Halifax Nordic Ski Club Newsletter
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Halifax Nordic is gearing up for this year's ski season and our equipment is ready for the next cold snap. We have been getting the snow making equipment and lights ready at Brunello as well as making sure the trails are ready so that we can start grooming when the snow falls.
In this week's newsletter:
- Gifts for skiers
- Lessons
- Wax demo
- Trail update
- Ski over the holidays
- Winter nights at Brunello
- Volunteer with Halifax Nordic
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Gift a Halifax Nordic Ski Club Membership
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Are you looking for a gift for a skier? Gift a Halifax Nordic Ski Club Membership. For full membership details and pricing visit our
website
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Purchase this year's membership on Zone 4.
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More gifts for the skier in your family.
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The Trail Shop has lots of new skis, boots, poles and waxes at their 6112 Quinpool Road location. Stop in this week for perfect outdoor gifts for the skier in your family. Don't forget to ask about the Halifax Nordic Member 10% discount.
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Hub Cycle at
33 Inglis Pl in Truro has a full range of skis, boots, poles and waxes. Headed to Victoria Park for skiing after this week's snow? Stop in at Hub Cycle and Halifax Nordic Members get 10% off.
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Lesson Spots Still Available
Youth Lessons
Halifax Nordic offers cross country ski lessons based on Cross Country Canada’s Skill Development Programs for Children. The overall objective of the program is to assist children in the development of a love of the outdoors, a healthy lifestyle, excellent technical skills and a good level of physical fitness.
Saturdays, January 12 – March 2 from 9:30 – 11:00 a.m
at Brunello.
Mondays, January 12 – February 16 from 6:45-7:45 at Brunello.
Adult Lessons
Come out and learn to cross country ski. Halifax Nordic offers a variety of lessons to help get you out on the snow this winter.
Saturday mornings & Monday evenings.
For more details on ski lessons visit our
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website.
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Ike Whitehead (Trail Shop Wax Tech), will be doing a wax demo at Brunello Saturday January 12th, the first day of lessons. Do you have questions and are looking for wax tuning tips? Ike will be happy to share tips and techniques.
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Our groomers have been busy getting the trails ready for this year's ski season. They have been checking the trails, removing hazards as well as putting up signage for our skiers. Please make sure you follow signage for directions, parking as well as any emergency information. Skiing the wrong way on a trail could mean a collision with another skier, so please follow signage.
If you are looking for information on the 5 trails groomed by our club in and around HRM, please visit
www.halifaxnordic.ca/trails
. You will find directions, maps as well as general details on conditions.There are snow pockets around the city so conditions will vary storm to storm meaning one trail may have better conditions than others.
It is important to make sure the trails are set before members ski, so please wait until our groomers post that the trails are open before heading out. Information will be posted through Facebook, Twitter and on the
Trails
page of our website. This will ensure that snow lasts a little bit longer on the trails and better conditions overall. We have also invested in more trail signage this season and will be updating signage on new trails as we bring them on board and are familiar with grooming.
We encourage members to post updates too as conditions change throughout the day and we don’t groom every park every day. The best way to update others on trail conditions is to post to our facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/HFXNordic/
or Twitter:
@HFXNordic
. These updates will also appear on our website.
We use the following hashtags for our trails:
Dollar Lake: #DollarTrails
Brunello: #BrunelloTrails
MSP: #MSPTrails
Graves-Oakley: #GOTrails
Smileys:: #SmileysTrails
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There are many great spots to ski in and around Nova Scotia as well as in neighbouring New Brunswick. I would recommend joining the Facebook group
NS XC skiers searching for skiable snow to check for snow conditions in NS and NB. Kejimkujik, Keppoch, Victoria Park, North Highlands Nordic, Wentworth are a few of the ski areas arond the province. If you are looking to go to New Brunswick for a few days, try Fredericton, Moncton, Kouchibouguac or Charlo; many of the accomodations in Kouchibouguac also offer discounts to Halifax Nordic members- just check our
website for details.
There is snow in the forecast over the next few days so please, post trail updates if you find skiable conditions.
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Winter nights at Brunello in 2020
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This winter we are planning to have scheduled activities taking place at Brunello through the week: lessons, social skis as well as races.
Weather permitting, we are planning for Monday night lessons, Tuesday social skis and Wednesday night races. Our snow making infrastructure, new lights and a larger bowl should get more members out to Brunello during the week. The clubhouse will also be open evenings, so there is a spot to warm up after your ski. Stay tuned!
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Ways to volunteer with the club
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We are looking for a range of volunteers to help us run this year's club. Looking to volunteer? We have many rolls: coaches, event volunteers, join the Halifax Nordic Board, grooming , etc. Send us an
email and we would be happy to find a role for you.
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Thank you to our club sponsors, we are grateful for your generous support of our club and growing the cross country ski community.
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Halifax Nordic Ski Club |Halifax | www.halifaxnordic.ca
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