Below is some of the activities the Troop participated in 2001.

On the weekend of October 5^th, 6^th, and 7^th Troop 45 had 7 Boy Scouts and 4 leaders attend the Council Fall Camporee. The Disast-O-Ree featured a number of disaster scenarios for the Scouts to address. The event was held at the Ulster County Community College in Stone Ridge.

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October 20^th Troop 45 went hiking up Slide Mountain, the highest Mt. in the Catskills.The weather and the views from the summit were great.  9 Scouts and 5 adults enjoyed the hike.

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September 22^nd  and 23^rd, Troop 45 went Backpacking in the Pharaoh Lake Wilderness area of the Adirondack Mts.   The troop hiked to Clear Pond and camped overnight. The next day we hiked up Treadway Mt. for some great views of the Adirondack Mt Range. 8 scouts and 5 leaders all had a great 11 mile backpacking weekend.

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The week of July 22^nd  – July 28^th  Troop 45 had 15 scouts attend summer camp at Camp Tri-Mount Scout Reservation. Scouts earned a total of 46 merit badges.

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On the weekend of June 9^th & 10^th  Troop 45 had 11 Boy Scouts and 3 Adult Leaders backpack into Devils Kitchen lean-to in the Catskill Mts. This was the first backpacking trip for some of our new scouts. The weekend had great weather and the scouts had a lot of fun. In the Fall we’re going to the Adirondack Mountains.

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On Saturday May 26^th ,  8 Boy Scouts and 2 leaders  learned basic rappellingat the tower in Phoenica N.Y.  Instructor Tom Crucet did a great job of teaching our young scouts in rappelling from a 40 foot tower.

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On Saturday May 19^th 2001 Troop 45 went on its 9^th Canoe trip on the Batten Kill River. 7 Scouts and 4 leaders canoed 24 miles from Arlington Vermont to Jackson N.Y.  It was one of the few years that we enjoyed great weather with no rain. Congratulations to Joe and Noah who now hold the record for dumping their canoe 4 times.    Pictures

On the weekend of May 4^th, 5^th, and 6^th  Troop 45 had 9 Boy Scouts and 2 leaders attend the Mohican District spring Campore. The event was held in Hanes Falls at the Mountain Top Historical Society. With the great leadership by Steve Jr. and Andrew, the patrol won 2 first place, 1 second place and 1 third place ribbons. The patrol also came in 2^nd place overall at the Campore.   

On Saturday Aprill 7^th  the  Map and Compass training course was held at Camp Tri-Mount. 6 Scouts and 2 adult leaders attended the event. Because Tri-Mount still had about 1 ½ feet of snow the scouts had to wear snowshoes to do the 1 mile course.

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