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Troop 566
Saratoga, California

40 Years of Excellence in Scouting


Trips and Activities


Here are photos of some of our recent trips.

We schedule nine weekend trips during the school year and three one-week long summer camps each summer. In 2004, we added a Backpacking Mini-Trek open to all Scouts 1st Class and above to the summer adventures. 566 sent a dozen Scouts to the 2005 National Jamboree and a group of six Scouts to went to Philmont in 2006. This summer we have a group going to Sea Base in the Bahamas. The three week-long summer camps are in different locations with different programs and emphasis.

The troop is boy led. The patrol leaders council chooses the locations and activities.
We try to include two backpacking trips a year (most others are car camping trips), a snow camping trip or ski trip (these alternate), a beach camping trip, a car camping trip with a bike hike, and a wood-fire trip where we cook over open fires.


Camp Cutter Wood Fires Trip 2007

Lighting the fire Preparing for dutch oven cooking
Kabobs Chickens cooking
Turning the rotisserie Around the fire
That's dinner Making churros
Mountain man breakfast Great trip


Indian Grinding Rock Trip 2007

Miwok Bark House Miwok Grinding Rock
Miwok Bark Houses Black Chasm Cavern
Black Chasm Cavern Black Chasm Cavern


Sunol High Valley Backpack 2007

Hiking up Camp site
At the top View from the top
Learning to splice - The Meal Ticket Cook groups


Camp Hi Sierra 2007

Troop 566
Soccer team beats the staff Oliver's dance team
Let the games begin Brian and the tight rope
Up a creek without a paddle Astronomy overnight
Poor old Bessie, she was a good incinerator The tribe of Ooga Booga
Wilderness survival Saw II
Wilderness survival Flag ceremony
Flag ceremony Kyle


Camp Chawanakee 2007


Polaris Camporee 2007


Angel Island 2007


Wood Fire Trip 2007


Mark's Eagle Project - Villa Montalvo


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