On Sunday, February 23rd, twenty members of the Troop 1 scouting family; scouts, scout leaders, parents, and siblings traveled to Soldier Hollow Cross-Country Ski Resort in Midway, Utah, located within Wasatch Mountain State Park, to cross-country ski and go tubing.
Upon arrival at the facility, created for the 2002 Winter Olympics, our group checked in and received cross-country ski passes, each worth two hours of trail skiing. For only $3 per youth, (20+ person group rate applicable) Soldier Hollow provides a trail pass, cross country ski equipment (or snowshoes), and a lesson. This special $3 ski rate applies when packaged with $8 for two hours of tubing.
So…from 11am – 1pm, our bunch, in mid-40 degree temperatures on a cloudless day, went cross-country skiing with a backdrop of the majestic Mt. Timpanogos, on a course where almost twelve years ago during the 2002 Winter Olympics, Italy’s “Tiny Tornado” Stefania Belmond suffered a broken pole in the women’s 15km freestyle, as a French coach handed her a replacement, and while it was too long, she eventually got the right size — and the gold medal!
After a great lunch, between 2-4 pm, our Troop 1ers turned in their skis, boots and poles for a hike up to the tubing hill, where all enjoyed tubing down their 1,200-foot length sliding lanes with lift service to tow you up to the top of the hill!
For details on Soldier Hollow’s cross-country skiing/tubing package for groups, visit:
http://www.soldierhollow.com/youth_groups.php
For $11/person….this is quite the deal! Sunday, March 16th, the hills will close for the winter season.
Upon arrival at the facility, created for the 2002 Winter Olympics, our group checked in and received cross-country ski passes, each worth two hours of trail skiing. For only $3 per youth, (20+ person group rate applicable) Soldier Hollow provides a trail pass, cross country ski equipment (or snowshoes), and a lesson. This special $3 ski rate applies when packaged with $8 for two hours of tubing.
So…from 11am – 1pm, our bunch, in mid-40 degree temperatures on a cloudless day, went cross-country skiing with a backdrop of the majestic Mt. Timpanogos, on a course where almost twelve years ago during the 2002 Winter Olympics, Italy’s “Tiny Tornado” Stefania Belmond suffered a broken pole in the women’s 15km freestyle, as a French coach handed her a replacement, and while it was too long, she eventually got the right size — and the gold medal!
After a great lunch, between 2-4 pm, our Troop 1ers turned in their skis, boots and poles for a hike up to the tubing hill, where all enjoyed tubing down their 1,200-foot length sliding lanes with lift service to tow you up to the top of the hill!
For details on Soldier Hollow’s cross-country skiing/tubing package for groups, visit:
http://www.soldierhollow.com/youth_groups.php
For $11/person….this is quite the deal! Sunday, March 16th, the hills will close for the winter season.