Some great hiking tips found in the Tiger Den Leader Guide Book - Tigers In The Wild

Great loop trail located in the High Uintas. Access via the Mirror Lake Hwy out of Kamas, UT.

A trip plan informs others where you plan to go, when you will return, who is going, why you are going, and what you are taking.

When it comes to a topographic map, there are multiple colors that mean different things.

In a hole in the ground… (First line of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit) Easy out n’ back hike in Zion National Park.

Be prepared on each camp out and hike with your ten essentials. Check out this short video showing items that you should pack.

This short in-n’-out hike will have you crossing pine creek and scrambling boulders until you reach you final destination. Lower Pine Creek Falls.

What is the buddy system and why should we do it?

Mirror Lake Trail is a easy, kid friendly, 1.5 mile loop around Mirror Lake in the Wasatch National Forest.

Mostly shaded, easy hiking trail in the Uinta National Forest along Wardsworth Creek.

Scout hiking is done along bypaths and cross-country… not on highways. But occasionally, you may have to follow a main road for a short distance before you reach a place where a trail leads off to adventure.

With Earth Day being this week, page 368 of the 10th edition (1990) of the Boy Scout Handbook give us some awesome advise and ideas on how to take responsibility for the Earth.

Keep an eye out for dinosaur tracks as you hike along the trails of Red Cliffs State Park in Southern Utah.

The Kayenta trail in Zion National Park is an un-paved moderate difficulty trail that will give you splendid views of the Virgin River and the valley.

Who wants to eat bland food in the woods… not me! Take your spices and seasonings with you on your next backpacking trip.

This throwback come from the 1980 printing of the Ninth Edition Boy Scouts Handbook. Some of these may seem somewhat outdated… but remember that the battery on your phone or GPS devise will not last forever. Knowing these distress signals are a good backup to have.

It is important to teach scouts, and parent partners, what to do at a young age if you ever become lost.

In preparation for our troop's summer scout camp up in the High Uintas, we have been teaching the scouts to be bear aware and bear smart.  Bears can smell your food from 2-3 miles away. 

Mossy Cave is a fun little day hike that will get the kids, and yourself, out of the car for half an hour and stretch your legs if traveling the scenic Highway 12 route. Located just outside of Tropic, UT. The Mossy Cave hike offers magnificent hoodoos, a waterfall (depending on the time of year), and a natural spring grotto. 

Smokey was born on August 9, 1944. The U.S. Forest Service wanted a spokes person to continually remind people that "Care will prevent 9 out of 10 fires", and the fictitious bear was just the ticket... as they said back then.  In 1947, Smokey's message changed to the familiar "Only YOU Can Prevent Forest Fires".