March 12 Gander Invitational on today

March 12 Gander Invitational on today

The temperature held below freezing at -1 for long enough last night for Roy to regroom the trails for the race courses. Our online registration closed last night with 46 signed up and we are expecting more to register in person this morning before it closes at 10:30 am. Before 1 pm skiing will be [...]

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March11 Fresh grooming & busy weekend

Roy was grooming for about 5 hours until 3 am this morning & then Terry went out to finish things up. Everything except the Red Extension has been freshly groomed. The trails should be in great shape today. The groomers worked hard with the blade levelling out some uneven spots left over from the melt [...]

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G I Early registration ends Thursday night

After midnight tonight the registration for the Gander Invitational goes up $3 a person. https://www.zone4.ca/onlinereg.asp?id=3645 We’ve changed change the route for the Gander Invitational back to our traditional course since we weren’t confident that we could have the Red Extension in good enough shape for the meet on Saturday. The course for Saturday  involves our [...]

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March 10 Sunscreen today; skating and waxing tonight

Put on your sunscreen today and enjoy the trails. The skiing was top notch yesterday and should be again today. Except for the short section of the Red Extension I mentioned yesterday, the trails held up well to the mild.  Everything is groomed and in good shape. Don’t miss today, and there is lots going on tonight. [...]

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March 9 Great skiing; waxing clinic and skating lessons Thursday

Great day for a ski. I just got back from a ski & found that all the trails except the Red Extension held up well to the mild. Take the shortcut across the cutover on the Red Extension to avoid the wet area below the cutover. The skating is excellent. Some of the best glide [...]

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March 9 Trails groomed; everything open

Terry groomed all the trails last night. The hut is open & the lights are on again each night.  Volunteers needed. We still need volunteers for the Gander Invitational this weekend. As well Sean needs people to lock up the hut each night.  Remember to register online for the invitational. Go to https://www.zone4.ca/onlinereg.asp?id=3645.

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March 7 Hut closed; lights off for a couple of nights

  Until the temperatures go below zero and we can groom again, the hut will be closed & the lights off.   Ski conditions were again excellent and we had a good turnout for the free skiing and beginners lessons on Saturday. Thanks to everyone who made the day a success- to Nigel Summers & Gary [...]

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March5 Overnight grooming. Free skiing and lessons

 Thanks to the Ballycaters and Jeanne Collins for their foot-stompin’ entertainment in the hut last night. A good time was had by all.  Roy and Terry divided the grooming last night since working the hard packed snow was slow and tedious. They finished at 4 am and were able to groom everything except the Red [...]

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March2 Grooming & weekend events

 Once the temperature dropped last night Terry groomed all the trails. Enjoy them while you can. Conditions will probably be a little softer today but, nevertheless, good. Classic skiers won’t get too many more days with the soft diagonal track that we are likely to have today. Those of you lucky enough to ski midday, [...]

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Kidsfest & Midget Championship Results

Results at Zone 4 In each age category medals donated by S & P Sports were awarded to the top three skiers based on points earned in each event.        Atom Girls Gold          Jane Bennett               Avalon Nordic Silver         Kristen Morawski       Airport Nordic Bronze       Madison Collins          Airport Nordic Atom Boys Gold          Daley Merrigan           Blow Me [...]

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