Prairie Winds District

Presents the

Prairie Winds Adventure Race

September 26, 2020

Don Williams Recreation Area and Holst State Forest

In order to facilitate social distance guidelines due to COVID-19, we have changed the traditional Fall Camporee to a day event that will be unlike anything you’ve done before.  We have designed the first-ever Prairie Winds Adventure Race, in which teams of 3 to 5 Scouts will compete in either a 3-hour or 5-hour multi-sport adventure race. This event will challenge your Scouts to prove their Scout skills, build teamwork, foster leadership, and fulfill their need for a real adventure, all while doing it in a fun and safe setting.  It will surely generate great memories and perhaps spur on a new interest in a sport called Adventure Racing.  

Register by Wednesday, September 16th. 

The cost for this event is $12.00 per Scout and $8.00 per adult.

This event is for Scouts BSA members, sorry no Webelos or Cub Scouts this time. 

Scouts teams on both the 3-hour and 5-hour races will complete the course using the following disciplines; trekking, orienteering using only map and compass, special challenge activities, and canoeing.  For the 5-hour teams, we added a 13-mile gravel grinder bike trek, a different kind of ‘spring break’, plus a bonus orienteering section!  Scouts must bring their own bikes.  Helmets are required for all biking activities.

Scouts teams will stay together during the entire race and draw from each other’s strengths to complete the course, while locating as many checkpoint flags as they can within the allotted 3-hour or 5-hour race time frames.