Date: Sat Sep 20, 9:00 AM PDT - Sun Sep 21, 1:00 PM PDT
Category:
- Adult Training
Level:
- Volunteers
Join us for a hands-on, learning-packed weekend where you will learn
how to teach your Girl Scouts how to take themselves (and you) on an
outdoor trip! This training will prepare you to lead your Girl Scouts
through the progression needed to have successful, outdoor trips that
empower them to be even more confident, courageous, and strong! After
taking this training, expect to spend six months or more teaching and
equipping a troop with these skills. This training is required for any
overnight trip that does not have heat, electricity, and/or flush
toilets. This training is also required if food is cooked with fire,
propane, or coals.
This training has been generously
subsidized by the Theda Family Endowment for member year 2025.
Objectives/Outcomes of this training:
Learn how to teach your Girl Scouts how to:
- Safely use outdoor tools and knives
- Strike and use matches
- Split wood
- Light wood fires and propane stoves
- Complete meal preparation and clean-up
- Set up camp and tents
- Prepare for sleeping outdoors
- By the time your troop goes camping, the Girl Scouts will be taking themselves!
Note: This is an entirely outdoor training, and you will spend
the night sleeping in your tent outside.
Supplies
- A confirmation email with additional details will be sent approximately one week before the training. This confirmation email will include directions to the training location, a packing list, and additional details. Please note in advance that you will be required to bring your own tent and sleeping gear.
- The registration fee includes meals for the weekend, which participants will cook themselves as part of the training. Meals are planned with gluten-free and vegetarian options; please contact answers@girlscoutsosw.org if you have additional dietary needs or questions.
2025 Mountaindale Training Palooza
- This Outdoor Skills Training is a part of the 2025 Mountaindale Training Palooza.
- Get the skills you need to lead them on their next adventure. Training Paloozas are designed to provide a variety of adult training opportunities as part of a full and fulfilling weekend at a GSOSW property. There's something for everyone, from Supporting Neurodiverse Girl Scouts training to archery certification and our STEM Leader Workshop. Connect with other volunteers and learn something new!
- Follow this link to view other trainings being offered during the Training Palooza.
- Overnight accommodations are available for all participants on Friday (if needed) and Saturday evenings (required for Outdoor Skills Participants).
- Please RSVP for Friday night accommodations.
- All outdoor skills participants are required to spend Saturday night in a tent as part of their training experience.
Price
$30/adult. This training has been generously subsidized by the Theda Family Endowment.
Participant Information
- Training will take place in person from 9am on Saturday, September 20, 2025 to 2pm on Sunday, September 21, 2025. This training will take place at Camp Mountaindale in North Plains, OR.
- A confirmation email with additional details will be sent one week before the training. Please check your spam folder and email answers@girlscoutsosw.org if you do not receive this by one week ahead of training. This confirmation email will include directions to the training location, a packing list, and additional details. Please note in advance that you will be required to bring your own tent and sleeping gear.
- The registration fee includes meals for the weekend, which participants will cook themselves as part of the training.
- GSOSW volunteer trainings are adult, member-only, and council-only, events. Children of attendees may not accompany adults to this training, please ensure alternate arrangements have been made.
Prerequisites
- Girl Scouts Inside & Out, Part 1 Training (or its equivalent, Day Trips) is required before attending this training.
- Both online grade level trainings in gsLearn (GSUSA Grade Level Essentials AND GSUSA New Leader Onboarding: What Girl Scouts Do) are highly recommended to take before this training.
- Though not required to take ahead of this training, Girl Scouts Inside & Out Training, Part 2 (previously Indoor Overnights Training) is an additional prerequisite before any troop overnight activity, including camping.
- This training is to be taken before you camp like a Girl Scout (outdoor overnight) or using fire with Girl Scouts and after practicing the previous training with your Girl Scouts for at least six troop meetings.
Supplies
- A confirmation email with additional details will be sent approximately one week before the training. This confirmation email will include directions to the training location, a packing list, and additional details. Please note in advance that you will be required to bring your own tent and sleeping gear.
- The registration fee includes meals for the weekend, which participants will cook themselves as part of the training.
Registration, Cancellation & Refund Information
- Registration closes on August 31, 2025.
- Request for cancellation must be submitted via email to answers@girlscoutsosw.org no later than this date to receive a refund less the cancellation fee for this training ($15.00).
