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IMPORTANT: Families, please use your best judgment before attending any in-person activities. If you, or anyone planning on attending, is feeling sick or has an elevated temperature, stay home until the symptoms have passed.
Below we have outlined how to log hiking miles for your Scout, the Cub Scout six essentials, hydration tips, and resources for trails in the Northern California region.
Please reach out through Slack, email, or text with questions or suggestions to help improve our hike program experience.
Safe and fun hiking to you all!
Brook Medeiros Phone: 408-569-0190
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A big part of Cub Scouts involves introducing kids to the fun and adventure of spending time outdoors. And if you’re going to spend time outdoors, you’re going to want the right gear. The Cub Scout Six Essentials, learned as part of the Wolf Rank, is a list of a half-dozen items every Cub Scout should carry when going on hikes or campouts. What are the Cub Scout Six Essentials?These are items every Cub Scout should carry in their personal gear when going on hikes or campouts: - First-aid kit: adhesive bandages, moleskin, gauze, antibiotic ointment, etc.
- Water: filled and large enough to last until it can be filled again
- Flashlight (or headlamp): for emergency use or night hikes
- Trail food: easy to eat things that will help give energy (ex: fruit as snacks, not "fruit snacks")
- Sun protection: a hat, sunscreen of SPF 30 or greater, lightweight long sleeve shirts are great for arms
- Whistle: also for emergency use only
I even wrote a song to help our scouts remember what to bring and why they should bring it!
Sung to the tune of Yankee Doodle
When we're going on a hike pack six essentials to bring First a flashlight to light up to make sure you can see things
Keep a whistle blow it loud, to help when you're in trouble Handy dandy first aid kits will heal you on the double
Bring some water drink it up, always keep it handy Add some trail snacks to your mix, choose fruits instead of candy
Sun protection for yourself will help to keep you cool Bring six essentials on your hike and you won't be a fool
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The MOST important essential out of the Cub Scout six essentials is WATER, bring enough of it to last you until you can get more. Everyone hiking has to have it or you shouldn't bother making the drive to the hike, we want to keep everyone safe and make sure we ALL stay properly hydrated!
Even if a hike is supposed to be easy, cool, or short, they can turn out to be tougher, hotter, and longer than expected. Our pack families are important to us, and we have to "do our best" to keep everyone healthy on the trail. So if you want to help keep safety a priority for our Scouts and their families, bringing enough water for EVERY hike is a must!
The rules are simple, No H2O, then you don't go! |
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From Scoutbook - Login to https://www.scoutbook.com
- go to My Dashboard > Administration
- select your scout
- under the Awards section, select Activity Logs
- continue with Internal Advancement steps below
Directly From Internal Advancement - Login to https://scoutbook.scouting.org
- Note: for parents with multiple scouts, you will need to select each individual scout you want to record activity for from the scout logo dropdown at the top left of your screen
- From the Activity Logs box, located on the right hand side, click on "HIKES"
 - now click the "CREATE OR JOIN +" button located at the top of the HISTORY column
 - select the date of your hike from the calendar provided and then click the "CREATE" button
 - You will at least need to fill in the required fields outlined below, but the more information the better, so please provide as much detail as you can
 - Hike Name: Please use an official trail name when you can, or otherwise please use the hike location as the name
- Hike Starts: please enter the date of your hike
- Hike Ends: Unless this was a multi day hike, please enter the same date as Hike Starts
- All Day event: if you can't remember the start and end times, please just enter your best guess, otherwise you can leave this box checked
- Start Time: Approximate time when your hike started
- End Time: Approximate time when your hike ended
- Hike Location:* this is not a required field, but would be very helpful, and appreciated, as we are always looking for hike options for future adventures
- Miles: Enter the miles you hiked. It doesn't have to be exact, but get as close as you can
- Lowest Point:* This is only required under the "Basic" tab. To skip entering this, just click the "Advanced" tab and you'll only have to enter the miles.
- Click "SUBMIT ACTIVITY" button
 That's it!Now that you've submitted the hike, the only action remaining is approval by the hike coordinator. If there are any questions the coordinator will contact you directly. Note to Parents With Multiple ScoutsUnfortunately, it looks like you have to enter each scout separately, so you may want to copy your responses before submitting so you can paste them in for your other scouts. |
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Trail TrekkersFrom the coast to the Peninsula to the South Bay, this hiking guide is sure to help you find the trail that’s right for your next outing. The guide features: - Tips and details for 28 hikes ranked as easy, moderate or difficult
- Every route plotted on Google maps for your convenience
- Information about which trails are open to dogs, bikes, wheelchairs and more
Every year more than 10,000 people participate in this FREE self-guided hiking and bicycling program to explore the East Bay regional parks and to keep fit outdoors. For the past 30 years, the Park District has promoted healthy recreation and time in nature through its annual Trails Challenge program.
The free program connects people to nature through hiking and biking by providing 20 designated trails ranging from easy to challenging.  A series of 14 progressive hikes with a large center patch awarded after the first hike, and an additional rocker for each hike. Many of the hikes follow specific trails, but some may be awarded for any hike done within the park. - Anderson Marsh
- Bald Mountain
- Black Diamond
- Boggs Mountain
- Briones
- Dorn Trail
- Fages Trail
- Goat Rock
- Las Trampas
- Mt. Diablo
- Mt. Konocti
- Mt. St. Helena
- Redbud Trail
- Snow Mountain
 A series of Cub Scout hikes that explore the diversity of the Bay Area and introduce a variety of environmental and geological elements. A large colorful square patch is earned by completing the first hike. Each subsequent hike earns an applicable small segment patch which can be displayed along the sides of the main patch.
- Angel Island SP, via ferry
- Black Diamond Mines RP, Antioch
- Coyote Hills RP, Fremont
- Flag Hill, Sunol R Wilderness
- Hoot Owl, Sycamore Grove RP, Livermore
- Hoot Owl, California Nursery Historical Park, Fremont
- Huckleberry Botanic Preserve, Oakland
- Little Yosemite Sunol R Wilderness
- Morgan Territory R Preserve, Livermore
- Redwood Creek, Redwood RP Oakland
- Rodeo Lagoon, Golden Gate NRA, Marin
- Sycamore Grove RP, Livermore
- Wildcat Peak, Tilden RP, Berkeley
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Using the AllTrails app to plan or track your hikes is easy and they will even plant a tree for you if you download their app and sign up with the referral code below.
Plant-A-Tree with AllTrails or https://www.alltrails.com/invite/GEMVRP
Here's an excerpt from their website about the 11,000+ trails they have listed JUST in California!
"Best Trails in CaliforniaReady to check out the best trails in California for hiking, mountain biking, climbing or other outdoor activities? AllTrails has 11,902 hiking trails, mountain biking routes, backpacking trips and more. Discover hand-curated trail maps, along with reviews and photos from nature lovers like you.No matter what you're looking for, you can find a diverse range of the best hiking trails in California to suit your needs. Explore one of 4,376 family-friendly hikes for a sunny weekend. Check out 833 wheelchair-friendly trails with helpful accessibility guidance. Plan your next outdoor adventure to one of 10,569 routes with waterfalls or scenic views." ________________________________________________________________________________________ We have some pretty amazing opportunities around us to explore the outdoors, just not RIGHT around us. The map you see is showing just some of the areas that have hiking trails that AllTrails and its users have found since they started back in 2010. The map also shows the lack of trails that are in our nearby vicinity, so that means we get to explore! Which means driving somewhere other than Tracy, but good news, even though we lack waterfalls or spectacular nature trails within a stone's throw, what we DO have, is a central location that makes it easy to get to mountains, lakes, woodlands and more all within a 1 hour drive (on weekends)! |
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