General

Near perfect conditions and a record 248 racers from 3 years old to 80 years old took on the Telemark trails today.  And we had a sweep with both the fastest male and fastest female.

Fastest Female, Telemark’s Julia Ransom completed the 30 KM skathlon in 1:29:37.  Julia also won the hill climb in 3 minutes 31 seconds and ALSO the downhill challenge in 5 minutes 58 seconds.

Fastest Male, also from the Telemark club, Ian Williams was fastest male with a finish time of 1:16:45.  Ian also won the hill climb in 2 minutes 48 seconds and ALSO won the downhill challenge in 5 minutes 21 seconds.

Congratulations Julia and Ian.  Complete results are available on Zone 4.

Photo credit Olaf Dijkstra.

The Apple Loppet is set for Sunday Jan 13th!  Don’t let that stop you from coming up for a recreational ski or snowshoe  The Telemark Nordic Centre is open for public skiing and snowshoeing on Loppet day.  To avoid the crowds and have the best skiing available it would be best to plan your ski for mid-day.

The kids races start at 9:30am and the main Loppet starts at 10:10am.  The Classic leg of the Loppet – on Telemark Trail –  is first to go and most racers will be off that trail by 11:15am.  The skate leg of the Loppet – mainly on Fern Trail – is last so it will be better to ski in the afternoon.  Most of the competitors will be finished  and things will be winding down by about 12:30 with the Loppet course completely cleared by 1:30. Full Schedule

Snowshoers will need to be extra careful crossing the ski trails when racers are coming through.

Saturday was a beautiful and busy day up here.  We were in the sunshine above the valley cloud with temperatures hovering just around zero Celsius.  Should be more of the same on Sunday and will make for another great day at Telemark for the Loppet and for regular skiing and snowshoeing.

 

 

 

The Telemark Nordic  Club Apple Loppet is almost upon us – Sunday January 13th.   Registration on Zone 4 closes 5pm (PT) Jan 12, 2019. There are still a few spots left but they are going quickly… Register now!!

Loppet Maps can be found on our Race Notice

The younger kids start at 9:30am with the main Loppet starting just after 10am. Full Loppet Schedule

If you are doing the relay event and need a partner please let us know and we will try to find somone for you.

Questions? Contact us gm@telemarknordic.com

Volunteers Needed

Our beloved Apple Loppet XC ski race is on again this year next Sunday, Jan. 13.  If you are not racing, please come out and help us make this a memorable event for the more than 100 kids as young as 3 years old and of course all of the older athletes who come to race.  We need people for course setup, aid/nutrition stations, timing, course marshallers, food and snack stations, and parking lot.   Chose your preference — keep warm inside or be right in the middle of the action with the racers.  No experience necessary.  Click here for signup form or directly contact our volunteer coordinator Alison by email at volunteer@telemarknordic.com.

Request for Baking Donations

We are accepting donations of baked items and fresh fruit for the Apple Loppet next Sunday.  Cookies, squares, muffins, what have you.  Items can be dropped off at the lodge Saturday all day or Sunday morning.  Please email Alison at volunteer@telemarknordic.com if you have questions or if you want someone to pick up your goodies.

Thank you for volunteering.

Great Food, Rocking Tunes, age-appropriate prizes
30 km relay or skiathalon
Recreational, Youth and Special Olympic Categories
“Monarch of the Mountain” timed hill climb
“Kamikaz-(s)he Run” timed downhill challenge
Claim bragging rights for your hill climbing stamina and tuck technique
Youth and Recreational categories are classic technique:
3 & 4 year old Bunnies – 200 metres
7 & under age 1km
8-11 age 3km
12-15 age 6km (2 x 3km)
16-17 age 7.5km
Recreational is all ages and 7.5km
Special Olympics 3km

Special Olympics Snowshoe – this will be run separate to the loppet in the afternoon. There are 2 distances – 50 and 100 metres.

Skiathlon is 30km (classic & free technique) and offers 10 year age categories starting at 18 years of age.

Click here to register.

It’s going to be a great day and busy at Telemark on Saturday January 5th.

Join us for the annual Fresh Air Concept/Experience Demo Day!  Try  out the latest & greatest cross-country ski gear from Madshus, Rossignol, Fischer, Salomon, Swix and more. Starts 10am

 

Also Saturday is the start of 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 you skiing day appropriately.

The Telemark Nordic Centre is open on New Year’s day with modified hours from 10am to 4pm.  Welcome in the new year with some fun in the snow and burn off some of those holiday calories.

A week ago we were worried about being able to open at all. We received almost 40cm of snow this week,  conditions are now like mid winter and we are fully open for the season!

Our high tech snow guage shows 53cm of settled snow in the stadium area.  That’s getting close to 2 Ft of snow depth.  We are doing  regular grooming with the Pisten Bully snowcat and the skiing and snowshoeing is incredible.

Regular prices are now in effect for ski and snowshoe day passes! Lots of rentals available!

Come on up to Telemark and enjoy the snow!