These activities must be approved before making any non-refundable deposits.
Review Safety Activity Checkpoints–Trip/Travel Camping and Group Camping and any activity-specific
Safety Activity Checkpoints before planning any trip involving girls. You can find a link to these
documents on our council Web site at www.gswpa.org.
Caution: You must get written pre-approval from your council for girls ages 12 and older who will:
operate motorized vehicles, such as go-carts and personal watercraft;
use firearms;
take trips on waterways that are highly changeable or uncontrollable;
experience simulated skydiving and zero-gravity rooms; or
fly in noncommercial aircraft, such as small private planes, helicopters, sailplanes,
untethered hot air balloons, and blimps.
Warning: The following activities are never allowed for any girl:
potentially uncontrolled free-falling (bungee jumping, hang gliding, parachuting,
parasailing, moon bounce/bounce house and trampolining);
creating extreme variations of approved activities (such as high-altitude climbing and
aerial tricks on bicycles, skis, snowboards, skateboards, water-skis, and wakeboards);
hunting;
shooting a projectile at another person;
riding all-terrain vehicles and motor bikes; or
taking watercraft trips in