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Camp Alpine Tent Camping - Hike the Pailsades A Troop 267 Favorite!

Where: Camp Alpine, about 9 miles north of the George Washington.Bridge in NJ. Dates: Sept. 26 - 27, 2009 Depart: Saturday, 8:00 AM Roslyn Middle School Return: Sunday,  approx. noon Assigned Drivers: TBD Cost: $9 for food and patch Food: Patrol Cooking - pay your Patrol Leader Bring: Bag Lunch & Drink Uniform: Not required Packing Checklist: Click here to download Permission Slip: Click here to download Weather Report: Click here for closest forecast Map & Directions: Assigned drivers, click here.

Before you know it, the drive is over and we're hiking in to the campsite.  This beautiful camp is owned by the Greater New York Councils and is only minutes from the historic Palisades Trail.  Cross "Spitting Bridge,"  climb up the stone tower, decend the palisades, skip stones in the Hudson River... but be prepared to scale back up, some 52 stories high.      Patrol Cooking and tent camping gives everyone an opportunity to earn advancement credit.  Practice for your Totin' Chip, and get your 5-mile map and compass hike for 2nd class.      New scouts will get plenty of opportunity to earn outdoor requirements for Tenderfoot.      This camp has a trading post with snacks, sodas, and patches.  Alpine patches are about $5.00 each.  And while the Troop will be presenting a patch to each boy at the next Court of Honor, some boys like to purchase duplicates for collecting and trading.