As part of the research component that the Cross Country Ski Areas Association (CCSAA) performs each season, we have launched the latest consumer survey to better understand the needs, wishes and challenges facing today’s Nordic skiers and communities. We ask that everyone to please share the survey with your entire audience. We are hoping for […]
(Goulais, ON) Alex and his team have been striving to open the 100 km of trails. He had to remove the fallen trees and branches, pack the snow, and then roll it before setting the track. His report, submitted at noon on Friday, indicates that there is at least 36 inches of snow on the […]
This coming Saturday, December 14th is Free Ski Day on all the BCRD (Blaine County Recreation District) trails, including Galena Lodge. All passes for Nordic skiing and snowshoeing are free this day! It is also Free Learn to Nordic Ski Day! Come up to Galena Lodge for free mini Nordic ski lessons and free gear […]
The National Nordic Foundation’s annual Drive for 25 raised nearly $109,000. Each year, the Drive for 25 starts with a simple, but profound idea that a community crossing a continent can pull together to support its best ideals and the brightest version of its own future. At the end of this year’s Drive for 25, […]
The campaign to raise the money needed to expand and renew the day lodge at the Sovereign Lake Nordic Centre is in full swing and donations from the Nordiq skiing community have been coming in steadily since the campaign launched in late October. This year’s Giving Tuesday is your opportunity to keep the momentum going. […]
Snow, snowmaking, fellow-skiers and snowshoers, and the resiliency of all in the face of our ever-changing weather. It used to be a joke, “Don’t like the weather? Wait a minute.” Now it’s more like, “Like the weather? Get out there and enjoy it right now!” Speaking of… if the snow holds up through the evening, […]
The National Nordic Foundation’s (NNF) Drive for 25 (D25) goes live today through December 3, Giving Tuesday. NNF’s goal is 1,000 individual donations totaling over $100,000. It’s an exciting week for skiers and supporters across the country. Some are busy finding their first fresh tracks of the season, some are enjoying hours and hours out […]
(Sainte-Adèle, Que.) The Société de plein air des Pays-d’en-Haut (SOPAIR) is proud to announce that Les Routes Blanches are now open to the public for cross-country skiing memories of a lifetime this winter. Come live the experience of skiing from village to village in the Laurentians’ fabulous backcountry, just like Jackrabbit in the early 1900s. […]
(Ketchum, ID) Galena Lodge Opening Day for the winter season is Friday November 22nd. We will be open everyday from 9 – 4 with lunch served from 11 – 3:30. No reservations needed – we have plenty of indoor and outdoor seating. Check online to book your yurt, rent skis and snowshoes, or sign up […]
Team Birkie’s most creative fundraiser begins as a kickoff to the ski racing season. Team Birkie members are on-snow in Europe, and Alayna Sonnesyn has already kicked off the competition year in Finland’s arctic circle community of Muonio in an FIS classic sprint, Friday. Racing continues next weekend for Zak Ketterson in Beitostolen, Norway, and […]
