Events Log

The weekend events proceeded pretty much as outlined in the plan. An advance party was able to arrive at the skiway at about 3:00 PM on Friday and move a load of gear and water to the cabin with the aid of the ski patrol.

The upstairs room (attic) was a great sleeping area for the Scouts and the adults were comfortable in the downstairs living room area.

Evenings were taken up with ski tuning, night hikes to the summit, and socializing.

Analysis and Lessons Learned

This was a great outing for Scouts of all ages. The weather was outstanding and the skiing was fantastic.

A few observations and good things to know:

• We are fortunate that the Dartmouth Outing Club allows Scouts to reserve the cabin far in advance. We reserved the cabin in late October or early November. The only thing that could have preempted our reservation would have been a student outing but reportedly the students don't use Nunnemacher too often.
• POC for reserving the cabin is Kathy Decato, 646-2834.
• The rental of the cabin was $50 per night. With the size of the group we had, the $15.00 per person was adequate to cover the cabin rental and food.
• Although the cabin is "fully equipped", some of the kitchen equipment was somewhat worse for the wear. For the future, recommend bringing a Troop cook kit that starts out clean. Lack of running water makes doing dishes difficult for a large group. The cabin was equipped with paper plates and bowls and plastic utensils which we used in lieu of cook kits that would have required washing.
• The Sunapee District ski day on Sunday was successful. We left a Troop roster with the folks at the lift ticket booth and they were able to simply check off Scouts and adults as the arrived and collected free tickets.
• Because of the proximity to Hanover, and because of a flu bug that had been circulating through the schools around the time of this outing, few participants were able to spend the entire weekend at the outing. Some spent Friday night and Saturday, others arrived on Saturday and stayed Saturday night, others were able to just come for one day or the other. This was a good feature of the outing but made accountability a challenge.
• Although the plan called for Scouts to either bring their own lunches or eat at the Skiway Lodge, many returned to the cabin at lunch time on Saturday and ate snack food intended for the evening. Luckily there was enough. Next time, plan for a Troop lunch.

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