The Badge Archive

Yes – 2011 Is the current GSUSA badge

These are simply suggestions and may take some creativity and extra steps to earn all the badges in various levels.

A Multi-Level Troop will need to do extra steps when earning different badges across levels. It depends on how many requirements overlap. Some will only have one or two matching requirements.

GSUSA has an Award Log for each level with a comparison table for all badges in similar themes. Not all badges in the same theme have correlating requirements – you basically have to earn two separate badges. We recommend a Fun Patch in that case.

Badges with correlating requirements means you can do an activity that counts towards different badges in the different levels.

Warning

The Trail Adventure badges will have a completely different type of Hiking or Trail Running adventure for each level and cannot be done concurrently with keeping the technical requirements.

Many multi-level troop leaders will pick the adventure that is appropriate for the level of progression of that troop. If that means everyone is doing the Brownie level of the Hiking adventure, that is what the leader accepts. It’s not like you can jump straight into a 2-day backpacking campout if you don’t have the stamina to do a 3 hour hike. But neither should a Cadette, Senior, or Ambassador get credit for the badge for just doing the Daisy level.

Also, if a Cadette earned the badge doing a Junior level requirement, they should accomplish at least a Cadette level requirement when they are a Senior – not repeat the Junior level requirements.

Hiking Badges

Badges that correlate from other levels

• Daisy – Daisy Trail Adventure –
  Hike: play fun game on hiking trail;
• Brownie – Brownie Trail Adventure –
  Hike: go on three different types of hikes;
• Junior – Junior Trail Adventure –
  Hike: go on three separate hikes, each either 3 hours or 3-4 miles long;
• Cadette – Cadette Trail Adventure –
  Hike: train for and complete all three of the trail challenges on three different days with minimum six hours on the trail each day (minimum 2,000-foot cumulative elevation gain, minimum of 10 miles, and trail on a terrain different from previous hikes you’ve done);
• Senior – Senior Trail Adventure –
  Hike: plan, prepare, and complete a three-day, two-night backpacking trip of 10 miles distance;
• Ambassador – Ambassador Trail Adventure –
  Hike: plan, prepare, and complete a five-day, four-night backpacking trip of 20-25 miles distance;

Running Badges

Badges that correlate from other levels

• Daisy – Daisy Trail Adventure –
  Run: jog around your neighborhood, in a park, or on a trail
• Brownie – Brownie Trail Adventure –
  Run: go on three different trail runs, 20 min each time
• Junior – Junior Trail Adventure –
  Run: run on a trail for a distance that challenges you, at least one mile at a comfortable pace
• Cadette – Cadette Trail Adventure –
  Run: train to build endurance for running a long distance at a comfortable pace, at least 3 mile distance
• Senior – Senior Trail Adventure –
  Run: train and compete in a trail race of 5K/10K distance
• Ambassador – Ambassador Trail Adventure –
  Run: help guide another girl in the sport of trail running with at least eight training sessions over a two-month period

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See other Multi-Level Themes

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• Return to the Ambassador Badge List.
• Return to the Daisy Badge List.
• Return to the Brownie Badge List.
• Return to the Junior Badge List.
• Return to the Cadette Badge List.
• Return to the Senior Badge List.

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