Halloween Activities

First things first. I will go ahead and get the trail report out of the way. We had a cold day yesterday. The temperature hovered around 30 degrees for the most of the day. There were a few snow flurries through out the day. The low last night was 23 degrees. The trails are still icy in spots. The guests have been making it up with out ice walkers. Today is starting out to be a beautiful day. I believe the forecast calls for warmer temperatures.

Yesterday was the ninth annual crew pumpkin carving contest. The crew members that wish to participate get to carve a pumpkin for dinner on Halloween. The guests are the judges. The crew member that receives the most votes get to sleep in one morning.

The winning pumpkin was actually carved by our chaplin, Lindi. She decided to give the prize to Dave since it was his birthday and he had to work.

The winning pumpkin by LIndi

One of the ways the crew keeps it exciting on the mountain is by playing tricks on one another. I thought I would share our Halloween shenanigans.

We have had a bear that has been coming through camp during the early evening. We think he has an ear tag, which means he has been an issue before. The park service asked us to put the bear trap out and see if we could catch him. They would then hike up and check him out and possible relocate him. Chrissy, our enthusiastic crew member, was super excited about the possibilities of seeing a bear up close. We thought we would play a little joke on her. We told her we caught the bear. Play the video and you will see what happened next.