Editing Scouting in Colorado (section)

====Ben Delatour Scout Ranch====
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|location=[[Red Feather Lakes, Colorado]]
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Encompassing {{convert|3200|acre|km2}} at {{convert|7200|ft|m}} to {{convert|8000|ft|m}} in elevation, ''Ben Delatour Scout Ranch''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ben Delatour Scout Ranch |url=https://campreservation.com/062/Camps}}</ref>  near [[Red Feather Lakes, Colorado]] is operated by the Adventure West Council and includes four Scout Camps:

* Jack Nicol Cub Scout Camp
* Camp Charles Jeffrey (Boy Scout Camp)
* Soaring Eagle (Boy Scout Camp)
* Elkhorn High Adventure Base

''Camp Charles Jeffrey and Soaring Eagle'' features several summer program areas including Rock Climbing at the Pancake Climbing Base and on some of the many peaks in the camp, C.O.P.E. (Challenging Outdoor Personal Experience), Shooting Sports, Scout Skills, Handicraft, and Nature Studies offered through a traditional Merit Badge program. The camp also has a Scouting Museum and Chuck Wagon Cooking area where traditional [[dutch oven]] meals are prepared daily. Scout units can choose between a dining hall experience or a patrol cook option where meals are cooked at your campsite.

''Elkhorn High Adventure Base'' is open to older scouts and Venture Crews for a week of backpacking the Rockies. Backpacking treks of various difficulty levels are offered on the ranch property and in the nearby [[Medicine Bow - Routt National Forest|Routt]], [[Roosevelt National Forest|Roosevelt]], and [[Arapahoe National Forest|Arapahoe]] National Forests. Shooting sports, C.O.P.E, climbing and repelling, a horse program, and white water rafting activities round out week-long treks or 10-day-long super-treks.

''Jack Nicol Cub Scout Camp'' is the newest resident camp on the ranch, completed in 2001. It offers age-appropriate programs that are not necessarily designed for rank advancement. Camp Nicol consists of 3 major themed program areas (Fort Unfug, Castle Walker, and the Everett Seaport) and offers a summer program featuring a new camp-wide theme each year. The 2014 theme is Time Travel.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jack Nicol Cub Scout Camp |url=http://camps.longspeakbsa.org/nicol}}</ref> Program activities include BB gun and archery shooting, hiking, handicrafts, hiking, games and a 'light parade' around the lake at night.

Ben Delatour Scout Ranch includes summer camp and year-round camping, with several buildings available for year-round use. The ranch has been an active site for sustainable forestry and in 2011, the ranch became protected from future development through a conservation easement with [[The Conservation Fund]], the Longs Peak Council, and the [[Colorado State Forest Service]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ben Delatour Scout Ranch |url=http://www.conservationfund.org/projects/ben-delatour-scout-ranch/}}</ref>