Special Scouting Programs

Girl Scout Interest Project: Paddle, Pole and Roll

This full day program allows Girl Scouts to earn the PP&R badge using our inflatable kayaks. The morning session includes instruction, on-water practice and relay races in the reservoir behind our base camp. The afternoon is spent paddling our inflatable kayaks, "Funyaks", eight miles down an easy stretch of the Deerfield River. Follow-up work at home completes the badge requirements. The cost is $30pp for the Funyak trip and $20pp for the morning instruction.

Bring you own lunch or add lunch for $5pp.

2012 Available Dates:

May 19, 20, June 9, September 8

Boy Scout Whitewater Merit Badge

This full day program completes the Whitewater Merit Badge using our inflatable kayaks. The morning session includes discussion, instruction and on-water practice paddling the kayaks through specific maneuvers and rescue drills. The afternoon is an eight mile paddle down a ClassI-II section of the Deerfield in our "Funyaks". The cost is $30pp for the Funyak trip plus $20pp for the morning session.

Bring you own lunch or add lunch for $5pp.

Pre-requisite: Kayaking BSA Award, although we will do "partials".

2012 Available Dates

May 12, 13, June 10, September 15

Split Your Group

If you have a group that has a wide range of ages and athletic ability levels, it is possible to split your group and have some try a more adventurous river and others an easier alternative on the same day. These trips will be coordinated to meet and end at the same time making planning easy for you. Several split trip options are below.

Massachusetts
Easy: Deerfield River - Fife Brook Section
Intermediate: Miller's River
Intermediate/Advanced: Deerfield River - Monroe Bridge Section

Maine

Easy/Intermediate: Dead River - Summer
Intermediate/Advanced: Kennebec River
Advanced: Dead River High Water

See what Troops are saying about Crab Apple:

	On behalf of our Troop, we cannot thank you enough for the phenomenal time we had rafting last week. The entire day was truly an awesomely fantastic experience. We were so impressed by the hard work of your staff...You guys take the definition of team work to the next level. Additionally, the energy you possessed for rafting was both admirable and contagious. Personally, I was on a raft guides by Tim. He was genuinely considerate of each of the rafters in the boat. He made it an awesome rafting experience, constantly thanking us for our hard work and making each of us feel that we were doing a great job. Although we only gave Tim our names at our introduction, he remembered them the entire day. Tim not only knew how to guide the raft, but he provided us with a history of the river, Crab Apple, the dams and rafting as a whole. The entire experience was amazing to say the least. I am positive that our group will return to Crab Apple, hopefully in the near future." Al and Allison, parents from Troop 2