National Advanced Youth Leadership Experience

Do you have Scouts who have competed NYLT and are looking for additional leadership training in and exciting environment? Well the National Advanced Youth Leadership experience is just the thing.

So what is NAYLE? It's an opportunity to use and further develop the skills you have learned in Troop Leadership Training and in NYLT. NAYLE is a week long experience in Philmont's backcountry - camping and experiencing leadership with similarly qualified Scouts from all over the country.

NAYLE uses Philmont's Rocky Mountain Scout Camp (RMSC) as a base camp for a wide range of daily activities such as Project COPE, Wilderness First Aid, Search and Rescue, Geo-Caching, Leave No Trace, Conservation, and Philmont history. A number of the Philmont Ranger training elements are incorporated in NAYLE. As the name says, NAYLE is an Experience, it is action, it's about doing … applying what you have learned and taught. While RMSC is used as the base camp, each day's activities will take you into different areas of Philmont. This includes backpacking deeper into the backcountry for an overnighter. Throughout all these activities, the opportunity is there to live Scouting at its best and to continue your development as a Servant Leader.

The 2009 course dates for NAYLE are:

• June 14-20
• June 21-27
• June 27-July 3
• July 5-10
• July 12-18
• July 19-25
• July 26-August 1
• August 2-8

More detailed information is available at www.NAYLE.org that includes age, physical, leadership, and recommendation requirements.

You can download the application form from this site. The completed application and fees should then be submitted to Philmont Training Center (PTC). Once accepted, PTC will send you a packet with even more detailed information including suggestions for travel arrangements.

The courses are expected to fill-up quickly so I encourage you to apply early to assure your place and selection of course week.