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Event name: Snow Base 2026
Youth Event Coordinator Name: TBD
Adult Event Coordinator Name: Shawn Powers
Adult Event Coordinator Phone: 309-242-5128
Adult Event Coordinator Email: pwrs57@att.net
Event Date: 02/13/2026-02/15/2026
Dress: Field Uniform & Activity Uniform (Scout T-Shirt) Items to Bring:
Field Uniform to be worn while traveling.
Clothes, Weather related items, spare set of clothes
Boy Scout handbook
Mess kit, utensils (Plastic)
Sleeping bag and pillow (for indoor sleeping)
Personal items (bathroom supplies)
Medicine
Money/Sack Meals for Friday (Lunch/Dinner) & Sunday (Dinner)
Special winter gear is provided for sleeping comfortably in a shelter made from snow. More Information Online — camp.northernstar.org
Friday, February 13 is a NO SCHOOL day for Central Intermediate. WCHS does have a late start Friday school day that day. So, WCHS students would have to leave school early or miss the day to go on this trip. We will need to meet at the church at approximately 10:00a that day. WCHS students are welcome to attend this adventure if parents approve of their Scout missing some or all of the school day.
Event Description: Snow Base at Camp Tomahawk
Learn how to stay warm
and cozy while sleeping outdoors in
winter. Travel to a remote campsite to
build your snow shelter, cook out-
doors, and participate in winter activi-
ties before crawling into a 40 below
rated mummy bag for bed.
ACTIVITIES
There are more activities than you can
get done in one year. You will be
asked to rank your choices to help us
design the best combination of activi-
ties. Activities to choose from include:
• Winter Shelter Building
• Ice Climbing
• Kite Flying
• Geocaching/Orienteering
• Survival Challenges
• Cross Country Skiing
• Snow Shoeing
• Tubing
• Team Building Games
• Winter Escape Room
• Winter Cooking
• Snow Sports Merit Badge
LOCATION AND DATES
This program is offered at Tomahawk
Scout Camp, near Birchwood
GRADE LEVEL
Recommended for 7th grade and
above.
COST
$101/Participant Payment will be due to Shawn Powers on December 1, 2025 at the Troop Meeting.
SLEEPING ARRANGMENTS
Sleep inside Friday night and outside
Saturday night. Everyone in your
group should expect to sleep outside.
SCHEDULE
FRIDAY
• 7:30-8 pm Check-in, Move-in
• 8-10 pm Check-out gear, winter
weather training, pack sleds
• 10:00 pm Adult Leader Meeting
• 11:00 pm Lights out, all quiet
SATURDAY
• 8:00 am Breakfast
• 9:30 am All crews on trail
• 10:30 am Start Shelters
• 12:30 pm Lunch in the crew site
• 1:00 pm Afternoon activities
• 4:00 pm Finish Shelters
• 5:00 pm Dinner preparation
• 6:00 pm Supper and campfire
• 8:00 pm Night hike
• 9:00 pm Lanterns out, all quiet
SUNDAY
• 8:00 am Breakfast
• 8:45 am Break camp, leave for Base Camp
• 10:30 am Check in gear
• 11:00 am Trading Post open (until 1:30 pm)
• 12:00 pm Grab & Go lunch ready
• 1:00 pm Clean Up
• 1:30 pm Depart for Home
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