TheWorld Scout Winter Games is an internationalwinter sports event forScouts.
The First World Scout Winter Games was held atKandersteg International Scout Centre between February 28 and March 3, 2008. Nine teams, representing eight countries participated. The events includedcross-country skiing,curling, slalom racing, synchronised skiing, and atriathlon. The overall winners were Sweden, with a team fromSvenska Scoutrådet, the Swedish Guide & Scout Council.[1]
The 2nd World Scout Winter Games were to be held in 2010, also in Kandersteg, but had to be cancelled due to a low number of participating countries.[citation needed]