America's Adventure Troop
Every year, BSA Troop 175 in Simsbury CT run Junior Leader Training and this years event was held in Vermont at the Veltrop Wild Trails Farm. 24 boys participated in Search and Rescue drills, going out in teams and bringing back lost...
Scout Troop 175 in Simsbury returned to the eastern slopes of Mount Washington to hike up to Tuckerman Ravine this past March. Mount Washington creates its own weather and is commonly referred to as “Home of The World’s Worst Weather.” This was a strenuous 3 hour hike up, with a descent that can...
WFSB Channel 3 recently featured the scouts of Simsbury Troops 17 and 1175 as “Everyday Heros” for their work to protect healthcare workers fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.
Click on the photo to view the video that aired on WSFB-TV3 on May 8, 2020.
28 Scouts and parents left Simsbury on July 26 to fly to Africa to climb the highest mountain on the continent – Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. The trip was two years in planning and began with a non-stop flight from JFK to Nairobi, Kenya. There the...