Hands On High Adventure Training for Cub Scouts, Troop and Crew Leaders

September 10-12 and September 24-26, 2010 at Camp Tahuaya

Powder Horn gives participants hands on exposure to many outdoor/high adventure activities.  The two-weekend Training is designed to expose Venturing and Boy Scout leaders to a wide range of high adventure activities and resources necessary to operate a successful Troop or Crew High Adventure program. 

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Scouting leaders often face the dilemma of having a strong desire to provide challenging and fun outdoor adventure programs to meet the needs of their older youth members, while lacking the knowledge and/or resources to do so.  Powder Horn responds to this quandary with an exciting new training opportunity that exposes Boy Scout and Venturing adult leaders to a wide range of outdoor/high adventure activities.  We provide participants with valuable resources and contacts to assist them in delivering the promise of Scouting high adventure to youth.

During Powder Horn, presentations on high adventure Ranger topics are made by expert consultants who demonstrate the skills required and explain where resources, such as equipment, facilities, guides, instructors, and certifications can be obtained locally. Most presentations involve actual hands-on experience by the participants - you’ll get to sample many of the activities yourself so you will know how much fun your crew or troop will be able to have.

We recruit an all-star staff of high adventure experts, outdoor vendors, and Scouters from all over Texas to guide you through the adventure! For example: the kayaking resource session will be taught on the lake by an Olympic kayaker.

Capitol Area and Longhorn Councils are proud to co-host the 2010 Powder Horn training course, based at Longhorn Council’s beautiful Camp Tahuaya, located near Belton, Texas.

High Adventure Topics:
Powder Horn is organized around experts teaching high adventure skills and resources.

• Backpacking skills
• Canoeing
• Cave Exploring
• Communications
• Conservation Projects
• Outdoor Cooking skills
• COPE – team building
• Cycling/Mountain Biking
• Ecology
• Emergency Preparedness
• Equestrian skills
• Expedition Planning
• Fly Fishing
• Hunting
• Kayaking:  whitewater & touring
• Land Navigation and GPS
• Leave No Trace
• Life Saver
• Mountaineering:  climbing & rappelling
• Living History and battle reenacting
• Physical Fitness
• Plants & Wildlife
• Scuba
• Shooting Sports:  pistol, rifle, shotgun, and archery
• Sailing  (including our new Viking ship)
• Wilderness First Aid
• Wilderness Survival
• Working with Teens
• Winter Sports

We are pleased to announce that the Viking ship "Blóð Ari" will join our regatta of sailboats for Texas Powder Horn 2010.  Blóð Ari is a 32 foot reproduction longship based on the Ralsweig / Rugen II shipwreck found in the Baltic Sea off Rugen Island, Germany.  The ship was commissioned in 2009 and built in California by a Norwegian shipwright who is nationally known for his authentic Viking era reproductions.  It is used in the Living History programs offered as part of Longhorn Council's Chisholm Trail Adventure Base. The ship is based at their new Viking Outpost and sails on 10,000 acre Lake Bridgeport. Participants at the Viking Outpost row and sail the ship and spend a day learning how Vikings lived, ate, and fought. The program includes medieval combat, weapons, shields, clothing, food, history, and legends.  The outpost program was designed by a medieval history professor and Viking reenactor to give Venture Crews and Troops a chance to experience the hard life of Old Norse warriors. Here is a once in a lifetime opportunity to experience sailing on a Viking ship or traditional sailboats.

Nicholas Cowey has joined Texas Powder Horn 2010 as the Wildlife, Ecology, and Conservation consultant. Nicholas holds a BS in Outdoor Recreation from Southwest Texas State University and has been active in the Boy Scouts of America his entire life.  An Eagle Scout holding over seventy merit badges Nicholas is an active outdoorsman with extensive knowledge of wildlife, ecology, conservation and the American Indian and Mountain Men cultures.  He has been a wildlife and conservation consultant for several Powder Horn courses as well as technical advisor to Turner Network Television productions on authenticity in clothing, hair, makeup and props working on the set of Two for Texas.  He has worked as Director of the Living History program for the BSA in Wisconsin at the Foxfire Outpost and was Camp Director at Lost Pines Scout Camp in Texas for seven years.  Nicholas will bring his creativity, knowledge of youth and leadership programs, history and ecology to the Powder Horn course with an exceptional level of enthusiasm and energy.