Scout Life

THEIR SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN

Laughing and shouting, Scouts sprint up a snowy hill, some with snow sleds tucked under their arms.

With a rope in each hand, Alec Ware, a 14-year-old Life Scout, steadily drags two pulk sleds filled with more snow sleds behind the group.

It’s a long hill. The group’s sprinting soon slows to Alec’s pace. Halfway up, they stop and turn around. They’re high enough for a fun slide down. Everyone grabs a sled and the laughing and shouting resume.

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