Buffalo Trail Scout Ranch

Great camp, changed my vein on wearing pants in the heat. The staff were very interactive with my troop and all the scouts in general, there's a lot of things you can do and a bunch of merit badges you can get, there's cavalcade, which is going out on a horse for 4-5 days in the surrounding mountains, they also offer two different hikes during the time that you are there, another thing they offer is scuba diving training. For merit badges there's a lot, my personal favorites were life saving shotgun shooting and horse back riding. The pool is always really cold because of the altitude, it gets to 40°F in th morning and 50-60°F at midday. For food, breakfast can be pretty boring, lunch can be good and dinner as well. At the end of the camp they hold an award ceremony for anything the scouts

I just spent a week at BTSR with our Scout Troop for summer camp, June 11 - 17, 2023. The boys thoroughly enjoyed the merit badge offerings, especially Horsemanship! My son took the Cavalcade option and LOVED it! He rode horseback for 5 days/4 nights and stayed at remote cabins overnight. Head wrangler Dan and the rest of the wrangler staff made the Cavalcade fun for my son and were also great to work with. Kat was also very helpful and easy to interact with. The camp has a large pool which was a "brisk & refreshing" 67* in mid-June. I took the BSA Lifeguard course and the Aquatics staff were great to work with! Dillon, Silas, Gordon, Zach & Bill were knowledgeable and helpful and made the class fun. Bill worked with one of our non-swimmer Scouts all week until he was finally able to earn

One of the old staff member men working the food bar violently slapped my hand for trying to grab a dessert at lunch one day and said "You ain't got no damn gloves on". I did nothing wrong at all, I was minding my business. The old man was weird and honestly shouldn't be around children. I was like 10 at the time, so idk if he's still there or not. Overall, the camp was not very fun at all. This was in like 2016, so idk maybe it's different now. Decided to share my experience. More trauma than learning and fun.

I LOVE BTSR! Rugged, rocky adventures for hiking, horseback, backpacking, camping. See Whiskey Bottle Flat by sunrise, visit Needle Rock, a sheer spire of granite or see Goat Cave. BTSR is a Boy Scout camp so join today!

Great place in the middle of rocky hills, it has lots of fun activities for scouts and leaders.