Archives for February 2021

Come experience springtime skiing / snowshoeing at its best on Saturday, March 20 by skiing and/or snowshoeing the entire Telemark Nordic Centre trail footprint.  Sunshine, great snow conditions.  Experience two of the best views in the Okanagan at the summits of our Panorama and Crystal Rim trails.

For the Skiers:

• 15 km “south perimeter” (Rabbit + Telemark + Panorama + Memory Lane trails), or
• 35 km “full perimeter” (all the “south” trails + Fern + Easy Street + Connector + Carol + Crystal Rim trails)

For the Snowshoers:

• 5 km “half-course” (Panorama trail to the first shortcut), or
• 8 km “full-course” (Complete Panorama trail)

For the Nordic Nuts:

• “Total Nordic Experience”  — 5 km “half course” snowshoe plus 35 km “full perimeter” ski.  Our Club President Brent Hobbs has put down the challenge to see how many other Nuts like him we have in our Telemark community.

The Details

• Click here to register.  $10, proceeds going to our Junior Racing team.
• ½ price day pass and ½ price rentals for registered participants – purchase at the lodge when you arrive.
• It is an experience, not a race.  Go at your own pace.
• The course will be well marked.
• Ski classic or skate, or switch it up at the half way point.
• Start whenever you wish after 8:00 AM.  The lodge closes at 6:00 PM and sunset is just after 7 PM.  Give yourself about 5 hours for the 35 km ski, 2.5 hours for the 8 km snowshoe.  If you start late, pick up a complimentary headlamp loaner at the lodge.
• We will time your ski for you with Chip timing.
• Ski with your friends or family as long as they are in your COVID bubble.
• Bring a camera!  Email us your best photos so we can post.
• If you don’t feel well, don’t come.  If you are worried you might have been exposed to COVID, don’t come.  We will refund 100% of your payments, no questions asked!

Telemark Nordic Club was the proud winner of the 20/21 Cross Country BC membership contest.  We reached 135%  of the previous year’s total membership as of  Nov 1st.  BTW… we are now at 160% with record membership. Way to go Telemark!  Thanks to all the members/season pass holders.

The prize awarded to Telemark was a set of Fischer Twin Skin classic Race skis, Turnamic race classic bindings and Fischer RCS classic boots. In the spirit of further competition, the Telemark board of directors generously offered the prizes to the Youth Race Team for an auction. Along with the gear there are some cool toques, buffs and t-shirts from the contest sponsors.

Click on the link for photos, specs and auction bidding details. Let’s have a little fun with the auction! Good luck and may the most determined skiers win the auction!

Thank you to the contest sponsors and partners for their ongoing support of Cross Country skiing in BC.

 

We would love to learn from our members and day-pass visitors.  Please complete the survey below so we can provide better services.  It will take you less than 10 minutes and there are great draw prizes up for grabs.   Click here to take the survey by Feb 28

This is a province-wide survey for all Nordic enthusiasts, but by selecting Telemark in the survey we will get your feedback sent directly (and anonymously) to us.

Thank you for taking the time! Check our web page in March to see the results.

The Prizes: 

• One $500 gift certificate to your favourite cross-country ski store.
• Five $100 gift certificates to your favourite cross-country ski store.
• Ten Swix Gunde toques, the classic design from 1974 ($40 value each).

It may be cold and wintery now but spring is coming soon.  Now is a good time to be thinking of spring projects like a Grid Tie Solar System from IPS!

The folks at IPS are going to donate 2% of material sales to Team Telemark for every solar system a season pass holder/member installs!

We love our sponsors!  Give Mike Edwards a call at the lodge if you want more information or call IPS (250) 769-2843 and tell them Mike from Telemark sent you! We received this letter from one of our members regarding an installed system last fall.

My Mini Power Plant
“Curiosity finally got the better of me.  After seeing that IPS logo on the Trail Conditions page every day all winter, I decided to click the link and see what this Telemark sponsor was all about.  My wife and I have been interested in solar power for many years, but it was too expensive and we did not know how to get it done.  Last fall we turned on our new mini power plant and we are thrilled.

This new solar technology rocks. When it is producing at peak (5 kW), it powers our entire house including air conditioning.  What we have is a “grid tie” system, which means there are no batteries or complex control modules, and we get to sell our excess power to BC Hydro. 

For us, it is “the right thing to do” because nearly 40% of greenhouse gas arises from electricity generation.  Solar generation on the roof is something that every homeowner can do to help solve the climate change problem.  At current prices for solar panels plus the BC Hydro Grid Tie deal, it also turns out to be a pretty good investment.  Plus, people are saying that the market value of our house has probably increased more than the cost of the system.

IPS did a great job.  The system went in quickly and the panels look fantastic on the roof. It makes me smile every time I walk past the power monitor and see that $negative number telling me I am selling power to BC Hydro!”