2020 Shooting Sports Training Update

The Summit Bechtel Reserve recently conducted training for their Shooting Sports Programs which included staff members from Barrels, Bows and Hunter’s Education. The training was under the direction of Ryan King, Program Manager for Shooting Sports with support from Art

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New River Gorge

Appalachian Adventure

As the snow begins to melt off the skate park and zip-line platforms, we know that the summer season is swiftly approaching! What short-term camping adventures does your unit have planned? Based in the James C. Justice National Scout Camp,

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Happy New Year 2016

Another Great Year

Happy New Year!!! Wow, 2015 just flew by but what a great year it was. With this being only our second year of running a summer program, we had all sorts of new milestones. We had our official opening of

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2015 OA ArrowTour

The Summit Bechtel Reserve is excited to announce it will celebrate the Order of the Arrow’s centennial as an ArrowTour host. ArrowTour is an interactive event for Scouts, volunteers, and Scouting alumni that will travel throughout the country during the summer

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Adventure comes in many forms at The Summit

Summit Core Values: Spotlight On Adventure

As you may already know, The Summit Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve, or just SBR for short, is guided by four core values: leadership, training, sustainability and adventure. Scouting itself is an adventure of many kinds, not just physical. The mental,

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2015 Summit Programs Catalog

The 2015 Summit Program Catalog Is Here!

THE catalog for choosing the right Summit program for your Scouts and Venturers. Ready to plan? The latest Summit program catalog delivers the goods on everything going on in 2015 at the Summit Bechtel Reserve. This catalog is divided into three sections for your convenience: Paul R. Christen National

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Scout camp at The Summit is a great way to have fun and take your scouting further

Scout Camp 2015, Summit Style

Scout camp—the learning, the merit badges, the advancement—it’s pretty cool, a classic Scouting experience. The new Walter Scott Summit Center at the Summit Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve—with its lakes, trails, zip lines, boulder cove, sustainability treehouse, and more—might be

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