Mike Edwards

On Saturday March 3rd and Sunday March 4th the Biathlon BC Cup will take place at Telemark. Biathlon races are exciting to watch as they are centralized around the range, so there is lots of action. There will be few trail closures during this event. If you have some time to volunteer for next weekend’s race please click here. No prior experience needed.

The Telemark Nordic Club would like to thank the volunteers, parents, spectators, staff, members, first aid team, race committee and 664 individual competitors who made the last 3 days of racing a big success. One of the largest X-C  races ever held in BC and it was done safely, with no injuries. It was great to see other BC Nordic clubs coming to train on our timing system, for use during their races. Thank-you for pulling together.  Telemark is open Monday from 9-4 PM, and with the fresh power skiing and snowshoeing should be great.

Telemark blessed us with 30 cm of powder during the races today. The BC X-C Championships will continue on Sunday. Click here to read about trail closures. All skiing and snowshoeing trails are open at 02:00 PM on Saturday. The parking lot will be very busy until that time. For the best place to get Telemark trail information click here. Any bags, boots or bags left on the table of floor of the upper chalet on Sunday will be moved to the athletes lounge in the grooming shed.

 

The BC X-C Championships will continue on Saturday.  Click here to read about trail closures. All skiing and snowshoeing trails are open at 02:00 PM on Sunday. The parking lot will be very busy until that time. The Jack Rabbit Ski League lessons are cancelled on Saturday. For the best place to get Telemark trail information click here. For race participants,  for safety reasons,  all day bags and skiing equipment must be stored in the aluminum grooming shed. None in the upper lodge this weekend please.

The BC X-C Championships are being held this Friday, Saturday and Sunday. 650 athletes are registered, so our parking lot will be very busy until about 2:00 PM.

Forest Lane and Memory Lane will be open. Telemark and Panorama can be accessed via Telemark trail, during race times. Stay to the right on the first hill of Telemark trail and be careful of race participants. Recreational Skiing access will be closed on the Fern Creek side until 2:00PM each day. All trails are open after 2:00 PM. The Doggy Ski trail is open during race times.

The Chalet Loop and Doggy Snowshoe trails are open all weekend. Pine Forest, Jack Creek and Crystal Rim snowshoe trails are closed until 2:00 PM on race days, this weekend.

Phil Klotz and his experience grooming team will be in the stadium from noon to 02:00 PM on Saturday February 24th to answer any questions you have about Telemark’s grooming. They will be rolling out all the grooming machines and equipment if you would like to learn more about Nordic trail grooming. Who ever asks Phil the best question wins two free trail passes.

Special Olympics Kelowna and Telemark Nordic Club  will be hosting the Special Olympics Regional Games for skiing and snowshoeing on Saturday February 10, 2018 at Telemark. Sixteen of our skiers and seven snowshoers will compete against athletes from every region of BC. Tracey Melesko and Francis Stanley, both gold medal winners at the 2017 Special Olympics World Winter Games, will join. This is a small event and will not impact skiing and snowshoeing. The left side of Rabbit trail will be closed for an hour or two during this event.

Telemark has a good problem. The four snow gauges are buried. Lots of snow to groom, for great skiing.  The first person to tell Ron Earle the depth of the Crystal Rim snow gauge receives two free trail passes. There has been powder on the snowshoe trails for two weeks. Come and get above the clouds.