow and test their winter skills during the Northwest District's annual winter camporee near Coram, Montana over the weekend of Jan. 21-23.
Boy Scouts of America, Scouts BSA youth set out with home-built sleds to test their winter camping mastery, knowledge of scout craft and strength of spirit. Nearly 100 scouts and adult leaders from seven northwest district troops took part in the event.
Saturday featured an outdoor skills competition including first aid, flint and steel fire starting, fire building, pioneering (rope and knot proficiency), and teamwork obstacle problem-solving. Kalispell Troop 1901 (boys) and Bigfork Troop 1916 (girls) topped the competition. A patrol sled race and tug-of-war rounded out the day’s events.
Upcoming district events include the annual Cub Scout Pinewood Derby at 9:00 a.m. on April 23, 2022, at the Center Street Mall in Kalispell. Montana Council is hosting an International Scout Expo in Great Falls during June. All Scouts and their families are welcome.
Scouting units welcome newcomers year-round. Flathead Valley Cub Scout Packs (girls and boys ages 5-10), Scouts BSA troops (girls and boys ages 11-18), and Venture Crew (males and females ages 14-20) of the NW District, Montana Council invite interested youth and their families to join us at upcoming unit meetings:
Kalispell — Pack 4949, Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Thursdays 6:30 p.m. Pack 4137, American Legion Post 137, Tuesdays 6:30 p.m. Troop 1901, Trinity Lutheran Church, Tuesdays 7:00 p.m. Troop 1933, Presbyterian Church, Tuesdays 6:30 p.m. Troop 1933 (girls), Tuesdays 6:00 p.m. at different venues. Point of contact: 1933g.scoutmaster@gmail.com.
Columbia Falls — Pack 4101, The Alliance Church Fellowship Hall, Tuesdays 6:00 p.m. Troop 1941, Columbia Falls Methodist Church, Tuesdays 7:00 p.m. Troop 1941(girls), Columbia Falls Methodist Church, Fridays 7:00 p.m.
Whitefish — Troop 1936 and Venture Crew 2920, Moose Lodge, Tuesdays 6:00 p.m. Pack 4917, Church of the Nazarene, Tuesdays 6:00 p.m.
Bigfork — Pack 4923, Bethany Lutheran Church, Mondays 6:00 p.m. Troop 1923, VFW Post 4042, Mondays 6:30 p.m. Troop 1916 (girls), Community United Methodist Church, Bigfork, Mondays 6:30 p.m.
For more information visit wwww.montanabsa.org.
