CARA is looking for volunteers for the Scouts BSA National Pike District's annual Klondike Derby at McKeldin Park in
Marriottsville, MD. Please consider joining CARA is supporting this event.
Audrey White W8AUD will be organizing this event for CARA.
This all-day event is run by adult scouters and senior scouts in the Baltimore area to
provide a competition event for the younger cub scouts and Webelo scouts who live in the area. The
Klondike Derby consists of events based on Alaskan history from the Gold Rush days. Scout
teams (called units) travel from station to station performing various problems presented to them by
the scout leaders at each station. Some events are timed and some are team problem-solving exercises.
They will be panning for gold, crossing raging rivers on rope bridges, and demonstrating their
scouting skills. Scouts travel from station to station as a team using a sled with runners and wheels
propelled by scout power. Some of the sleds are rather creative. The event runs from roughly 0800 until
sundown when all scouts should be off the course.