Spring Camporee @ Bear Paw Scout Camp

May 1-3, 2026

Come outside and participate in the Bear Paw Spring Camporee, 5/1/26-5/3/26 at our Bear Paw Scout Camp in Mountain, WI!  We will have special Harry Potter themed events, along with a one of a kind Harry Potter themed Camporee patch! This is your chance to complete a merit badge or finish one that you started at summer camp or just come for the fun!  When registering online, Scouts or Unit Leaders must register for specific programming from the activities being offered. This year will be a joint camporee effort between Gathering Waters, Twin Lakes, and Voyageur Districts!  Let's get outdoors and have some fun!

PROGRAM DETAILS
Cost: $25.00 for youth and adults - includes lunch on Saturday, campsite reservations, patch, and all activity supplies.  All meals, except lunch on Saturday, are the responsibility of your unit to cook in your campsite.

Program Overview (more details coming soon...)

     Friday -     4:30pm Check-in opens, set up camp
     Saturday - 8:45am Flag ceremony
                       9:00am to 4:30pm Activities/Sessions, with lunch from 12-1pm at the Dining Hall 
                       7:30pm Campfire Program & OA Call Out Ceremony
     Sunday -    8:00am-10:00am  Good Turn Service and safe trip home

OPEN ACTIVITIES:

• Friday night DJ and Cracker Barrel in the Dining Hall 6-9pm!
• Golden Fork Award (Dutch Oven Cookoff), judging will begin at 11:00am at the Commissioner building on Saturday.
• Patrol Competitions, more details to come...
• Wand Making Station and Quidditch Field games will be a foot!
• The Trading Post will be open, times will be posted on the Trading Post door.
• There will be open Range & Target Activities during the day on Saturday.
• Saturday night campfire with skits and songs.

-ATV Trail Ride Tours and ATV Training is available for ages 14 and over.  An additional fee of $50.00 will apply for the beginner course (to pay for the ASI Rider Card) and a $10.00 fee for the long ride course, where you must already have an ASI card to participate. You must register in the registration link for this and spots are very limited.  If you do not have your Rider Card already, you will need to take the ATV eCourse at this link (before 5/1/26) and print off your certificate to show the instructor.  https://atvsafety.org/atv-ecourse/  

16 MERIT BADGES AVAILABLE (as of 2/15/26): 

-Architecture, Art, Bird Study, Dog Care, Fish & Wildlife, Fishing, Fly Fishing, Geocaching, Scouting Heritage, American Indian Culture, Orienteering, Painting, Reading, Weather, Veterinary Science, and Signs/Signals/and Codes. 

-Archery, Rifle, and Shotgun ranges will be open on Saturday for those wanting to open shoot or to try to finish off one of those badges they started at summer camp. Ammo tickets will be available for purchase at the trading post.

*If interested in helping with a merit badge, contact the event chair, Paul Rasmussen at paulras23@gmail.com

TRAININGS AVAILABLE:

IOLS  *Adults looking to take this training, need to register at this link. https://scoutingevent.com/635-IOLS2026

ILST  *Youth will register for this training class, in this Spring Camporee registration link.  

-If you would like to be a part of the set up team for this weekends event, please e-mail the Event Chair, Paul Rasmussen. paulras23@gmail.com  He is planning to start setup at camp at Noon on Friday, 5/1/26.

In Memoriam:

-Dan Connolly was an inspiration to this combined district BLC camporee event, we will be missing him during this weekend in many different ways. If you'd like to donate to the Dan Connolly Memorial Fund that he had set up before he passed, please see the link below. Money that goes into this fund, will be used to supplement Bay-Lakes Council Camp Program Directors salaries, to help attract the best talent to our BLC Summer Camps!  https://donations.scouting.org/council/635/appeal/8755 

-We will be honoring Dan Connolly along with Greg Breaker at our Saturday evening campfire program. Both of them were an integral part to the planning and success of last year's Bear Paw Camporee! Greg had guided the OA to run an amazing campfire program, that I know that we will never forget. Thank you Dan and Greg for all that you gave to the Scouts in the Bay-Lakes Council!