Canaan Valley, WV, ski trip

March 11-13

From trip organizer Carrie D'Alessandro (Click here to e-mail Carrie)

I will need a deposit of 1/2 your payment by January 30th and the final payment by February 13th. After February 10th there will be no refunds as I have to give them my room numbers and am then responsible for full payment

Arrival will be Friday sometime after 3 pm, and departure will be Sunday afternoon whenever you are ready to quit skiing. The package this year is more inclusive than in past years. It will include ski rental, helmet rental and a beginning lesson. There is complimentary parking for all guests, complimentary high speed internet in all rooms and complimentary shuttle service between the main lodge and the ski area. The resort has an indoor swimming pool and game room for the kids. It is about a 3 1/2 hour drive from Fairfax County.

Here is a list of prices for this year and what the package includes.

• Single Occupancy - $203.00 per person

• Double Occupancy - $153.00 per person

• Triple Occupancy - $144.00 per person

• Quad Occupancy - $139.00 per person

Package includes:

• Lodging for 2 nights

• 2 Skiers Breakfast Buffets

• 1 Skiers Dinner Buffet

• 2 Day Lift Ticket

• 2 Day Ski Rental

• Helmet Rental

• ! !/2 Hr. Beginners Ski or Snowboard Lesson

• Taxes, Service Charges and Resort Fee

Ski Additions:

• 2 Day Snowboard Rental Upgrade - Adult $25, Junior $25

• 2 Hour Tubing Session - $12

• 2 Hour Ice Skating w/skates - $7

You will need to schedule any lessons, tubing, and skating with the resort when you arrive.

The package cannot be altered with the exception of a non-skier. There are non-skier rates if someone in your family does not ski. If you need those rates let me know.

Children under 5 are free except for rentals.

The rooms are small and made to accommodate 4 people with 2 double beds. Families with more than 4 will need to reserve a 2nd room as the fire codes do not allow the resort to book more than 4 in each room.

If you want to stay an extra night on either end Canaan is offering us a $55 room rate for single or double occupancy. $10 for each additional person after two. And a lift ticket on Friday for $17 and ski rental for $21. The ski area is not open on Monday, March 14th.

This trip is open to all scouts and their friends and families. So make it a group trip if you would like.

Pinewood Derby rankings

As requested by some parents, here are the rankings of the top 4 winners in each round and top 10 in the Grand Finals ... click on the links to view a PDF document.

Tiger Round 1 Tiger Round 2	Wolf Round 1 Wolf Round 2
Bear Round 1 Bear Round 2	Web 1 Round 1 Web 1 Round 2
Web 2 Round 1 Web 2 Round 2	Grand Finals

Blue & Gold Banquet

4:45 p.m. Sunday, February 13

Saint Joseph's Church

750 Peachtree St.

Herndon, VA 20170

Blast off with us as we celebrate the achievements of our scouts!

Red, Hot and Blue will be catering for us this year. The cost is $7.00 per person with a maximum of $28.00 per family (children under 3 are free).

Please RSVP no later than Feb. 4th and have your check made payable to pack 159 to your den leader by that date.

Please click here to email Melinda Malone with any questions

Ski Liberty Day Trip

Pack 159's day ski trip is Saturday Feb 5th at Ski Liberty.
(travel time is @ 1.5 hours) http://www.skiliberty.com/lmr/index.aspx

ALL TRAILS ARE CURRENTLY OPEN AND THEY HAVE A GOOD BASE! SHOULD BE GREAT SKIING!!!!!!!

Please confirm your spots soon as the trip is around the corner!!!!

The following are three different ski options:
• Option 1
Lift ticket only - access to all open lifts and trails $52
• Option 2
Learn to ski/snowboard pkg - Lift ticket for beginner trails, equipment rental, and beginner lesson* $68
• Option 3
All Mountain pkg - Lift ticket for all open lifts and trails, Equipment rental, and lesson* at your ability level $80

*all lessons are walk-on lessons: for Beginner level 1 - every hour from 9AM - 2PM; Level 2-9, every 2 hours starting at 10AM

Option 2 and 3 are for ages 8 and up because of the lesson. Under 8 need to register at the kids club.

This trip includes a 25% food discount coupon and a Liberty collectible scout patch.
You can pre-purchase a Super Saver Meal for $9 (selection of 4 meals).

Tubing is available for an additional fee.

If you are interested in the Option 1 with a rental, please pick the Option 3 and skip the lesson. It turns out to be cheaper than Option 1 + a ski rental.

We need a head count by Jan 27th, so please click here to email Paul Gormont if you plan on attending & the ski option. Full payment is due by Jan 30th.

Pinewood Derby

Congratulations to all our scouts! There were some pretty amazing designs and exceptionally fast cars this year!!!

Everyone did a wonderful job and the entire event was a huge success! I’d like to send out a big THANK YOU to all the adult and boy scout volunteers that made this event such a success. We’d especially like to thank Paul Miller for his many years of dedication to this event! Thanks Paul, we are all going to miss you!!

The next step for our winners is the district Pinewood Derby; click on the tab above for details.

Every scout from Pack 159 will receive a patch for participating in the 2011 Pine Wood Derby; patches will be distributed to leaders soon.