First Annual Combined Cubs/Scouts BSA Pinnacles Campout

The annual Pinnacles campout on the last weekend of September/first weekend of October has been a Cub Scouts Pack 163 tradition in Portola Valley for generations – one that the older Scouts missed after they “graduated” to the “big kids” troop. But the era of longing for the “good old days” of Cub Scouts are over. Welcome to Troop 64/4064’s newest tradition: The combined Cub Scouts/Scouts BSA annual Pinnacles campout. As if the energy level weren’t high enough with 100+ Cub Scouts and their parents plus siblings… Add in another 20 older kids from the Scouts BSA troop plus a few of their elders, all excited to revisit with old friends, and the fun factor goes up. Hikes ranged from 2.5 miles to 5.5 and 8+. Hamburgers vanished by the dozens, pancakes by the hundreds and syrup by the gallons. Never mind the hot chocolate. Along the way, a few attendees advanced through the Scout and Tenderfoot ranks while others chose to just have fun. Because that’s what it’s about.