| Link Name |
URL |
Comments |
| Coleman.com | http://www.coleman.com | Register as a non-profit & get up to 40% off. Selection varies. Free shipping is available |
| Campmor | http://www.campmor.com | Wide selection & good prices. Mail order or internet. |
| Sierra Trading Post | http://www.sierratradingpost.com | Lots of closeouts so selection varies. Also offers dressier clothing. They have a store in Reno, NV |
| Alps Mountaineering | http://www.alpsmountaineering.com | Register your Scout unit for 40%+ off list. Gear is well made for the price. Watch for closeouts. |
| gearreview.com | http://www.gearreview.com | Lots of ideas on outdoor gear |
| BSA Supply Disision | http://www.scoutstuff.org/ | Everything from uniforms to camping gear |
| REI |
http://www.rei.com & http://www.rei-outlet.com |
Staff (some are Scout leaders!) in local stores are very helpful. |
| Performance Bike | http://www.performancebike.com | Online & SAC area stores |
| Make your own gear! | http://www.backpacking.net/makegear.html | Contributed gear designs from backpacks to stoves! |
| Travel sized packaged items | http://www.minimus.biz/ | Individual first aid, food, & travel items |
| Link Name |
URL |
Comments |
| The Kayak Site | http://www.qsl.net/wa1urb/98.html | Step by step on building your own wood & canvas kayaks |
| USGS Real Time Water Data | http://waterdata.usgs.gov/usa/nwis/rt | Daily stream flow conditions any where you can paddle |
| Tide/Current Predictor | http://tbone.biol.sc.edu/tide/sitesel.html | Handy site for ocean, delta & Tahoe tides - FREE |
| Canoe Camping Notes | http://www.piragis.com/cliffjacobson/index.html | Articles by BWCA guide, Cliff Jacobson |
| US Army Corp of Engineers | http://www.spk.usace.army.mil/organizations/cespk-co/lakes/index.html | Interactive map of CA rec sites, check out Englebright |
| Northern Tier | http://www.ntier.org/ | BSA's high adventure base for the Boundry Waters Canoe Area |
| American Canoe Assoc | http://www.americancanoe.org/ | Canoe & kayak resource |
| California Creeks | http://www.cacreeks.com/ | California whitewater |
| CA Dept of Water Resources | http://cdec.water.ca.gov/misc/daily_res.html | CA reservoir water levels, higher is better! |
| Link Name |
URL |
Comments |
| Blue Water Ropes | http://www.bluewaterropes.com/ | Lots of info on, yes - you guessed it - ropes! |
| Climbing Centers |
http://www.granitearch.com http://www.touchstoneclimbing.com |
Granite Arch offers the Climbing Merit Badge Pipeworks has multiple locations |
| Link Name |
URL |
Comments |
| BicycleScource.com | http://www.bicyclesource.com/ | Good reference for everything cycling |
| Sacramento Cycling Maps | http://www.sacregion511.org/bicycling/bikemaps.cfm | Links to maps for bike trails in the greater SAC area |
| Bicycle Nevada | http://www.bicyclenevada.com/ | Rides, links & laws |
| Cycling Tahoe | http://www.tahoesbest.com/Biking/bikepath.htm | Do a 50 Miler on Tahoe's West Shore! |
| USA Cycling | http://www.usacycling.org/ | Cycling in all its forms; clubs, races, resources, and more |
| N. CA HS MTB Racing League | http://www.norcalmtb.org/ | Mountain Bike riding & racing for high school age riders |
| Link Name |
URL |
Comments |
| Diver Certifications |
http://www.padi.com/ http://www.naui.org/ |
PADI & NAUI programs |
| Sea Base - a High Adventure Base | http://www.bsaseabase.org/index.html | Diving, sailing, camping,... |
| City of Montery Camping | http://www.monterey.org/rec/vetsparkrules.html | Camp & dive in downtown Montery! |
| SCUBA Yellow Pages | http://www.scubayellowpages.com/ | A directory of everything SCUBA, gear to trips |
| Fort Bragg's dive shop | http://www.subsurfaceprogression.com/ | Weather, webcams & dive sites on the Mendo coast |
| Sports Chalet | http://www.sportchalet.com/ | SAC area training & certification, Scout discounts |
| San Jose Flipper Dippers | http://www.sjflipperdippers.com/index.html | One of N. CA's largest dive clubs, good dive links & help for Scouts |
| Link Name |
URL |
Comments |
| Tahoe National Forest | http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/tahoe/ | Maps, current conditions and more for 'The Tahoe', great year-round outings! |
| Pacific Crest Trail | http://www.pcta.org/ | THE web site for the PCT |
| BSACamps.org | http://www.bsacamps.org/ | A directoryto BSA Camps across the US |
| Tahoe Rim Trail | http://www.tahoerimtrail.org/ | A non-profit assoc. |
| National Parks | http://www.nps.gov/ | Info on nearly 400 parks & historic sites |
| State Parks | http://www.parks.ca.gov/ | Everything about CA parks |
| Forest Service | http://www.fs.fed.us/ | Site listings, maps & more |
| Folsom Lake Trek | http://www.osb.net/folsomtrek/ | Earn The HAT patches; do the 6 - 10 mile hikes around Folsom Lake! |
| The Bizz Johnson Trail | http://www.blm.gov/ca/eaglelake/bizztrail.html | Camp, Bike, hike, ski or snowshoe this CA 25 mile rail to trail conversion! |
| Western Waterfalls | http://www.waterfallswest.com/ | Over 300 waterfalls with photos, maps and lots more! |
Got a suggestion for more High Adventure links?
contact the HAT Webmaster at webmaster(at)gec-hat(dot)org!
(replce (at) with @ and (dot) with . ; we're trying to avoid spammers!)
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This page revised March 16, 2008