Halifax Nordic Ski Club Newsletter
In this week's newsletter:

  • Record Breaking Membership
  • Ski Until You Can't Ski Anymore!!!
  • HNSC/Nordiq Canada Fundraiser
  • HNSC Programming Update
  • Rental Skis at Brunello
Jan 28th, 2021
640 MEMBERS!!!!!
Wow! Amazing Growth for our Sport.

Welcome to all 640 members of HNSC. It is great to be a part of a community of people who not only make the best of Winter... but who genuinely LOVE it!!!
Anyone else have tired legs?

And the skiing continue!!! Since last Friday, most of our venues have been reporting excellent ski conditions.


Dollar Lake was "packed" last weekend. There must have been 50 skiers there on Sunday. The snow coverage is certainly thinning but conditions remain good with a fresh regroom early Thursday morning. The best part about having so many skiers out is that it gives you a chance to stop and chat (rest) when climbing one of Dollar's many hills!!!



Our new venue Paragon XC is a hit!!! Gorgeous golf course layout, enough snow for track setting the entire 4.3 km loop and the day I was there, blue skies and sunshine!!!

Like Oakfield, a completely separate multi-use trail is also groomed for the walkers, dogs and snowshoeing crowd. XC skiers enjoy sharing a love of winter. We just enjoy it better without footprints on our trails!!

As always visit our website for more trail info.

The most current trail conditions are found on our FB and Twitter feeds. We recommend checking every time, especially now as conditions will be precarious until we get more snow. Brunello cart paths are closed until further snow.

Thank you to all the members who are helping by posting their conditions report. It is much appreciated when planning to head out!!
Quote of the Week!!

"Hello Halifax Nordic,
A special "Thank You" to Lorenzo for grooming Paragon and with a classic track. The group I was with this morning was most appreciative and made a special mention of how much easier it is skiing in a groomed track. Many of these folks just have not had the opportunity to ski in such a track. 
I skied until I could not ski any more, today, both disciplines!!! Thank you Lorenzo. Jim"
Who wants a new Ginzu? You do!

Halifax Nordic's groomers would love to make our trails even better, so we are doing a fundraiser to purchase a 108" Ginzu groomer with 2 tracksetters, to provide a double classic track and wonderful corduroy. The new machine costs approx. $15K. This fundraiser will allow our club to purchase the machine for use next year. HNSC will use member fees to pay the balance for the grooming machine
HNSC is a 100% volunteer driven club.

DONORS WILL RECEIVE A TAX RECEIPT
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Programming Up and Running!!!
What a difference a week made. Our adaptable coaches and learners fully embraced our first week of programming that turned out to be dry-land training sessions held at McDonald's Sports Park. For the youth there were games, relay races, and balance drills. Then a late Friday surprise snow saved the day and turned the second lesson into a winter wonderland.
Spots remain in the Thursday after school program that is starting Jan 28th. Brunello, 4:30-5:15pm, Ages 5-8, Skis available for rent from CCNS.
Contact Melanie for more info.


Weeknight programming also held a dry-land session, with roller skiing, a waxing tutorial and some balance drills on site at Brunello.

The driving range at Brunello came through this week for our second week of on snow lessons. We had Youth and Adult programming, Skate and Classic ranging from Intro all the way up to Advanced.

Thank you coaches!!!!
Rental Skis at Brunello
Due to overwhelming demand Brunello now requires prebooking for rentals of skis. Please call the golf shop to book at 902-876-7649 ext. 1.​ 

Don't forget that HNSC members get a significant discount on rentals from our partners at Brunello.
Thank you to our club sponsors, we are grateful for your generous support of our club and growing the cross country ski community.