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Create and sell treasure maps for Scouts
Use your scouting skills to create & sell treasure maps. Great fun and a good fund-raising activity too.
Appalachian Trail
GORP web page featuring this trail in the Appalachian Mountains.
The Nature Conservancy.
Web site of this conservation organization based in Arlington, VA.
American Hiking Society
Visit the web site of "The only national organization devoted exclusively to hikers and hiking trails, and to helping the volunteer organizations that maintain trails. "
Avalanche Information
Web page with information and safety tips concerning Avalanches from the Rocky Mountain Hiking Directory web site.
Backpacking Checklist
Comprehensive checklist useful when planning a wilderness trek comes from "Chuck's Backpacking Bonanza" web site.
Backpacking Checklist from BSATroop 780
How and what to pack in you backpack with diagrams and list.
Backpacking Equipment
Web page featuring tips on hiking and backpacking equipment from the Rocky Mountain Hiking Directory web site.
Cloudwalker's Base Camp
Dedicated to hiking and backpacking with photos and links.
Easy Backpacking Tips
Backpacking tips for a fulfilling and exciting backpacking trip. Information on backpacking equipment, food, recipes, ultralight backpacking and more!
GORP Hiking Page
GORP Hiking resources web site.
Hiking Dude
hiking skills preparation, safety, and tips
Hiking with Children Keeping it Fun
The page from the GORP web site features an adaptation from THE APPALACHIAN BACKPACKER by Victoria & Frank Logue.
Hypothermia Information
Web page with information on prevention and care of hypothermia in the wilderness from the Rocky Mountain Hiking Directory web site.
Lightweight Backpacker
This web site created by Charles Lindsey ". . . Promotes Lightweight Backcountry Travel & provides a comprehensive set of information for Year-Round Backpackers . . "
Low Impact Hiking
Wilderness Ethics and Waste Management web page from the Rocky Mountain Hiking Directory web site with tips for low impact practices.
Marvs Web Page
Backpacking equipment lists, tips, recipes, trails, links
Outdoor Clothing for Hiking
Web page featuring tips on appropriate hiking clothing from the Rocky Mountain Hiking Directory web site.
Quotes on the Outdoors
Enjoy this collection of wilderness quotes found on a page from "Chuck's Backpacking Bonanza" web site.
Sierra Club
Web site of this organization which ". . . promotes conservation of the natural environment"
Surviving Outdoor Emergencies
GORP web page has tips from COMMON SENSE SURVIVAL FOR OUTDOORS ENTHUSIASTS by Bob Newman explains how to prepare for seven common outdoors threats.
Texins Outdoor Club
Find hiking tips and more on this outdoor club's web site.
The Appalachian Mountain Club.
Web site of outdoors club centered on Appalachian Mts..
The Wilderness Act
Read the complete text of the 1964 Wilderness Act.
Tips on Food
Need some tips on food to carry when backpacking? Find them at "Chuck's Backpacking Bonanza" web site.
Traveling Lite,But Well, on the Trail
Tips on eating well while hiking from this GORP web page are an adaptation from ONE PAN GOURMET COOKS LITE by Don Jacobson & Don Mauer
Wilderness First Aid
Web page featuring tips on wilderness First Aid for accidents and injuries from the Rocky Mountain Hiking Directory web site.
Wilderness Navigation
Find excellent information on traveling through the wilderness using a compass and a map from the Rocky Mtn. Hiking Directory web site.
Wilderness Society
Organized in 1935, this organization was formed "to protect and preserve the nation's wild places before they vanished forever."
Wilderness Survival
US Army covers all aspects of survival. Manuals are searchable and aided with hundreds of diagrams and pictures.

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