ATTENTION ALL WINTER SPORTS AFFICIONADOS!!!
It is time to think about skiing! Timberline is coming!
I am very excited to bring you the 2010 Timberline ski trip this
year. We will be travelling to wild and wonderful West Virginia to
take to the slopes and learn to ski. This has been one of the most
popular trips in years past, so please read the attached flyer
carefully and there will be a sign up sheet at this weeks meeting. All
the dates and monetary information is on the flyer, but if you have any
questions please feel free to contact me at mrgrabham@troop860.org.
Thanks and I look forward to a great trip again this year.
Yours in Scouting,
Scott Grabham
ASM Troop 860What to Bring Things to bring to the bunkhouse:
Timberline provides a mattress, pillow and blanket. Things for skiing:
Timberline has a limited number of ski jackets and bibs that rent for $10 per day. Timberline Survival Guide:
· Identify everything – Can’t stress this enough, the gear churn in the room is unbelievable · Bring bag lunch for trip out · Cash for hot drinks on site and for a snack on trip back home · No energy, highly caffeinated and/or sugared drinks please – bad idea all the way around · Drivers – go over barffing procedure before you hit those mountain roads · Friday night arrival – always chaos, be calm, deal with it one step at a time · Sat morning is EARLY or we’ll be back 300 people in the breakfast line · SKI!!! That’s what we’re there for, hanging out in the room is not permitted · Electronics – bring it, lose it, no whining…you took the risk Best advice – leave it in the car with driver permission. There’s no way to secure items from theft in the rooms as they remain unlocked at all times. Much more to come about troop electronic rules. · Snow Park where the slides and jumps are
is off limits Don’t go bonkers over this rule. It’s a miracle we can take you skiing at all with our litigious society, so give me a break here (no pun intended). · Sunday morning – we got to boogie – school homework is a callin' · Ski responsibly – hospital trip is long and a royal pain · Buddy system – EXTREMELY important at this outing. Stay with your buds, always. · Respect others on the slopes. Causing crashes or injuring others is NOT cool, and will get you kicked off the slopes · Green slopes are slow speeds – ripping down the beginner slopes is just stupid and will get you kicked off · Meal ticket – lose it = starving · Tip – footwear (other than boots) for the room to keep socks dry is great, lots of snow tracked everywhere · Helmets – always….no helmet…no ski · YOU are responsible for your gear – keep track of it!!! · Have fun, be respectful of others, and enjoy these time…they don’t come around very often T860SM Mark Wheeler |
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