Welcome to Adventure!

Colorado Rocky Mountain Scouting
for boys & girls
Troop 97 BSA

Troop 97 is more than double the size of the average BSA troop, and our Scouts earn Eagle Scout (the BSA's highest award) at several times the BSA average.

• Ever watched the sun set at midnight? From your canoe? Our Scouts have.
• Backpacked the only one-way trail in North America?
• Tried your best to sleep after seeing a bear prowling for food 15 feet (5 m) from your tent?
• Traveled to the only place in the US where cars drive on the left?
• Backpacked from one country into another? How about by canoe? Ferry? Train? Bicycle?
• Slept on board a tugboat? In a railroad sleeper car? Sailing ship? In an old miner's cabin?
• Snorkeled a shipwreck? Ridden a train going 180 mph (300 km/h)?
• Pedaled a bike 425 miles (680 km)? Paddled a canoe 250 miles (400 km)? Backpacked 100 miles (160 km)?
• Swum 1 mile (1600 m)—in a chilly high-altitude lake?
• Had a foot (30 cm) of new snow half-bury your tent? In August?

Troop 97 meets in Fort Collins, Colorado, but also draws members from nearby Laporte, Loveland, Severance, Timnath, Wellington/Waverly, and Windsor.

Troop 97 is part of the BSA's 'Combined Troop Pilot Program', testing the best ways for boys and girls to experience Scouting together in a single troop.

Scouting is a Game with a Purpose.
It's more than Fun; it's an Adventure.
Sometimes tough, often challenging, always rewarding.

Want to visit a meeting or outing?
Just email the Scoutmaster, and he'll be happy to tell you about our upcoming activities.

• Troop 97 is one of a number of Scout troops and Cub Scout packs in
• Bighorn District, one of seven districts in
• Adventure West Council, one of 239 local councils of
• Boy Scouts of America (BSA) [now updating its name to Scouting America], one of about 200 National Scout Organization members of
• World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM).
  [For more information about the surprising variety of Scouting organizations around the world, see our World Scouting page.]

What would you like to know?

• About Troop 97
• About High Adventure
• Girls in Troop 97 (3-minute video/.mov)
• Advancement toward Eagle

• BSA Summer Camps in Colorado & Wyoming
• History of the BSA
• About Scouting America / Boy Scouts of America (BSA)
• About Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA)
• About Girls in the BSA
• BSA Eagle Requirements since 1911

• BSA Handbooks
• All Handbook Covers

• World Scouting
• Scouting in Every Country
• Dragon Scout? Quetzal Scout? — Highest Scout Rank in Many Countries

• Lots more in our detailed site index

Our site is packed with useful ideas
designed to help and inform:

• the Scouts, leaders, and families of our troop

• potential or future members of our troop

• the Scouts and leaders of other BSA units

• Scouts and leaders from around the world

• anyone else interested in Scouting or Troop 97

Take a look around.
Please share your comments, suggestions, or needs with us.
We're happy to hear from you!