Insider Peek at our New Paths: Scout

Our Scout Path was developed through our Cheat Mountain summer camp. Scouts work through the scout track by going to Cheat Mountain for several years and advancing through all the levels there. Students who first come to Cheat Mountain are Skills I Students. Cheat Mountain offers 3 main versions of the camp: Skills, Practicum, and […]

Workshop last Week: Campside Cooking

Who needs a camp stove? Or a grill? Not us! This week we learned how to cook with nothing but wood and our fire kits! In this class, Jen taught us how to cook on a fire, using lightweight ingredients that we could easily fit into a backpack. We learned how to make oatmeal, survival […]

Mountain SOL Tuesday: Sundial

Yesterday was Mountain SOL Tuesday for the MLA campers! Every Tuesday, everyone gets to go on an outside adventure with Mountain SOL. This week, our theme was ā€œRock Around the Clock,ā€ so we made a sundial! The 5-6s went with Katie and Liz to Birch Crossing, where we collected rocks. We hiked behind the Mountain […]

Workshop last Week: Self Defense

This past week was our Self Defense workshop! John Mouser taught us how to defend ourselves effectively and safely in different situations.   So far, we have learned tricks for escaping from wristĀ grabs, body grabs, and choke holds. We also learned how to distract the attacker with a well-placed hit before using the tricks to […]

Cheat Mountain

Last week was our Cheat Mountain trip. The scouts, skills students, Jen, and Oso the dog piled into cars and drove past Elkins and up Cheat Mountain. As we leaned out the windows with Oso and smelled the lovely fresh scent of true wilderness, we knew something amazing was coming. First, we had a quick […]

So What Exactly Is Cheat Mountain?

Everyone is getting excited for the upcoming Cheat Mountain trip!Ā This is the most advanced Mountain SOL class we offer, and it is where Mountain SOL scouts go with Jen to live on Cheat Mountain for the week with Maureen, Ivan, and their dogs and their cat. There is no internet on Cheat Mountain, no phone […]

Workshop last week: What’s in Your Survival Pack?

Last week, we adventuredĀ outside with Maya to learn what types of things we should pack in our backpacks when we go into the woods! This class was aimed at teaching kids who are new to Mountain SOL how to pack a ā€œsurvival pack,ā€ a backpack that is full of things that are useful in the […]