Date: Sat Sep 20, 9:00 AM PDT - Sun Sep 21, 1:00 PM PDT
Category:
- Adult Training
Level:
- Volunteers
Outdoor Skills Training is an important step in outdoor training progression for adult volunteers. This hands-on training prepares adults how to teach Girl Scouts the intricacies of managing a campsite at an established site. You will learn to teach Girl Scouts how to safely use outdoor tools, strike and use matches, light wood fires and propane stoves, split wood, safely use knives, set up camp, set up tents, prepare for sleeping in the outdoors, and complete all the meal preparation and clean-up so by the time your troop goes camping, the Girl Scouts will be taking themselves. 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.
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 and Saturday evenings. All outdoor skills participants are required to stay overnight in their tent on Saturday evening as part of their training. Please RSVP for Friday night accommodations.
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.
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).
