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Montana High Adventure Base operates a high adventure backpacking program for Boy Scouts and Venture Scouts on the eastern edge of the Rockies near Dupuyer, MT. Created by the Boone & Crockett Educational Foundation, the program now operates in cooperation with the Montana Council of the Boy Scouts of America, offering weeklong schedules of high adventure activities, primarily in July and August, at the 6,000 acre Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Ranch and the Rasmuson Educational Center, with backpacking in the nearby Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex.

Detailed program and registration information is available at http://www.montanahighadventurebase.com

Program Features
Montana High Adventure Base, or "MOHAB," offers a basecamp orientation program that includes instruction on wilderness backpacking fundamentals, Leave No Trace, plant and animal identification, Bear Awareness, and other programs. The Rasmuson Educational Center offers bunk room accommodations for up to 30 people, a complete biology laboratory, a large meeting and dining room, a complete commercial kitchen, and laundry facilities, with a view of the Bob Marshall Wilderness. A typical program week includes 2 days of orientation and training, and 3 to 5 days of backpacking. Treks are available to match the skills and stamina of the participants, from Scouts who have had only weekend backpacking experience to the most advanced levels of Scout backpacking.

History
The Elmer E. Rasmuson Wildlife Conservation Center and the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Ranch first welcomed Scouts from Troop 55, Houston, in 2005 as a base for backpacking treks in the Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex. Recognizing the synergies between the educational goals of the Boone & Crockett Educational Foundation, which operates the Rasmuson Center and the Ranch, and the leadership and educational goals of the Boy Scouts of America, the Foundation and Troop 55 began working together to create MOHAB as a high adventure program available to Boy Scout and Venture Scout Troops. The High Adventure Committee of the Sam Houston Area Council, BSA, (Houston, TX), worked to assist the Foundation in staffing and developing the program. Troop 55 returned in 2006, 2008, and 2009. In 2009, MOHAB became affiliated with the Montana Council of the Boy Scouts of America.

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