National Advanced Youth Leadership Experience

NAYLE is an exciting new program where young men enhance their leadership skills in the Philmont Backcountry.  Scouts will expand upon the team building and ethical decision making skills learned in National Youth Leadership Training (NYLT).  NAYLE uses elements of the Philmont Ranger Training as well as advances Search and Rescue skills to teach leadership, teamwork, and the lessons of selfless service.  NAYLE will offer Scouts an unforgettable backcountry wilderness experience where they live leadership and teamwork, using the core elements of NYLT to make their leadership skills intuitive.

The Philmont leadership is committed to making NAYLE a very special experience.  Scouts will live in a patrol setting at Rocky Mountain Scout Camp where they use their leadership skills to resolve exciting and challenging backcountry situations.  The week will conclude with a closing challenge for each Scout to build upon the legacy of Waite Phillips, the benefactor of the Philmont Scout Ranch.

NAYLE will equip youth leaders to be better troop leaders, NYLT staff members and/or superior camp staff.  It will help guide their journey to become true “servant leaders,” able to develop all members of whichever team they lead.  It provides life skills for now and the future.

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Philmont requirements