Here are the Planning Guides for the 2018 High Adventure Season 2018 Council and Unit Planning Guide 2018 New River Trek Planning Guide 2018 Bikepacking Trek Planning Guide
Introducing our newest feature at the Summit Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve, the Linear Inversion Elevator (commonly referred to as L.I.E.) which will be bringing the Big Zip to new heights! With the ground breaking technology developed by Dr. Emmett Brown’s team at
2018 marks the 5th year of operation for the Christen National High Adventure Base at The Summit Bechtel Reserve. That’s a big milestone for us, and we are excited to share it with you! With this big milestone come some changes
You asked and we delivered! Our 2018 Christen HAB menu will have two trek programs for you and your unit to choose from and BOTH will allow Scouts, who complete the treks, to be eligible for the 50-miler award. The New
ATTENTION You’ve asked and we delivered! A regular request that we’ve heard from our customers has been “When will you be offering a traditional trek program?”, well this is it! 2017 will be the PILOT year for our New River
With the Summit Visitors Pass, we’ve got you covered. The Summit is opening up to visitors this summer! A visitors pass is a great time for family and friends, and open to the public. We’re all set and can’t wait for you
In early May we began construction on some new structures to help participants, and staff, in each of our Adventure Areas here at The Summit. Each Adventure Area now has a brand spanking new pavilion! I had a chance to speak with Joe
The Charles L. Sommers Alumni Association recently released their Fall 2015 newsletter. Dave Hyink wrote an article for the newsletter about the Honorary Life Membership that was awarded to Paul R. Christen. Below is the article. At its February 2014 meeting, the Charles L.
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
Attention Scouters…It’s back! We will be offering our Early-Bird Discount again for the 2017 the Paul R. Christen National High Adventure Base at the Summit Bechtel Reserve! Some of you may have thought “Well, with National Jamboree going on that summer