Fantastic Cross Country Skiing and Snowshoeing Experience
Please join us for Wednesday evenings filled with friends, fun and cross-country skiing followed by an aprés-ski social in the Telemark lodge – Meet at 6:00pm every Wednesday. Feel free to bring classic or skate skis, guests, a sense of adventure and snacks for afterwards! Hope to see you there!
You may have noticed a silver dog-bone-shaped sticker on the back of your season pass this year. It is an RFID tag in support of a pilot project we are running at Telemark this year. It allows us to automatically detect when a season pass moves past the lodge, permitting us to gather anonymous visit statistics. We don’t know specifically who the tag belongs to — we will NEVER track people at Telemark without your permission! But we can tell when “someone” arrives and how long they stay on the property each time that “someone” visits. From this data we can compile, for example:
This is just a pilot project, to see what we can learn that will help us manage and improve the club. Some thoughts about how the club might benefit:
But we really have no idea what we might discover. To our knowledge, this is the first time this technology has been deployed in a Nordic club in North America. (If you know of others, please drop us a note because we would love to chat with them!)
Thanks to the 2 Engineering / Computer Science UBC recent grads who donated their time to design and write the software for this project. The equipment was provided on loan from Canmore-based Zone 4. The RFID expertise was provided by Dallas-based Codesource LLC.
“Loppet”is a Swedish word that means citizens ski event….a competition for everyone no matter what your level.
“Never done a Loppet before? Come join the fun. The full Loppet is a Skiathlon (both Classic and Skate) but we also have shorter courses and a recreational category in classic technique just for you. It is a 7.5 km course on Telemark and Rabbit. If you can ski the full Telemark trail, the recreational race course will be a piece of cake for you.” Great food, prizes and lots of fun! Registration is open until 11:59pm Jan 10th. for more infor please go to our “Calendar of Events” Webpage
For those of you who are not doing the Apple Loppet, Telemark is open to the public. Please be aware that there will be some restrictions on some trails during the event. Loppet time is 10am to 1pm.
The Telemark Nordic Club would like to welcome Red Moose Immigration Services as a Club sponsor.
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 so have become our newest sponsor. You may have seen their banner at the lodge as the backdrop for our season pass photos 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.
If you are interested in sponsoring the Telemark Nordic Club please contact us. Sponsorship Pkg
It’s going to be a great day and a busy day at Telemark on Saturday January 4th.
Join us for the annual Fresh Air Experience Nordic Demo Day! Try out the latest & greatest cross-country ski gear from Madshus, Rossignol, Fischer, Salomon, Swix and more. 10am to 2pm.
Also Saturday is the start of the main season for the Telemark Ski League kids program. 150 kids in ski programs along with their parents will be at Telemark from 10am to 1pm. We are looking forward to having the kids all here for another fantastic season. If you want to avoid the crowds plan your skiing day accordingly.
We hope you have a wonderful Christmas! Come on up to Telemark for a ski or snowshoe this Christmas. We have great conditions and will be open everyday through the entire Christmas season. This year we will be open on Christmas Day as well. Check out the full Christmas Schedule
Our tree is looking much more loved now. Thanks to those who contributed some decorations
Great News! Telemark received an early Christmas present in the form of a $250,000 BC Gaming Capital Project Grant. The grant combined with our savings and a little fundraising will allow us to purchase a brand new snowcat grooming machine this year. Telemark already has a reputation for great grooming but the new machine will give us even better and more reliable grooming for the next 10 years at a lower overall cost. The funding will allow us to invest more in the Club facilities and programs over the next few years and will be a benefit to all Club members and the entire Central Okanagan Community. A special thanks goes to the Province BC for this funding support. Full Press Release
With a little more snow falling this last week we have been busy preparing the trails and we are now ready and excited to open. The daylodge will be open and staffed regularly and the trails groomed for skiing starting Saturday December 14th. The conditions are very good on most trails but we still do not have mid winter conditions yet. Not all trails are open and early season conditions prevail. This means that the snow may be thin in places and dirt, rocks and other hazards may be present. Please use caution. Snowshoeing is possible but more snow is needed.
1/2 $ price day passes for the first weekend.
Our opening dates have varied over the years. Last year was quite late but this year is pretty close to average. Have a look at the graphs below which show our average opening dates, ski days per season and closing dates. See any trends?
