What is the Timberline Award?

The Timberline Award is a significant capstone achievement associated with the Mountain Lion level of Woodland Trails and helps prepare a boy for his transition into the older-boy program. Ask your son’s leaders for the current official requirements.

How does advancement work in Woodland Trails?

Woodland Trails advancement is primarily participation-based and built around age-appropriate experiences with the patrol. Boys learn by doing, and regular participation gives them opportunities to complete the activities and requirements associated with advancement.

What are Foxes, Hawks, and Mountain Lions?

They are the three age-based patrol levels within Woodland Trails: Foxes are generally ages 5–6 / grades K–1, Hawks ages 7–8 / grades 2–3, and Mountain Lions ages 9–10 / grades 4–5.

What ages/grades are Woodland Trails?

Woodland Trails serves boys ages 5–10, generally kindergarten through 5th grade. It is divided into Foxes, Hawks, and Mountain Lions so activities and expectations can develop with the boys.

How does missing meetings affect advancement?

It depends on the program level and what was missed. Woodland Trails advancement is heavily participation-oriented, while Navigators and Adventurers take more individual responsibility for completing and tracking their advancement. Leaders can clarify specific requirements.

Can Woodland Trails boys make up missed work?

Woodland Trails is designed primarily around participation and learning by doing with the patrol. Some missed requirements may be completed in another appropriate setting when Trail Life rules allow, but not every group experience can simply be recreated as homework. Ask your son’s Trail Guide about the specific requirement.

What are the different Trail Life program levels?

Trail Life serves boys from ages 5–17, kindergarten through 12th grade, with a program designed to grow with them.

Woodland Trails — Ages 5–10 / Grades K–5
Younger Trailmen learn through hands-on activities, outdoor adventure, skills, games, character development, and biblical teaching. Woodland Trails is divided into three age-based patrols: Foxes (K–1), Hawks (2–3), and Mountain Lions (4–5).

Navigators — Ages 11–13 / Grades 6–8
Navigators begin taking greater ownership of their skills, advancement, service, decisions, and leadership.

Adventurers — Ages 14–17 / Grades 9–12
The oldest Trailmen take on greater independence, leadership, mentoring, service, and advanced challenges as they prepare for Christian manhood.

Visit our Program page for a more complete explanation of how Trail Life grows with your son.