In the spring and summer of 2021 the Telemark Nordic Club Board of Directors developed a new long term strategic plan. This new plan, unveiled in the winter of 2021-22, will be used to guide our Club development for the next few years. Please go to our Strategic Plan Website page to see all the Club’s plans
Welcome Back Red Moose Immigration Services as a Telemark Sponsor
The Telemark Nordic Club would like to welcome back Red Moose Immigration Services as a Club sponsor for their third year.
Nicole and Robert Kleemaier of Red Moose Immigration Services in Kelowna are avid cross-country skiers and have been long time, active Telemark members. They wanted to give something back to the Club and have become a dedicated sponsor. You may have seen their banner as the backdrop for the season pass photo this year. You will definitely see Nicole and Robert around the trails in their distinctive Red Moose outfits.
Red Moose supports foreign nationals in their efforts to get a visitor visa, study permit, work permit or permanent resident permit. They also help employers who want to hire those individuals. If you need these kinds of services please think of Nicole and Robert and Red Moose Immigration Services.
Are you interested in sponsoring the Telemark Nordic Club? Check out our Sponsor webpage
Happy Holidays From The Telemark Nordic Club
To the valued members, guests and volunteers of the Telemark Community: On behalf of the Board and Staff of the Telemark Nordic Club, I would like to wish you all a safe, healthy, and joyous holiday season, and New Year. With over 50 km of cross-country ski and snowshoe trails, Telemark offers a healthy way to stay active while maintaining a “social-distance.” Enjoy Telemark this Holiday season with your friends and family! Sincerely Brent Hobbs, President
The season is well underway and skiing and snowshoeing at Telemark are fantastic. We will be open everyday through the entire Christmas season including Christmas day. Check out the full Christmas Schedule
Telemark Now Open for XC Skiing and Snowshoeing for the Season!
Thanks Mother Nature for all the beautiful cold, fluffy snow over the last few days! Telemark now has enough snow to bring out our big snowcat grooming machine and we are OPEN for the season. Come check out the trails and see some of the new additions at Telemark this year like our new parking lot, Solar power system and renovated rental room.
If you are a season passholder please come and pick up your season pass on your first ski or snowshoe and remember to bring your pass every time you come skiing.
Day users please remember you can purchase your day passes or rentals on Shopify to help make things easy more COVID friendly. You can still come into the day lodge though.
Please be aware that COVID protocols are in place. We will have limited numbers of people allowed in our buildings for a short time to pick up passes or rentals or a snack/drink… but…people are not allowed to stay in the day lodge to eat lunch, change clothes or socialize. Vaccination Passports are NOT required
Welcome to the 2021-22 Season?
Public opening delayed until Dec 20th
While Telemark does have some snow now and we have been preparing the trails we DO NOT currently have enough snow to groom properly and open the trails safely for public skiing. We have about an 8-10cm base but we need a minimum of a 20cm base to groom properly and safely. It looks like we will get a few small snowfalls over the next week and we hope to be open by Dec 20.
In the mean time the Telemark day lodge will be open 9am to 5pm and staffed starting Monday Dec 13th. So you can come up to pick up your season pass, drop off some skis for pre-season waxing, check out our new parking lot, go for a walk on the K9 trails and have a hot chocolate.
Seasonal Job Opportunity – Telemark Nordic Centre
Telemark is looking for one more Guest Services staff member for the 2021-22 winter season.
SKILLS:
• Knowledge of Nordic skiing and snowshoeing
• Exceptional communications skills in working with the public
• Demonstrated problem solving skills and ability to think and act independently
• Some computer skills (word processing, email, website update, social media, POS)
• Ability to do physical work
• Ability to teach ski lessons an asset
RESPONSIBILITIES:
• handling cash, credit cards, debit cards and doing daily cash-outs using a POS
• processing gift certificates, punch passes, coupons, vouchers and volunteer passes
• selling equipment rentals, day passes, and food
• daily chores including snow shoveling, firewood, garbage pick-up
• cleaning and sanitizing duties including day lodge and bathrooms
• restocking product
• front counter customer service
• identifying and resolving customer issues
• monitoring, answering and actioning telephone and email inquiries
• assistance with website and social media postings
• perhaps most important, make our club members and guests smile!
For more information or to submit a resume and cover letter by Dec 1, 2021 please contact Mike Edwards (General Manager) mike.edwards@telemarknordic.com or ph.250-707-5925
Thanks for a Successful Ski Swap, Work Party Day and AGM last month.
The last couple of weekends of October were busy ones at Telemark.
On Saturday Oct 23rd we held our annual ski swap at Kelowna Cycle. The swap raised an incredible $7000 for our Competitive Youth Program – a new record by far. Thanks to all the volunteers who helped make it run smoothly, to Kelowna Cycle for hosting the swap and to all the people who consigned and/or purchased equipment.
On Saturday Oct 30th more than 75 volunteers joined us at Telemark for our annual work party to help us get ready for the coming winter. Lots of great projects got done… from firewood splitting to fence/bench painting to rental room organizing to trail brushing and more. After all the work was done we hosted a free bbq. Thanks to everybody for all the work. Bring on the snow!
Right after the work party and bbq we held our AGM here we reported on the successes of the last year and confirmed out new Board of Directors Three new directors have joined the Board to replace three departing directors. The new directors are Sandy Redman – Race Team Liaison Director and Jamie Sprules & Colin McGuinness -Directors at Large. We are looking forward to putting the new directors to work over the next year. To see a full list of directors please Click here.
Telemark Annual Work Party and AGM – Saturday Oct 30th
Come join the fun on Saturday Oct 30th and help us get ready for winter. We are hosting a work party from 9:00 AM until noon to…split firewood, paint, do trail maintenance and accomplish a few other odd jobs before the season starts.
We will break at noon for lunch. The Club will host a free BBQ with burgers, hot dogs, snacks and drinks. The day lodge will be open but the number of people allowed inside will be limited and no gathering will be allowed inside to eat lunch etc. So please be prepared to remain outside as much as possible.
The Telemark Annual General Meeting will take place right after lunch at 1pm. The AGM is a great opportunity to meet the Telemark Board of Directors and find out what is going on in the Club. Physical distancing measures will be in place and numbers of people at the AGM will be limited due to COVID restrictions. The AGM will be available as a Zoom meeting. If you want to join by Zoom please register ahead of time – phone 250-707-5925 or email mike.edwards@telemarknordic.com
We hope to see you there.
