Editing Scouting in Colorado (section)

===Pathway to the Rockies Council===
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|image=Pathway to the Rockies Council-csp.jpg
|type=council
|owner=[[Boy Scouts of America]]
|headquarters=[[Colorado Springs, Colorado]]
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|chiefscouttitle=President
|chiefscout=Karl Falk
|chiefscouttitle2=Council Commissioner
|chiefscout2=Eric Brenkert
|chiefscouttitle3=Scout Executive
|chiefscout3=James Machamer
|website= {{URL|http://www.pikespeakbsa.org}}
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The ''Pathway to the Rockies Council,'' formerly known as the Pikes Peak Council, of the [[Boy Scouts of America]], headquartered in [[Colorado Springs, Colorado]]. Named after the most famous peak in the council territory, upon which '[[America the Beautiful]]' was written, Pathway to the Rockies Council provides [[Scouting]] to youth in east-central Colorado, including [[Park County, Colorado|Park]], [[Teller County, Colorado|Teller]], [[El Paso County, Colorado|El Paso]], [[Elbert County, Colorado|Elbert]], [[Lincoln County, Colorado|Lincoln]], [[Kit Carson County, Colorado|Kit Carson]] and [[Cheyenne County, Colorado|Cheyenne Counties]].

As with ''Longs Peak Council'', there is officially no [[apostrophe (mark)|apostrophe]] in the name, due to a ruling about the [[Pikes Peak|mountain]] itself by the [[Board on Geographic Names]].

On board the [[Space Shuttle Challenger]] when it disintegrated in 1986 was an [[American flag]] that was sponsored by Troop 514 of [[Monument, Colorado]]. When the Challenger wreckage was retrieved from the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, this [[Challenger flag|flag]] was found, sealed in a plastic bag, intact and completely unscathed.

====History====
In 1960, Colorado Springs host the 50th National Scout Jamboree.  Known as the BSA Golden Jubilee, its theme was "For God and Country" and from July 22 to July 28, 1960, over 56,377 scouts and scouters were in attendance.  Today, remnants of the 50th Jamboree can be found throughout Colorado Springs.{{citation needed|date=April 2024}}

The council has an international relationship with [[Scouting in Kyrgyzstan|Scouts]] in [[Kyrgyzstan]].{{citation needed|date=April 2024}}

In July 2005, Pathway to the Rockies Council moved from its four-decade home downtown to a temporary location in northeast Colorado Springs until the council's new headquarters at the intersection of I-25 and Fillmore Street was finished in July 2008, to account for the demographic and geographic shift of Colorado Springs. The vacated original building became the home of Sario, a [[Lions Clubs International|Lions Club]] project.{{citation needed|date=April 2024}}

;Scout executives{{citation needed|date=April 2024}}
* Ray Ryerson 1940–1973
* Loren Swenson 1973–1993
* James Winkler 1993–1995
* Ross Harrop 1995–2004
* Ian Lilien 2004–2008
* Dustin Shaver 2008–2012
* Kent Downing 2012–2016
* Jim Machamer 2017–present

====Organization====
;Districts{{citation needed|date=April 2024}}
* Frontier District (Serves [[Colorado Springs School District 11]] and [[Falcon School District 49]])
* High Plains District (Serves the school districts of Peyton, Calhan, Ramah, Ellicott, Miami-Yoder, Edison, Hanover, and all communities in Elbert, Lincoln, Kit Carson, and Kiowa Counties, pointing east to the Kansas border including the communities of [[Limon, Colorado|Limon]], [[Burlington, Colorado|Burlington]] and [[Cheyenne Wells]])
* Ute District (Serves [[Harrison School District 2]], [[Cheyenne Mountain School District 12]], [[Fountain-Fort Carson School District 8]] and [[Widefield School District 3]])
* Jamboree District (Serves [[Academy School District 20]] and [[Lewis-Palmer School District 38]])
* ScoutReach District (Serves [[Colorado Springs School District 11]] and [[Harrison School District 2]])

====Camps====

=====Camp Alexander=====
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The council camp, ''Camp Alexander'', is located in the [[Eleven Mile Canyon]] in the [[Pike National Forest]] approximately {{convert|45|mi|km}} west of Colorado Springs, and two miles (3&nbsp;km) south of [[Lake George (town), Colorado|Lake George]], in [[Park County, Colorado|Park County]], was donated in 1946 by [[J. Don Alexander]] of the [[Alexander Film Company]]. There are a series of ''[[Burma Shave]]''-style signs on the main road into camp, each sign having one of the points of the [[Scout Law]]. Camp Alexander is between 8200 and {{convert|8600|ft|m}} elevation. The camp area consists of hills, low mountains, and valleys covered by a mix of [[Ponderosa pine]] forests, high-altitude grasslands, and wetland vegetation along the lake and stream. In the 2012 Springer Wildfire, the camp was evacuated, and parts of the camp were used by firefighters as staging and defensible spaces.

=====Glen Aspen Scout Ranch=====
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|name=Glen Aspen Scout Ranch
|image=Glen Aspen.png
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|owner=Pikes Peak Council
|headquarters=Colorado Springs, Colorado
|location= Woodland Park, Colorado
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|founders= Leonard Johnson Estate
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|website={{URL|http://www.pikespeakbsa.org/Camping/SummerCamp}}
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In 2008, the Pathway to the Rockies Council acquired a beautiful parcel of land containing 200 acres just outside of Woodland Park in a gift from the estate of Leonard Johnson Jr. The property is surrounded on most sides by the Pike National Forest. The property is hilly with several streams running through the property. The land is covered with varieties of foliage including pine, cedar, and of course Aspen. Wildlife is abundant and includes a herd of Elk, deer, bear, red-tailed hawks, eagles, foxes, coyotes, rabbits, squirrels, and much more.

====Order of the Arrow====
Ha-Kin-Skay-A-Ki Lodge #387, chartered in 1948, serves 743 Arrowmen as of 2004. The lodge totem is a [[Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep]], and the name is said to translate to "Great Horned Goat of the Mountain" but does not specify the language or dialect. Until 1953, the lodge was simply known as Pike's Peak Lodge.{{citation needed|date=April 2024}}

In response to the 2012 Waldo Canyon Fire that affected Colorado Springs, the lodge released a fundraising lodge flap featuring a bighorn sheep looking over a burning area.{{citation needed|date=April 2024}}