Survivor Mountain Lake Weekend

This weekend is themed "Survivor: Mountain Lake", and the Recreation Department and Conservancy will be hosting a variety of activities to engage the mind and body. 

In addition to normal Recreation activities, Survivor: Mountain Lake activities include:
 

FRIDAY

8:00 pm: How to build a fire
8:30 pm: Campfire and S’mores. Time to share your wilderness stories!

SATURDAY

10:30 am: Hike on White Dot to Old Golf Course overlook
11:00 am: Introduction to Knot Tying
1:00 pm: Scavenger Hunt
8:30 pm: Night Hike- meet at Conservancy

SUNDAY

9:00 am: Introduction to Orienteering- meet at Conservancy
11:00 am: Introduction to Shelter Construction and the Leave-No-Trace ethic
2:00 pm: Intro to Geocaching
3:30 pm: Hike on Indian Trail and talk on “What to do if you’re lost: Wilderness Priorities”

 We hope to see you up here learning something new or polishing you skills this weekend!

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A bunch of pictures from the 2011 season have been added to the Facebook site, check us out!
http://www.facebook.com/index.php?lh=929cae6bd1c82e43fab6b1976e11cd0f#!/TheMLC


Among those pictures include a local artist from Roanoke, VA - Eric Fitzpatrick. Eric was at Mountain Lake last Thursday creating some beautiful landscape paintings. A lovely scene for a summer afternoon on the mountain indeed!

The lake bed and wetland

Classy!

 

Bald Knob

The folks from East Coasters have been busy up on the mountain getting geared up for the Dirty Dawg mountain bike race tomorrow. Come show your support for these tough riders! The mountain top breeze accompanies this perfect escape from the summer heat down in town.