Girl-led Tent Camping

Join other older girls and adults for a Girl-led Tent Camping Weekend, at county and public campgrounds.  Watch one-minute video, or click on QR code at the right.

Girls can attend with or without adults from their troop, and adults can attend with or without girls.  Girls can sign up to attend on their own or with their troop for a weekend of tent camping. Several older girl troops in SUs can sign up together for a weekend. "Let's Tent” trained adults can gain more tent camping experience in a non-stress environment. 

The activities, equipment, meals, and transportation are planned by the girls in two virtual/zoom meetings.  The meetings cover everything needed for the weekend event from site, safety, requirements, meals, group and personal equipment, girl-led activities, and transportation. During the weekend, they will learn skills for setting up and taking down tents, making meals, and other outdoor skills they are interested in (such as knots), and evaluating their work together. Girls have gone hiking, bouldering (Laguna), and cooling off with water games or fights on hot days.

We have held successful Girl-led tent camping weekends in the past two years at Dos Picos County Park in Ramona and Laguna Campground in the mountains near Julian. Costs for the entire weekend were $35 or less per person and included the $20 deposit, costs for campground fee, groceries, chuck boxes, propane fuel, and campfire wood.   One-minute video.   Two-page summary.

Questions? Contact Anne Fege, afege@aol.com or 858-472-1293 or Diana Osborn, eagle_rider@cox.net. 

Other local outdoor activities are organized by the Backpackers (click on events, and search for Cadettes and Outdoors) and the new High Adventure and Service Troop (interest troop).