Scouts with Bear Grylls being invested as Chief Scout at the 2009 event and the centenary of Gilwell Park being marked by the media at the 2019 event. Winter Camp is held on a weekend in January at Gilwell Park, North London. The event, hosted for Scouts, Explorers, Guides and Rangers, includes over 70 activities over the course of the weekend that the individuals can take part in during the day. The event has grown from 2,500 attendees in 2010 to 4,000 in 2019. A more recent event is Scarefest which is held on the weekend closest to Halloween at Gilwell Park, North London. Similar to Winter Camp, it is open to Scouts, Explorers, Guides and Rangers and features activities such as climbing, archery and laser games. All these events were affected by the Coronavirus pandemic with events these events cancelled in the 2021 and 2022 years with Gilwell 24 replaced in 2023 with a new Explorers Takeover Gilwell Park event. National Scout Events In addition to the events run by the Scout Association directly, there are a number of other events run by Scout bodies across the UK which are open to Explorer Scouts across the UK. The Apex Challenge events range in duration from a day to a weekend and consist of teams navigating between a variety of adventurous activity bases over a wide area, usually in Yorkshire, Derbyshire or Nottinghamshire. The 2018 event at Bramham Park in West Yorkshire attracted nearly 400 Explorer Scouts and involved kayaking, mountain biking and tomahawk throwing as signature activities. The Dragnet challenge is a navigation challenge over a weekend in July in the Lake District. Teams have to navigate from an unknown starting point to the known end point while avoiding capture. There are multiple Monopoly Runs each year that take place in London based on the board game of the same name. All focus on visiting various points around the city in a speedy time with some choosing their own points each year and others using the places on the standard board game. See also The Scout Association - The parent organisation of the section. Age Groups in Scouting and Guiding Scouts (The Scout Association) - The preceding section in the UK Scout Association for 10.5 to 14 year olds. Sea Scouts (The Scout Association) - Variation based on water activities, includes Sea Explorer Scouts. Air Scouts (The Scout Association)