February 14 – 16, 2026
Tahoe Valley Campground, South Lake Tahoe
An invitation from Golden Gate Ares Council’s Yerba Buena Lodge to participate in their annual Klondike Derby . . .
Get your sleds ready! The Order of the Arrow Yerba Buena Lodge of the Golden Gate Area Council is hosting a council-wide Klondike Derby on February 14-16 at the Tahoe Valley Campground in South Lake Tahoe. This fun, winter weekend will feature competitions in the snow to see which patrol will come out on top. Events will include sled races, camping in the snow, patrol competitions, and tests of Scout skills.
This event is for Scouts BSA, Sea Scouts, and Venturers who are at least 14 years old by the first day of camp, and have attended Winter Camp Awareness training. Patrols of 5 to 10 Scouts are recommended.
If there any inquiries regarding this event, please feel free to email the Klondike Chair / Adviser
NOTE: In the event of inclement weather that causes roads to close to and from South Lake Tahoe, we will cancel the event and units will get a full refund.
The Klondike Derby is an outdoor Winter Camp event organized by Yerba Buena Lodge for the Golden Gate Area Council. The Klondike Derby (also known as the Winter Camp Training outdoor session) was first held in 1975 and gives your troop the ability to take the skills they learned at Winter Camp Awareness Training and apply it in the outdoors. The event varies, but the typical Klondike Derby consists of several stations where patrols/units must test their outdoor Scoutcraft skills and their leadership abilities, earning points towards a total score. One of the competitions is a race between patrols using their homemade snow sled pulled by the Scouts.
