Date: Fri Mar 27, 6:00 PM CDT - Sun Mar 29, 12:00 PM CDT
Category:
- Outdoor
Level:
- Juniors,
- Cadettes,
- Seniors,
- Volunteers,
- Ambassadors
Bring your troop, including leaders, out to camp for a fun-filled weekend of outdoor skill building and Girl Scout sisterhood. Host a booth at the Outdoor Skills Expo and teach other Girl Scouts your favorite outdoor skill. Try your hand at Dutch oven cooking and compete for the Dutch Oven Cookoff trophy! To finish out the weekend, troops will be able to split into teams of Juniors and CSAs to compete in a skill-building adventure race around camp. Independently Registered Girls (IRGs) will be matched with other Girl Scouts to form a team.
Check out photos from last year's Sasquatch event: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjC8c4a
Outdoor Skills Expo: The outdoor expo is like a "science fair" for outdoor skills and knowledge! It is a booth area where troops will present an outdoor topic or skill. Each booth should include an informational display and an interactive activity for other Girl Scouts to try.
Troops should choose an Outdoor Skills Expo topic in the following categories: outdoor skills, outdoor art, outdoor cooking, or nature science. Past examples include building emergency shelters, how long trash takes to break down when left outside, cording, soap whittling, navigation skills, water conservation, stick cooking, fire building, etc. The booth can be as in depth as your troop chooses to make it. During the expo, troop members will take turns running their own booth so everyone has a chance to explore all the different booths and learn from fellow Girl Scouts!
Dutch Oven Cookoff: All troops will participate in the Dutch Oven Cookoff Saturday afternoon; the meal created by a troop will be that troop's dinner. Plan accordingly to make enough food to feed your entire troop and to provide one portion to the cookoff judges. Dinner will not be provided on Saturday night. Refrigeration will be available for perishable ingredients.
Categories for the Dutch Oven Cookoff are: Best Dessert, Best Presentation, Best Flavor, and Most Creative.
Adventure Race: To finish out the weekend, troops will split into teams to compete in a fast-paced and exciting skill-building adventure race around camp. Teams will explore camp to complete challenges. They'll complete challenges and other skills from Outdoor Skills Expo.
The first team to complete the challenges will win bragging rights! Awards will be presented to the first, second and third teams and will be by race teams, not troops.
Meals Provided: Saturday breakfast, Saturday lunch, Sunday breakfast. Troops will make their own Saturday night meals for the Dutch Oven Cookoff. Cake will be served midday Sunday at the conclusion of the adventure race and before troops leave camp. Troop leaders, please confirm accuracy of all Girl Scouts' dietary restrictions or needs with parents and caregivers.
Tentative Schedule of Events:
Friday:
- 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Arrive and check in at Camp Texlake
- Evening Activity
- 9:00 p.m. Mandatory meeting for one adult leader from every troop
Saturday
- Breakfast
- Outdoor Skills Expo
- Activities
- Lunch
- Afternoon activity
- Prepare for Dutch Oven Cookoff
- Dinner and Dutch Oven Cookoff judging
- Traditional campfire, skits, and singing
- Evening Activity TBD
Sunday
- Breakfast
- Adventure Race
- Awards and cake
- Complete Kapers and depart camp no later than 1:00 p.m.
Troop leader next steps:
- Register your troop for the event. (Only troop leaders can register for this event. Individual members cannot register.)
- Complete this form to provide additional information for your troop's participation within two weeks of registering: www.gsctx.org/sasquatch
- Submit an ATA no later than March 5, 2026. www.gsctx.org/ata
Location: Camp Texlake, Spicewood
Supervision level: This is NOT A DROP OFF EVENT. However, SAFETY-WISE ADULTS ONLY. As required by Volunteer Essentials and Safety Activity Checkpoints, adults attending this event are responsible for their troop or individual Girl Scout's behavior. All adults participating are required to have a current/eligible background check (CBC), to be a registered Girl Scout adult volunteer, and to have complete GSCTX youth protection training. We will do our best to house troop members together, however, depending on building capacities, there will likely be other Girl Scouts staying in the same building and possibly in the same room. Adult men will have separate accommodations.
IRG: IRGs wishing to participate will need to call to register. All IRGs must have a safety-wise adult in attendance.
Badge/Patch: Fun patch will be given out at the event.
Required paperwork: Please complete the following sections of the Council Event Health and Permission Forms, print, and bring with you to the event: Sections A, B, and C. Troops must also submit an Activity and Travel Application (ATA) prior to March 5, 2026. Troops should bring all medical documentation, troop permission for overnight forms, etc.
Contact for registration questions: customercare@gsctx.org
Contact for event questions: outdoors@gsctx.org
Several days prior to the event, you will receive a final confirmation email from our Girl Scout experience team with any additional information you need. If you do not receive this email, please contact customercare@gsctx.org. Please make sure that @gsctx.org is on your approved senders list to prevent these emails from going to spam.
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