On December 8, 2018, scouts mountain biked at the McDowel mountains. Some scouts road for 12 miles and some road for 22. The trail had may great views of the mountains and of stacked rocks. After the ride the scouts ate a Dutch oven dinner and camped over night.

On November 10, 2018, 5 scouts traveled a 4 mile piece of the Arizona Trail. At the campsite, there was an old mine that the scouts could look into. At night, it got down to 21 degrees. Thank you to Mr. Wright for planning this outing at short notice.

On November 7th, Chase Ordog passed his Eagle Board of Review and is Troop 323's newest Eagle Scout.

The addition of Chase to the Troop's Eagles can be viewed in the Eagle Roster.

On November 7th, Colin Steffensen passed his Eagle Board of Review and is Troop 323's newest Eagle Scout.

The addition of Colin to the Troop's Eagles can be viewed in the Eagle Roster.

On November 7th, Keaton Marra passed his Eagle Board of Review and is Troop 323's newest Eagle Scout.

The addition of Keaton to the Troop's Eagles can be viewed in the Eagle Roster.

On October 20, Troop and Pack scouts drove to the White Tank Mountains for a car camping outing. Activities included hiking to a water fall, such oven cooking, skits, fire starting, and geocaching. Overall, the Outing was a great opportunity for the Boy Scouts to teach the Cub Scouts different outdoor skills.

On 9/22/18, Keaton Marra had his Eagle project at Mountain Sky Middle School. His project was to straighten out old railroad ties that were a hazard. The project was successful and the ties looked great.

On 9/8/18, Colin Steffensen had his Eagle Project at St. Mark Lutheran Church. The project was to beautify and improve the playground by replacing the old equipment with new equipment, and replacing the wood chips. Once finished, the playground looked great.

On September 5th, Elliot Hull passed his Eagle Board of Review and is Troop 323's newest Eagle Scout.

The addition of Elliot to the Troop's Eagles can be viewed in the Eagle Roster.

On August 18th, the troop’s Patrol Leaders Council (PLC), Patrol Advisors, and other troop adult leaders met at Bumblebee Ranch to plan the outings and troop meetings for 2019. This takes a lot of time and discussion to make the troop's activities run smoothly over the next year.

On July 11, 9 scouts traveled to Colorado to take a steam powered train to the trail head. After a long hike, the scouts stayed at the base camp. Two days later, 5 of the scouts climbed Windom Peak to 14,000 feet of elevation. The next day, the scouts took the train back to Durango to drive back to Phoenix the next day. One interesting part of the trip were the large mountain goats and other abundant wildlife on the mountain.

On June 28th the Gorfs participated in the Greenway Clean Up. Each month our patrols take turns picking up trash along our adopted area of Greenway road. The Gorfs patrol braved the 100+ heat to collect 6 bags worth of trash. We are glad we can help keep our neighborhood looking clean!

This year’s week at camp Geronimo was amazing. Activities included Merit Badge classes, rock climbing, crayfish catching, horse riding, hiking, and rifle and archery shooting. Some events such as campsite campfires and the Mighty Mogi were not held this year, and there were some fire restrictions, but the 18 scouts that went had a great time. Troop 323 also received another Big G Gold.