

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Introduction to Backcountry Cooking
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 18 Apr, 2026 at 09:00 am – Sat, 18 Apr, 2026 at 11:00 am (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: Have an extended backpacking/canoeing/kayaking trip planned this summer? Our Backcountry Cooking course will teach you how to make delicious meals out of non-perishable foods that blow MREs and freeze-dried meals out of the water with ingredient from your local grocery store! We'll cover topics like, equipment, menu planning, food safety, and organizing and packing your meals. You'll get some hands-on experience along with the opportunity to taste a few things as well. This course is best suited for Scouts with a rank of First Class or are at least 13 and can check off the following Cooking Merit Badge requirements by attending: 1. a-e, 2. a-b, 3. a-b, 7. a

Space is limited to 20 people, and tickets are $5!

About the instructor:

Terry Bomkamp has been involved with scouts for over 50 years primarily as a high adventure leader of extended backpacking and canoe trips. He has led and planned over 200 trips throughout the Midwest, Appalachian Trail and the Rocky Mountains. He is currently scoutmaster of Troop 325 in South Bend. Last year he restructured and enhanced the Cooking MB at Camp Tamarack to incorporate additional hands-on cooking over a 2-hour daily program that allowed the scouts to prepare their daily lunch meal.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/south-bend/introduction-to-backcountry-cooking/200029487442943
- **Event Categories**: trips-adventures, workshops, sports
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 24

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://lasallecouncil.org/event/introduction-to-backcountry-cooking/?v=7366ef27aad4&utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=south+bend-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: South Bend
- **state**: IN
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 1340 South Bend Ave, South Bend, IN, United States, Indiana 46617
- **lat**: 41.69087
- **long**: -86.22902
- **full address**: 1340 South Bend Ave, South Bend, IN, United States, Indiana 46617

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: LaSalle Council, Scouting America (https://allevents.in/org/lasalle-council-scouting-america/25329316)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 18 Apr, 2026 at 09:00 am (-04:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 1340 South Bend Ave, South Bend, IN, United States, Indiana 46617
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** LaSalle Council, Scouting America
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** trips-adventures, workshops, sports
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Introduction to Backcountry Cooking ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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