Klondike Derby

January 12-15, 2024

The 2024 TAC Klondike Derby will take place over Martin Luther King holiday weekend- January 12th -15th-  at the Kandersteg International Scout Center in Switzerland.

This year, our theme is the “Land of the Yeti.” The Yeti is an ape-like creature purported to inhabit the Himalayan mountain range in Asia. In Western popular culture, the creature is commonly referred to as the Abominable Snowman.

Units or patrols will have to band together, prep their gear sleds and prepare to explore the Scout Centre and Kandersteg, all while completing a variety of tasks set to test their Scout skills and knowledge.  Scouts should be prepared to win gold coins, spot hidden Yetis and try to win the coveted Frozen Eagle for their unit!

All Troops, Crews, and Ships are invited to attend. (Sorry, Cub Scouts are not permitted to participate.) Units sleep in dormitories so no tents are needed for camping.

  • 2 Nights : $205
  • 3 Nights: $240
  • Saturday only: $60

Named after the Goldrush at the end of the 19th century Klondike is our yearly snow event in Switzerland. Between 1896 and 1899 almost 100,000 prospectors took of to the Klondike region of the Yukon in north-western Canada. Local miners discovered gold on August 16 in 1896 and in those days, it took a year for this news to reach the big cities like Seattle and San Francisco. Prospectors left their homes and family to prove their luck. Some became wealthy, but the majority went in vain and did not find any gold. The Klondike Gold Rush ended in 1899 after gold was discovered in Nome, Alaska. Prospectors left Klondike to try their luck elsewhere. To reach the gold fields most took men went the snowy route through the ports in Southeast Alaska.

Our own snowy route brings the scouts to Kandersteg, the International Scouting Center in Switzerland.
One weekend a year, in January, we invite all scouts to join us for our own winter adventure.

KISC

Camp Alpine is hosted at Kandersteg International Scouting Centre (KISC), the dream location of the Founder of Scouting himself, Sir Robert Baden-Powell. KISC hosts Scouts from all over the world as a “permanent mini-jamboree” and is the ideal location for our Scouts to have a camping experience in the Swiss Alps.