Shadow Scouts: Advanced Forest Ninja Overnight

Shadow Scouts: Advanced Forest Ninja

An epic overnight adventure camp

The Craft of the Scout is about Awareness and Knowledge.  Awareness of your surroundings, natural patterns that rise and fall, how to blend and flow. Awareness of yourself - how you feel, how you react. Awareness of your neighbors: bird, plant or animal.

Journey with us into the shadows and learn the ways of the Scout. We will dive into tracking, teamwork, survival, trail craft, tool creation, stealth, sneaking, stalking, and epic night games, all with a healthy dose of FUN!!!!

Teens need greater challenges!

Teens need challenges that help them find out who they really are and what they’re capable of.  The usual nature day program they’ve loved for years is no longer enough.  They need something MORE, something DIFFERENT, something REAL.

Shadow Scouts is that next step; 

An overnight program where teens can push their edges in a real way.

Forest Floor is collaborating with Buffalo Cove Outdoor Education to create our most epic and advanced offering yet.  It will be designed and led by Nathan Roark and Michael Ismerio with a mix of Buffalo Cove and Forest Floor staff mentors.  

Nathan Roark is an exceptional hunter, tracker and outdoorsman who has devoted his life to working with kids and teens in the woods for over 30 years.  His skill and knowledge along with  the land and facilities at Buffalo Cove, and the extended overnight nature of this program will enable us to push the edges that our teens are asking for.

The Details

Ages: 13-16

Dates: Monday July 17 - Saturday July 22, 2023 (6 days/5nights)

Morning Drop Off and Afternoon Pickup, exact times to be determined)

Transportation:  Included in the program cost is van transportation with Forest Floor staff from Haw Creek Commons to Buffalo Cove which is located between Boone and Lenoir, NC

Food: Buffalo Cove staff will be serving three delicious high quality meals a day in their dining hall with a focus on local and organic ingredients 

Housing: This is a co-ed program with separate boys and girls primitive bunk houses and bathrooms.  No tents are required.

Cost:  $1160

Monthly Payment Plan: We offer monthly installments beginning on the registration date and going through June 2023.

Scholarships: Due to the high cost of running this program we can not offer scholarships at this time.  This may change once the program meets budget or if families donate to our scholarship fund.  If a scholarship is your only means of attending this program let us know so we can reach out to you when and if scholarship opportunities arise.