Activities
The dominant features of the camp are the Coastal Redwood and the North Fork of the Little Sur River. Camp activities include aquatics, shooting sports at three ranges, handicraft, nature study, Scoutcraft skills (including a Skills Patrol area), a climbing and COPE course. The camp offers an Adventure Day each Wednesday during camp season which gives Scouts access to a number of activities both in camp and out of camp. In 2007 the camp launched an older Scout program called Pico Pathfinders. The program consists of hiking, outdoor skills learning, shotgun shooting, knife/tomahawk throwing, and craft making.
Pico Blanco camp is the home of the Order of the Arrow Lodge Esselen 531. Order of the Arrow, often referred to as OA, is a Boy Scouts of America National honorary society for campers and is dedicated to cheerful service. The camp also hosts the Council's one-week long National Youth Leadership Training program each summer.
During the first season of camp in 1954, the council offered seven six-day camp sessions from June 20 to August 7. Camp fees were USD $2.50 per camper (or about $21 in today's dollars) if the troop prepared its own meals, and USD $14.50 (or about $124 in today's dollars) if the troop ate at the central kitchen. In 2009, the council offered three sessions for USD $315.00 per Scout.
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