Carter Caves Camping Trip

📅 Dates: Friday, July 17 – Sunday, July 19, 2026
💰 Cost: $30
📍 Location: Carter Caves State Resort Park, KY (camping in the primitive area)

Schedule Meet at the church at 5:30 PM Friday to load gear. Depart 6:00 PM sharp for Carter Caves. Saturday we'll go caving in Laurel Cave and Horn Hollow Cave, with time for swimming (they have a pool). Return Sunday around 1:00 PM.

Permission Slip Download and return before the trip: https://filestore.scouting.org/filestore/pdf/19-673.pdf

What to Bring — Cave Equipment

• Class A uniform for travel to and from

• 3 sources of light (headlamp, flashlight, spare batteries) — required

• Day pack for water, energy bars, extra light in the cave

• Cave clothes: warm sweat-wicking layer or wool shirt (it's cold in the cave), wool socks, loose-fit jeans or coveralls

• Cave boots/shoes (they will get wet)

• Helmet (required — bike helmets work, or borrow one from troop storage)

• Gloves (lightweight work gloves; some available to borrow)

• Knee pads (a few crawl spots) + duct tape to keep them on

• Large trash bag for wet/dirty clothes afterward

Other Camp Items

• Non-cave clothes to change into afterward

• Swimsuit

• Dry shoes/boots (not worn in the cave)

• Extra batteries

• Filled water bottle

• Emergency kit (whistle, pocket knife, emergency blanket, etc.)

• Rain jacket (and pants, optional)

• Personal first aid kit

• Extra cash for Dairy Queen

Bus Carry-On Pack a plastic bag with clothes to change into after travel — uniforms (including Scout socks) stay on the bus so we travel home in clean uniforms.

Rules No electronic devices (phones, gaming devices, etc.). Sheath, butterfly, and survival-type knives are not allowed on the reservation — if brought, they'll be held by the Scoutmaster. All fuel (propane, white gas) must be checked in and held by an adult leader.

Questions / Support Mr. Hurst: (619) 490-6825 or Mr. Pack: (859) 351-1753