The Outdoor Adventure Challenge is a series of multi-day camping adventures at Camp Wheeler, open to Scouts and Venturers. These events provide the opportunity to enjoy outdoor adventure close-to-home, with the support of Patriots' Path Council's experienced camp staff and volunteers. Adventures include all meals, and participants will earn the Adventure Challenge patch, and the rocker for each challenge they complete. These events are open to troops, crews, patrols, and individual participants.

The Winter Wilderness Adventure program includes Winter Survival Training, all meals, and activities. A program guide will be available to all who register so that they can prepare for cold weather camping. Scouts will build and sleep in their own shelters.

Some activities are weather dependent.

Saturday -

• Meal planning and cold weather cooking
  • environment effect on meal planning
  • white gas stove safety
  • basic cooking
• Ice rescue and first aid
  • prevention and planning
  • rescuer safety
  • cold weather injuries
• Shelter planning
  • weather dependent shelters
  • site selection
  • best shelter for conditions
  • shelter construction demonstration

Sunday

• Shooting sports
  • .22 caliber rifle
• Fire building
  • cold and wet weather fire building
• Trapping demonstration
  • demonstration by NJ Game Warden, Ret.
• Ice fishing - CONDITION DEPENDENT
  • fishing on Wheeler Lake 
• Campsite setup challenge
  • establish a cold weather campsite inside the time limit

Monday

• Iditarod Hike
  • Using a map and compass, navigate from check point to check point
  • at each check point, challenges test and teach a variety of skills while teaching the history of the area

Stay for the weekend, or attend Sunday as a one day participant.