On January 15-16, boy scouts (age 12-13) and varsity scouts (age 14-15) in Troop 817 of the Virgin River District and sponsored by the Bloomington 7th took part in the annual Klondike winter campout in the snow and ice at Woods Ranch, about 11 miles east of Cedar City. Hail and hearty Chase Wright, Christian Goldhardt, Peter Bown, Ian Anderson, Cody Forsyth, Wesley Woodland, Bronco Hollowell, Cole Wilkes, Mitchell Smith, and Braden Evans built - and many spent the night in - caves they carved by themselves out of the abundant snow at the top of Cedar Mountain. The Varsity Scouts prepared dinner, then - as the temperature dropped in the darkness - most everyone crawled into the welcome warmth of their beds at about 8 p.m.
In the cool light of day the boys and their adult leaders Eric Smith, Eric Evans, Ryan Barton, Rob Wilkes, and Steve Forsyth enjoyed breakfast prepared by the Boy Scouts before participating in survival activities such as fire starting, rope rescue, travois racing (a form of emergency response training), ice fishing, snow blind obstacle course, orienteering, cannon shoot, 100-yard sprint and of course, a Klondike sled race with an award to the most unique sled. Although Troop 817 was not a contender in that contest, they did take home 1st prize for their snow sculpture.
On January 15-16, boy scouts (age 12-13) and varsity scouts (age 14-15) in Troop 817 of the Virgin River District and sponsored by the Bloomington 7th took part in the annual Klondike winter campout in the snow and ice at Woods Ranch, about 11 miles east of Cedar City. Hail and hearty Chase Wright, Christian Goldhardt, Peter Bown, Ian Anderson, Cody Forsyth, Wesley Woodland, Bronco Hollowell, Cole Wilkes, Mitchell Smith, and Braden Evans built - and many spent the night in - caves they carved by themselves out of the abundant snow at the top of Cedar Mountain. The Varsity Scouts prepared dinner, then - as the temperature dropped in the darkness - most everyone crawled into the welcome warmth of their beds at about 8 p.m. 
In the cool light of day the boys and their adult leaders Eric Smith, Eric Evans, Ryan Barton, Rob Wilkes, and Steve Forsyth enjoyed breakfast prepared by the Boy Scouts before participating in survival activities such as fire starting, rope rescue, travois racing (a form of emergency response training), ice fishing, snow blind obstacle course, orienteering, cannon shoot, 100-yard sprint and of course, a Klondike sled race with an award to the most unique sled. Although Troop 817 was not a contender in that contest, they did take home 1st prize for their snow sculpture.
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