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Firing a mountain howitzer at the US Cavalry Outpost in July, 2001.
This is one of the 4 cannons used at the outpost.
A Chisholm Trail crew sailing on Lake Bridgeport in June of 2002.
We built another 12 slip dock in 2004 to help handle our huge fleet
of 23 pontoon boats.
The archery targetsused at Comanche Village are now three-dimensional
professional targets of buffalo, grizzly bears, turkeys. etc.
Our 6 Briley Matarelli electric throwers enable the Sporting Clays
Outpost to throw 1800 clay pigeons before reloading again.
A Chisholm Trail crew from our Lakeview District packs their gear
off their pontoon boat on Saturday at the end of a week of adventure.
A Venture Crew member from Austin, Texas tries wakboarding in July
2002.
A Venture Crew member climbing at Hermit's Cave in June 2004.
Troop 410 cooking steaks, biscuits, roasted corn, baked potatoes,
and cobbler at the new Texas Cowboy Cookin' Outpost in July, 2004.
Everyone gets to make their own cooking utensil at the blacksmith's
forge.
A Covert Ops team will use GPS units, radios, headsets, night vision
gear, and olther equipment to search for weapons lost from a downed
aircraft.
Scouts from Troop 43 in Fort Worth, Texas find an orienteering marker
and punch their scorecard in 2004.
A patrol fires at bandits and prepares to storm the ridge and capture
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Who
Can Do Chisholm Trail
Crews of 8–12 older youth - with at least 2 adults - from Boy
Scout Troops, Varsity Teams, Venture Crews, and Explorer Posts. Coed
crews with coed leadership are welcome. Girl Scout, chartered organization/church
youth groups, and all adult crews are also welcome. Participants must
be at least 13 years old or a graduate of the Seventh grade and must
pass the BSA Swimmer’s test. Swimmer’s tests may be administered
before camp by a qualified instructor or may be taken on arrival at
camp. Do Pre-camp swim tests
if you can - they save you a lot of time at check-in! Requirements
are on page 29 of the Camps
and High Adventure book .
Adult
Leadership Requirements
Each crew must have two registered leaders: one must be 21 or older,
and one at least 18 or older. Every adult 18 or older must be trained
in Youth Protection. Coed crews must have coed leadership. Crews with
2 or more boats that have less than 2 leaders per boat are required
to keep their boats in a group together at all times to maintain BSA
Two-Deep Leadership standards. We will pair crews as necessary to
help meet these leadership requirements. Chisholm Trail has one camp
fee: youth and adults all do the same program and pay the same fee.
Crew
Size and Boat Size
Our trek reservations are done by boat, based on the carrying capacity
of our different pontoon boats. Chisholm Trail is designed for boat
crews of 9, 12, 13, or 15 participants. Crews with a large number
of small-sized participants may add one more person. The boats listed
here are available for reservation. Boat reservations are first-come
first-served. Each week 2-3 boats are available for Composite Crews
to be filled by units that have only a small number of Chisholm Trail
participants. Composite Crew boats are for small units with 5 or less
participants ONLY, require at least one 21 y.o. adult, and are not
available to units reserving regular crew boats. Please check with
our office before reserving space in a Composite Crew Boat.
Two pontoon boats are held in reserve for quick exchange in case of
boat breakdowns.
| Boat
Size: |
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Available: |
Crew
Size: |
| 21
foot boats |
8
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9
(holds 10 if small) |
| 24
foot boats |
2
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12
(holds 13 if small) |
| 25
foot boats |
11
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13
(holds 14 if small) |
| 25.5
foot boats |
2
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15
(holds 16 if small) |
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hold several pontoon boats in reserve each week as instant replacements
in case a boat needs to be taken out of service temporarily
for repairs. We have a professional boat mechanic on staff.) |
Larger crews can reserve more than one boat. You can recruit participants
from other units to fill boat slots: crews from multiple units are
always welcome. If your crew is unable to fill one of its boats, we
will help pair you up with another small crew prior to camp (early
registration is essential!), but it is each crew’s responsibility
to fill their boat. We can also help pair groups with openings on
a boat with other partial crews on request.
Reservations
Chisholm Trail trek reservations are made by boat. Units registering
a crew for Chisholm Trail must send a registration form with deposits
for the boats they need in order to confirm a reservation. Each boat
deposit reserves one boat for a Chisholm Trail crew. Our pontoon boats
carry 9, 12, 13, or 15 participants. Crews with a majority of smaller-sized
participants may add one more person (only) per boat.
Two Composite Crews: We reserve two pontoon boats (only) for units
with a small number of participants. Several small crews will be combined
on the composite crew boats. Reservations for these boats will be
made by participant. Each unit reserving spaces on a composite crew
boat must provide at LEAST one 21 y.o. adult. Once these boats are
filled all other reservations are by boat. If all the pontoon boats
are taken in a particular week before a Composite Crew boat is filled
we will commit that boat to any troop that can fill the boat.
Boat reservations for each week are processed on a first-come first-served
basis. Deposits are credited to your account as a part of your total
camp fees; they are not an additional charge. Once you reserve Pontoon
boats, those boats are no longer available for other units to reserve
in that week. Therefore, deposits are non-refundable, are separate
from any reservation deposits made for our other camps, and may not
be transferred to other camps or programs. NOTE: pontoon boats rent
for $45-$60 per hour, plus gas, at private marinas on North Texas
lakes.
Check
In
All Chisholm Trail crews will check in at the first ranger’s
house at Sid Richardson Scout Ranch and receive detailed check-in
maps and directions. You’ll set up your first night’s campsite
near our Canoe Base camping area once your group is finished with
swimming and medical checks. The program will open with an all-you-can-eat
cookout.
Units with younger Scouts camping at Worth Ranch or Camp Tahuaya and
sending a crew to Chisholm Trail should make separate transportation
arrangements for their Chisholm Trail crew to get to and from our
high adventure base on the lake at Sid Richardson Scout Ranch. Sid
Richardson is 50 minutes from Worth Ranch. Maps are available on request.
All Chisholm Trail Crews should do their medical check in and swim
checks (if not done prior to camp) at Sid Richardson. Check in details
will be emailed to participating units.
Saturday
or Monday Arrivals
Our staff is flexible. It’s YOUR adventure and we do our best
to make it a great one! Saturday and Monday arrivals are welcome.
Please contact us in advance to arrange Saturday or Monday morning
arrivals. We recommend that you bring your own meals through Sunday
lunch. For other arrangements contact the Camping Registrar.
Camping
& Cooking:
What You Bring, What You Get
Each crew receives pontoon boats, fuel to travel between outposts,
food, daily water and ice resupply, and all program supplies and equipment.
All participants get the full color Chisholm Trail Adventure T-shirt
and patch and a Texas Ranger Star (at that outpost). Crews also get
a large Chisholm Trail Wall Map to take home.
Each crew must provide its own tents, camping and cooking gear to
carry on the pontoon boat. Treat this as a backpacking trip: PACK
LIGHT!! We can provide cooking pots, utensils, tents, stoves and other
other camping gear if necessary, especially for units that fly in
to DFW airport, which is 71 miles away.
We will issue food kits each day starting on Sunday evening at the
opening cookout and orientation. We will resupply your crew daily
at each outpost and on request as necessary. Make sure your participants
pack light! Overloaded boats are slow!
Your crew will fix its own lunch every day from the food provided
in the food kits. Our outpost staffs at U.S. Cavalry, Texas Rangers,
Comanche Village, Covert Ops, COPE, and Highland Games will prepare
(or help you prepare) suppers and breakfasts, and serve the meals
with plates and cookware from the the appropriate historical period.
At Cowboy Cookin’ we’ll provide the food and your crew will
do the cookin.’
At the the Orienteering and Sporting Clays outposts you will make
your own suppers and breakfasts using your cooking gear and the backpacking
food provided. We issue commercial backpacking meals for suppers (they’re
not bad - our campers and staff have selected the best over the last
6 years!). We assemble breakfasts and lunches in-house. Please contact
us well in advance to arrange for vegetarian meals or special dietary
requirements!
Be sure to bring at least two 5-gallon water coolers to carry on each
boat you have reserved. We can provide coolers if necessary. Our staff
provides 2 bags of ice to each crew daily at the watersports bases.
We installed anice machine in the new shelter at our Marina (crews
refuel daily at thislocation).
Camps
and High Adventure book (1.4 MB pdf)
Chisholm Trail Adventure
section (657 KB pdf)
Join
the Staff! Camp
Staff Application
Click here to request
our Texas
High Adventure Video by U.S. Mail: camping@longhorn.org
If you have high speed internet, you
can download the video. It's a BIG 106
Megabyte file.
Download
Texas High Adventure and Summer Camp Video -106 MB
The CD has detailed info in addition to the video.
Chisholm
Trail Program Schedule
Your crew can select an itinerary after April 1st. Program, itinerary,
and menu details will be sent to units after they make a reservation.
Your crew will do five high adventure outposts and all four watersports,
including the Blob/Waterpark twice. You may also choose to spend a
program slot on your own. Please let us know if you want to skip any
water or land outposts so we can design a custom schedule for you.
Crew program schedules and detailed lake maps are issued to each crew
during the opening orientation.
Unlike most camps, our outposts continue the program through Friday
evening and Saturday morning until 11:30 a.m. Climbing, Covert Ops,
Orienteering, Sporting Clays, Highland Games, and Comanche Village
can finish earlier if requested. Our Cavalry and Texas Ranger outposts
can not finish early on Saturday. Please let us know in advance if
your unit needs to leave early so that we can schedule you accordingly.
It’s YOUR program and we will try to accommodate all requests!
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Chisholm
Trail Adventure SAMPLE Program Schedule
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| Morning
6:00 - 12:00 noon
| Afternoon
1:30 - 5:00 PM
| Evening
6:00 - 10:00 PM
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| Sunday
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Check-in,
Swim & Med checks. Set up camp.
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All-U-Can-Eat cookout, program orientation, maps, food packs
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| Monday
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Boat orientation, load your boat(s) &
head out on the lake.
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Water Park
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Covert Ops ...
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Tuesday
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... Covert Ops
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Wakeboarding
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Sporting Clays ...
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Wednesday
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Sporting Clays
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Sailing
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US Cavalry ...
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Thursday
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... US Cavalry
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Wind Surfing
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Texas Rangers ...
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Friday
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... Texas Rangers
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Water Park
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Climbing ...
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Saturday
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... Climbing
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Check out from 12 Noon to 1 PM at Marina,
get Tshirts and wall maps
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