Comprehensive List of Recent Events from Current & Last Season

2025 Camporee

Troop 27 brought three patrols along with Crew 27 to Boulder Creek Scout Reservation for the Pacific Skyline Council’s annual Camporee! Scouts enjoyed a survival-themed competition with events such as smoke signals, snares, tarp structures, and orienteering, alongside classic events like tomahawks, knots, and pioneering. The scouts had a great time building patrol spirit with amazing yells and teamwork, and helped out with cleaning latrines and trail maintenance after the competition, promoting cheerful service.

Write up provided by Aaren Ruparel, Historian

Filed Under: Featured, Recent Activities, Scouting BSA Tagged With: camping, fun, good food, multi-troop, teamwork

2025 Pinnacles

By James Hart

For the first outing of 2025 Troop 27 went to Pinnacles National Park. The troop went on a day hike in the park that went through caves and eventually led to a beautiful lake where the troop stopped for lunch. When the troop came back the patrols went through stations to practice scout skills like fire building and working as a team. After dinner the scouts played a game of capture the flag in the dark with Glowsticks. The next day we had a very cold morning and it got down to around 24 degrees. Scouts were cold but warmed up with a hot breakfast. Later in the morning patrols went on an orienteering course around the campsite to practice compass and navigation skills. The scouts had a great time hiking and experiencing cold-weather camping.

Write up provided by Zack Baxley, Senior Patrol Leader

Filed Under: Recent Activities, Scouting BSA Tagged With: camping, good food, hiking

2024 Wurr Flats

By James Hart

In the middle of December, Troop 27 went to Wurr flats for a weekend outing before the holiday break. We had a pretty relaxed outing because it rained for most of the trip. The weather did however provide some new opportunities for the troop to practice camping in the rain. We learned how to rain-proof tents and gear and we also learned what happens when you don’t. We also had a lot of time to practice our wood-tools skills and we chopped and processed a lot of wood to keep a warm fire burning even in the rain. Even though we got rained on a lot, the scouts had a great time chopping wood and learning how to deal with less than ideal weather conditions.

Write up provided by Zack Baxley, Senior Patrol Leader

Filed Under: Recent Activities, Scouting BSA Tagged With: camping, fun, rain, skills, teamwork

2024 Castle Rock Backpacking

By James Hart

On the weekend before Thanksgiving, Troop 27 took a short backpacking trip at Castle Rock. Backpacking is a skill some scouts were looking to improve upon so we started with a three mile backpacking trip to a campsite. Scouts carried all the gear they would need for the trip on their backs, this included stoves, water, and tents. On the first day after we set up camp the scouts practiced filtering water and they practiced their first aid skills in a hiking accident scenario. On the second day we began on our hike back along the edge of a mountain which provided amazing views of the hills and the clouds. Troop 27 had a great time backpacking and learning new skills during the outing.

Write up provided by Zack Baxley, Senior Patrol Leader

Filed Under: Recent Activities, Scouting BSA Tagged With: backpacking, fun, hiking, skills

2024 Scouting for Food

By James Hart

Every year Troop 27 does an annual service project in Redwood Shores where we collect food for the Samaritan House. The service project works by going around knocking on doors to ask for food people are willing to donate. This year we had a lot of scouts show up to collect food including some visiting cub scouts. We covered a very large area of Redwood Shores and were able to collect a lot of food to donate for people who need it. After the service project the scouts went on a short canoe trip around the lagoon. During this scouts were able to learn and improve their canoe skills and orienteering skills.

Write up provided by Zack Baxley, Senior Patrol Leader

Filed Under: Featured, Recent Activities, Scouting BSA, Webelos Events Tagged With: canoeing, cub scouts, fun, service, teamwork

2024 Gold Rush

By James Hart

Every year the Pacific Skyline council holds their Gold Rush event at Boulder Creek Scout Reservation. Gold Rush is a council run event that is themed around the gold rush and the Wild West. Scouts had a great time doing activities like panning for gold, blacksmithing, steer roping, and shooting cowboy guns. The troop drank a lot of root beer and sang songs in the saloon and we all enjoyed a great campfire program together.