Safety-Wise
Girl Scouts of the USA and Girl Scouts of Utah provide standards and guidelines to ensure safe, quality program activities for all girls and adults in Girl Scouting. Safety-Wise, a free publication available to every Girl Scout facilitator or adult directing activities for girls, outlines the basic standards and guidelines for the Girl Scout Program.
The most current Safety-Wise edition came out in 2000. Click here for Safety-Wise updates.
All high-adventure activities require advanced council approval. Below is a partial list of approved high-adventure activities. Because each outfitter/instructor is different, council approval must be obtained for every incidence.
Allowed High-Adventure Activities (Partial List)
- Archery
- Board sailing
- Canoeing, sailing, and boating
- Challenge courses (high ropes courses included)
- Horseback riding
- Ice skating
- Rappelling
- Rock climbing
- Snow and water skiing
- Spelunking (cave)
- Whitewater rafting, canoeing, and kayaking on Class IV or lower rated water
Activities NOT Covered by Girl Scout Insurance and NOT Approved for Members of GSU
- All shooting sports with the exception of archery
- Cave diving (scuba diving in underwater caves)
- Driving or riding in all-terrain vehicles
- Driving or riding jet skis (personal watercraft)
- Flying in small private planes, helicopters, sailplanes, or blimps
- Free-climbing (rock climbing without equipment)
- Go-karting
- Hang gliding or bungee jumping
- High altitude climbing
- Highway clean-up activities
- Hot air ballooning
- Hot dog skiing/skateboarding or aerial tricks
- Parachuting
- Paragliding
- Parasailing
- Riding motor bikes
- Snow sledding with unsteerable and/or multi-person sleds
- Spelunking in mine shafts
- Toxic waste clean-up activities
- Trampolining
- Whitewater rafting, canoeing, kayaking on class V water or above
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