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NYLT

2025 Registration Here!

August 4-8, 2025

Heart Butte Scout Reservation
(2025 Course Cancelled – please stay tuned for 2026 information)

NYLT is an exciting, action-packed program designed to provide youth members with leadership skills and experience they can use in their home troops and in other situations demanding leadership of self and others. The NYLT course centers around the concepts of what a leader must BE, what they must KNOW, and what they must DO. The key elements are then taught with a clear focus on HOW TO. The skills come alive during the week as the patrol goes on a Quest for the Meaning of Leadership.

The course will begin promptly at 8:00 AM on Monday, August 4 and conclude at 12:00 PM on Friday, August 8. It is suggested that Scouts arrive the evening of Sunday, August 3 after 5:00 PM (no dinner is provided on Sunday). If a parent cannot pick up their Scout on Friday afternoon, they may pick up on Friday evening or on Saturday as we will have an OA event at Heart Butte on 8/8 – 8/10 with adequate supervision and meals.

NYLT is a five-day course. Content is delivered in a troop and patrol outdoor setting with an emphasis on immediate application of learning in a fun environment. Interconnecting concepts and work processes are introduced early, built upon, and aided by the use of memory aids, which allows participants to understand and employ the leadership skills much faster.

Youth Participant Requirements

In order to attend a NYLT course, a youth must have the following qualifications by the beginning of the course:

  • Must be a registered member of a Scouting unit.
  • Must have a current BSA Health and Medical Record form parts A, B, and C.
  • Scouts BSA members (male and female) must be at least 13.
  • Must have earned the First Class rank before attending NYLT.
  • Venturers and Sea Scouts (male and female) must be at least 14, or 13 and have completed eighth grade, and fall within the maximum age allowance for their program. They must have completed Introduction to Leadership Skills for Crews or Ships. It is recommended that they have had at least one year of camping experience. While NYLT is not an outdoor skills course, it is important that each participant have basic camping and outdoor cooking experience.
  • Have a unit leader recommendation.
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