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==History== ==History==
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'''Known for Traditions'''
'''Known for Traditions''' Camp Steiner is more than 75 years old and known for its many traditions including Mountain Man competitions and the Steiner Yell. Honor Trail, the reinactment of Mafeking, a dawn hike and the Polar Bear Plunge are all a part of Steiner's program.

Camp Steiner is more than 75 years old and known for its many traditions including Mountain Man competitions and the Steiner Yell. Honor Trail, the reinactment of Mafeking, a dawn hike and the Polar Bear Plunge are all a part of Steiner's program.


Camp Stories include the legend of Hyrum. The legend of Hyrum is an old folktale about a miner who was blown to pieces in a horrible mining accident. The story is that Hyrum still hikes the hills of Steiner as a monster of some sort. Camp Stories include the legend of Hyrum. The legend of Hyrum is an old folktale about a miner who was blown to pieces in a horrible mining accident. The story is that Hyrum still hikes the hills of Steiner as a monster of some sort.
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Motto: "Designed to serve the many, but dedicated to embrace and serve the one." Motto: "Designed to serve the many, but dedicated to embrace and serve the one."

==See also== ==See also==
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At 10,400 feet, Camp Steiner is the highest Boy Scout camp in the United States--and the second highest in the world. It was founded in 1930 in the Uinta Mountains. The camp is located about 30 miles outside of Kamas, Utah, and sits on the shores of Scout Lake. Merit badges are offered in the following categories: Aquatics, Nature, Shooting Sports, Handicraft and Outdoor Skills. Camp Steiner is the flagship camp for the Great Salt Lake Council.

Camp Steiner is known for its beauty and rugged location. It has fantastic views of Bald Mountain, Reids Peak, Hayden's Peak, and Mount Agassiz. The area also has many beautiful lakes nearby including Lofty Lake, Kamas Lake, Castle Lake, Picturesque Lake, and Pearl Lake.

The main buildings of the camp are the kitchen, the musuem, the trading post, the wilderness cabin, the first aid cabin/director's office, the tool shed, and the handicraft lodge. The camp has no electricity and has no cell phone coverage. The camp gets its water from a pump system that is gravity powered. Steiner is also famous for its 'three holer', a three-seat outhouse.

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Aquatics - Waterfront The waterfront has a tower, a canoe beach, and floating docks. The tower was rebuilt in 2004. The canoeing, rowing, swimming, and lifesaving merit badges are available. Small boat sailing was abandoned in 2003 because the winds were never good enough to consistently teach the merit badge. The lake has a temperature that stays between 55 and 65 degrees fahrenheit during the summer. Passing the swim check is a rite of passage, and swimming a mile in the lake is feat that between 10 and 20 people achieve of the 1,500-2,500 people who attend the camp yearly.

Handicraft

Merit badges offered in this area include basket weaving, indian lore, leatherwork, and woodcarving.

Outdoor Skills

Merit badges offered in Outdoor Skills, once called Scoutcraft, include first aid, emergency preparedness, pioneering and orienteering.

High Adventure

High Adventure activities are designed to keep older boys--who may already have Eagles--busy at camp. High Adventure includes overnight backpacking and the climbing and hiking merit badges. In order to participate, scouts must have a release form signed. High Adventure staffers teach Leave No Trace training at least once a week.

The climbing wall at Camp Steiner is located just above the campfire bowl (sometimes referred to as the amphitheater), though in years past it was located just beyond campsite Picturesque.

Nature

Nature merit badges include environmental science, soil and water conservation, geography, fish and wildlife management, and many more.

Shooting Sports

Steiner offers three shooting sports: rifle, shotgun and archery. These merit badges are subject to weather.

History

Known for Traditions Camp Steiner is more than 75 years old and known for its many traditions including Mountain Man competitions and the Steiner Yell. Honor Trail, the reinactment of Mafeking, a dawn hike and the Polar Bear Plunge are all a part of Steiner's program.

Camp Stories include the legend of Hyrum. The legend of Hyrum is an old folktale about a miner who was blown to pieces in a horrible mining accident. The story is that Hyrum still hikes the hills of Steiner as a monster of some sort.

Camp songs include one about Hyrum.

"Oh let me tell you a story about a camp named Steiner on a tragic and fateful day. There were 13 staffers out to hike the mountains and they haven't been seen to this day. Oh will they ever return, will they ever return, but their fate it will be unlearned. They may hike forever on the mountains of Steiner, they're the men who never returned." (sung to old Chicago DOT song, believed to have been written by Rich Hawkes, 1987 or 86)

Motto: "Designed to serve the many, but dedicated to embrace and serve the one."

See also

External Links

References

  1. http://www.gslc-bsa.org/camps/boy-scout-resident-camps/c-steiner/
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