Beginning Monday 7/28 and lasting through the entire week, 800 Boy Scouts, all members of the group Order of the Arrow, will be in Jackson Hole to assist in a few different projects, including fence removal in critical wildlife corridors and construction of new trails on Teton Pass. The event is being called the largest individual service project since World War Two.
Over 1100 scouts and adult advisors are currently camped out at Jackson Hole High School, and their work throughout the week will leave us with a new cross-country mountain bike loop in the Phillips Ridge area of Teton Pass. This is a massive project, and it's fair to say that never before have 750-800 people worked on one mountain bike trail at the same time. The planning and coordination started well before the Scouts arrived in Jackson, and I know I'm not the only one who is thankful and looking forward to reaping the benefits of the new trail.
Photo of WY Governor Dave Freudenthal greeting the Scouts. Photo courtesy of jacksonholeradio.com
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