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Camp Browning

Ogden (1.5 hour drive)

Chris Bender

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Camp Browning

About

Camp Browning is like no other high-adventure base, shoe-horned into a thin crack of a blind canyon 30 mile east of Ogden, Utah. Whatever your group, 3-4 wild days await you!
Camp Browning is structured to be small-group oriented. Some of the adventures that await your group include: archery, tomahawk throwing, COPE course elements, canoeing. climbing and rappelling!
Browning is nationally accredited by the Boy Scouts of America.

Amenities

  • Campsite Accommodations: Each campsite has a picnic table (or more) and campfire pit. Wall tents are Tents are provided for youth and adult participants at Camp Browning. The tents measure 10’x12’x9’ (width/depth/height) and will fit 3 folks comfortably. Garbage bins are located in Camp Kiesel’s parking lot.
  • Dining Hall: This service includes three balanced meals prepared by our cooks, each day. Reservations for guests must be made and paid for in advance: $7 per meal.
  • Water: Each campsite has a nearby water spigot with potable water. Encourage your participants to stay hydrated!
  • Bathrooms / Showers
  • Boating: Paddle boards and canoes await your group for an adventure on Causey reservoir.
  • Climbing and Rappelling: Camp Browning is situated amongst many existing cliffs. All participants will receive training and get to practice what they’ve learned from the edge of several cliffs.
  • Ropes Course: Experience a challenging outdoor personal experience! Your group will come together as a team through low and high elements at our ropes course.
  • Shooting Sports: Experience the wild west with archery activities and knife throwing.
  • Fire: The smallest spark is a deadly threat to wildlife and campers. No fireworks are allowed in camp. All fires must be confined to the designated fire pits in each campsite.
  • Firewood: There is some wood scraps on our property that you may use for your fires. We encourage groups to bring a small load of firewood you wish to have campfires.

Address

Camp Browning, BSA, Huntsville, UT 84317

Westfield 1st Ward

Teachers Camp 2021

  • 3 days, 2 nights
  • All meals provided
  • $135 per person
  • 12 youth attended

Scout camp still run by BSA but without any merit badge stuff. Offers adventure with minimal planning - they provide all the activities, food, even the tents.

Our YW also went to this same camp for their girls camp with a much larger group of youth. They stayed for four days and three nights for $165 per person.

Activities they did

  • High and low COPE course
  • Climbing
  • Rappelling
  • Archery/knife throwing
  • Aquatics (canoes and paddleboards in the resevoir)
  • Sunrise hike
  • Polar bear plunge
  • Value trail
  • Campfire program
  • Browning Challenge (relay race on the last day of camp)

The camp leaders provided spiritual thoughts and flag ceremonies but we also created our own devotional schedule and had a testimony meeting in camp on the last night.

Pros

  • Food and activities all provided.
  • Tents were provided as well which makes prep for the camp really simple.
  • We just brought a lot of snacks for the boys to munch on.
  • Activities were fun and challenging, schedule allowed for a good mix of staying busy with a few open slots for us to make use of on our own.

Cons

  • It was hot in July and not all campsites have equal shade. We brought a shade canopy which helped.

Rating

★★★★☆

Westfield 1st Ward

Young Women Campout 2021

  • 26 youth attended
  • $125 per girl

Activities they did

  • Rappelling
  • Paddle boards
  • Canoes
  • Ropes
  • Courses
  • Archery

Pros

  • Beautiful
  • everything provided
  • activities were fun
  • easier to plan
  • close proximity

Cons

  • All the tents were broken, none would zip closed
  • The food was not good. 😬 I’m the least picky eater ever and I had a hard time eating it.
  • Portion sizes were too small, we ended up feeding the girls extra after almost every meal back at camp

Rating

★★★★☆

Contact Information

utahscouts.org/browning

CAMP RESERVATIONS AND INFORMATION

TERRI COMBER & ROBIN SIMMONS
Administrative Assistants program.office@scouting.org (801) 479-5460

CAMP FEE PAYMENT INFORMATION

For mailing payments use the following address:
Crossroads of the West Council 1200 E 5400 S
Ogden, Utah 84403
For online payments visit: utahscouts.org

BROWNING CAMP DIRECTOR

ERIK NEILSON
erik.neilson2@gmail.com
CROSSROADS OF THE WEST COUNCIL CAMPING DIRECTOR JEREMY BELL jeremy.bell@scouting.org
(801) 645-8916

CAMP BROWNING EMERGENCY PHONE DURING CAMP SEASON

(801) 745-2585