Season's greetings to all of our Halifax Nordic Ski Club members.
May your holidays be merry and bright. Wishing you and your family a happy 2019 filled with snow and plenty of skiing!
In this week's newsletter:
Ways to get involved with the club:
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 Looking to Ski Today?
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Graves Oakley Dec 20 |
Graves Oakley and Brunello are groomed. Although our members are saying Graves Oakley is much better skiing today. If you are skiing Graves Oakley tonight, bring a head lamp and join the lights floating around the trail.
If you are skiing Brunello, it's a very thin 3/4 inch layer of snow on top of the asphalt so watch out for bare asphalt and icy patches. In other words, if you fall at Brunello today- it's a HARD fall! For more information on trail conditions check
www.halifaxnordic.ca/trails.
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Trail Condition Updates
The best way to keep updated on trail conditions is to follow us on Twitter @HFXNordic, check our Facebook page, or our Website trails page www.halifaxnordic.ca/trails . The conditions get posted to all three spots. Want to help us? Post photos and conditions after you ski to either Twitter or Facebook and our members can stay up to date.Tweet to @HFXNordic to report trail conditions after you ski to let other members know. @HFXNordic uses the following trail #hashtags:
Dollar Lake: #DollarTrails
Brunello: #BrunelloTrails
MSP: #MSPTrails
Graves-Oakley: #GOTrails
Smileys:: #SmileysTrails
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Holiday Ski Trips
Want to join fellow members of Halifax Nordic for holiday skiing in New Brunswick? At least two groups will be enjoying the trails of our wintry neighbour to the north between Christmas and New Years. One group will be based in Charlo staying at the Heron's Nest Cottages and skiing at Les Adventurers Club nearby. Contact Susan McClure (susanmcclure@eastlink.ca) for more details. Additional accommodation can be found at the Days Inn and the Best Western both in Dalhousie. A second group will be based in Miramichi staying at the King George B&B and skiing at any of Kouchibouguac, the nearby Miramichi Club or at Bathurst (about 50 minutes further north) depending on trail conditions. Additional accommodation is available at the lovely L' Ancrage right next to Kouch, The Governor's Mansion (close to the Miramichi Club) and Rodd's in downtown Miramichi. Contact Steve Chipman (schipman@bellaliant.net) for more details. And, of course, depending on conditions, there may be plenty of options right here in Nova Scotia either locally on our own club-groomed trails, at Victoria Park in Truro, at Keppoch near Antigonish or on the beautiful trails of North Highland Nordic at Cape North, Cape Breton. Whatever your choice, come join us in having lots of fun outdoors participating in one of the best winter sports - after all, 6 million Norwegians can't all be wrong!
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Bluenose skiers are "on the go",
Hunting, driving in search of snow,
Although the weather may not be great,
"No skiing" is never their fate,
Their passion for trails is so, so high,
And their wish for speed so hits the sky,
That off to the woods they do look,
For a patch of white on which to book,
Another training day to help them cope,
With NS weather instead of mope.
Anonymous
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The ski season is here - purchase your Halifax Nordic membership now. You can choose to donate to the snow-making fund when you register.
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The pump house at Brunello is complete with a new water lateral to bring water up into the shed. Plumbing and electrical were completed this week and we are just waiting for HRM's approval to turn on the water AKA .... snow.
This portion of the job represents over 30% of our budget. Brunello has been unbelievable partners in this whole plan and there is no way Halifax Nordic could have done this without them- thank you Brunello! Also a big thank you to
the Department of Communities, Culture and Heritage, and Cross Country
Nova Scotia for their contribution to
Halifax Nordic needs your support this season so that we can offer consistent skiing through snow making. If all members donate just
$20 each we will r
each our goal! Remember how much you used to pay for a Martock season pass? - please consider investing that amount in local snow-making
Our snow-making partners include:
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Ski Team News
Congratulations to Maggie McClure and Colin Ward for their finishes at Nakkertok's Candy Cane Cup. These are great finishes for our Nova Scotian athletes competing in Ontario.
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Pop-up ski events
Keep an eye out for pop-up events run by Halifax Nordic Ski Club. We were able to run a few roller ski events this fall for members looking to try roller skis. As the weather gets colder and snow falls, look for pop-up ski events. We will post these on our Facebook Page and on our website's
News page.
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Messages from sponsors
In the next few newsletters we will bring you news from our sponsors. Our sponsors are an important part of the club and help bring better skiing to members through their help with grooming, snow-making, running events and providing equipment or services. Thank you to all of our amazing sponsors!
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There is great skiing on the Truro trails in Victoria Park. These trails are maintained by the city of Truro and there is an extensive network of skate and classic tracks. If you venture to Truro, be sure to head downtown to
Hub Cycle (33 Inglis Pl) to see their selection of ski equipment, waxes and accessories. Before your next race, drop into
Hub Cycle to check out their cross country ski selection.
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Message from The Trail Shop
The Trail Shop
is giving back this holiday season and has launched their Health + Kindness initiative, fundraising in support of the IWK Foundation. All proceeds from sales of The Trail Shop branded gear & apparel (and yes, they have Trail Shop branded ski bags!) go directly to the IWK Children's Health Center who provide vital life saving support and services to children & families in our very own community. You can also make a donation in store or online at
trailshop.com
. Help The Trail Shop give the gift of Health + Kind
ness this holiday season and stop in and check out their amazing new cross country ski section and make your donation to the Health + Kindness initiative!
Did you know The Trail Shop also services cross country skis? Whether you need a base prep wax or repair, come in and drop your gear for speedy servicing!
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It is easy to get involved with Halifax Nordic and as a volunteer-run club with over 400 members, we are looking for more folks to help with events, lessons, fundraising for snow making, our club board as well as an occasional ask. Below are a few ways to get involved, so email us at
info@halifaxnordic if you would like to help us with our 2018/19 season.
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Becoming a parent coach with Halifax Nordic is a great opportunity to support your child to have fun outdoors in the winter, develop as a skiing athlete and get to know all the other ski-parents! Cross-Country Canada in partnership with the Coaching Association of Canada, has established an easily accessible coaching development pathway with on-line training modules and super on-line resources. Find out more at: http://www.cccski.com/Programs/Coaching-Development/Parent-Coaching-101.aspx?lang=en-CA and watch a short presentation. Halifax Nordic supports its coaches with a free adult membership.
Some of our programs are full and we will have to turn away children from learning to ski unless we have more coaches. Please consider becoming a parent-coach and contact programs@halifaxnordic.ca.
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Do you have some easy-to-access indoor storage space in the Halifax area that the Club could use to store program and race equipment? We would need approx. 5'x5' accessed a few times per year. Please contact
info@halifaxnordic.ca if you can help us out.
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Are you a wax-tech-geek willing to share your expertise with baffled newbie skiers?
Even with the wealth of on-line how-to-wax videos, it would be very helpful to have a few local ski club members who our newer members could call-up to ask questions about waxing/equipment/etc.
If you could field an occasional call in the coming months, please email your contact info to
info@halifaxnordic.ca. We won't post your name on-line, we would just give it out when we get email queries, or in-person at the equipment rental pick-up or at the Ski Swap. Ideally if we have a bank of experts, you won't be called on too often.
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