Welcome to the Bear Trail

The Bear Trail is for boys who have completed the third grade or are 8 years old. Your Bear Den Leader is assisted by other Den parents and Assistant Den leaders.

Many of the activities in your Bear book can be completed at home with your family or during your Den meetings. Once you finish an activity requirement you can have Akela sign your book showing that you have successfully completed the activity. You can have several Akela's that will help you with your activities and sign your book including your parents, your Den leader, and other adult caretakers.

BEAR RANK

As with the Wolf and Webelos ranks, you must first earn your Bobcat Rank before you can earn your Bear Rank. To earn your Bear Rank you must complete 12 tasks out of the 24 offered in your book. The achievements are grouped into 4 major areas: God, Country, Family, and Self. Each achievement has several requirements that must be completed before it can be signed off by Akela.

24 Bear Achievement Categories

Arrow Point Electives

You can begin earning Arrow Points from the electives section as soon as you get your Bear book. These will be "banked" until you earn your Bear Rank. Once you become an official Bear you will be awarded all Arrow Points you have earned. It's also important to note here that any extra rank achievements that you earned over and above what was required for your Bear Rank may be counted as an Arrow Point elective. For the first 10 Arrow Point electives you complete, you will be awarded a Gold Arrow Point. Each additional 10 Arrow Point electives completed will earn you a Silver Arrow Point. There is no limit to the number of Silver Arrow Points you can earn while a Wolf.

Below are the categories you will be working in while earning Arrow Point electives: