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Clubs and Organizations

• The Vancouver Skiers offer organized day and overnight tours by bus and carpool to various ski areas, including trips to the Larch Hills and Cariboo loppets. The Nordic Racers and the Vancouver Skiers have offer joint memberships. Join both clubs and save some money!

• Cross Country BC, the provincial governing body for cross-country skiing.
• Cross Country Canada, the national governing body for cross-country skiing.
• FIS, Fédération Internationale de Ski, the International Ski Federation.
• Hollyburn Jackrabbit Ski Club.
• FASP, the First Aid Ski Patrol at Hollyburn.
• Callaghan Valley Training Centre, a National Athlete Development Centre that aims to provide a concentration of world-class training facilities, coaching and sport science resources for cross-country skiers.
• Keep informed - Want to stay current on the latest high level racing,volunteer opportunities and events in the Callaghan Valley?  Check out the newly launched Callaghan Valley Cross Country Ski Club (CVCCSC) website at
  http://callaghanxcski.ca/
  What is the CVCCSC?  It is a working group made up of members of cross country ski clubs in the Sea to Sky Corridor, who come together to organize a high level racing events, and the Sigge's Payak.
• B.C. ski clubs
• Worldloppet Ski Federation
• World Masters Cross-Country Ski Association

Loppets and Races

• P'ayak. A new cross country ski event at Whistler Olympic Park in the Callaghan Valley, site of the 2010 Winter Olympics. Features various loppet distances for adults and older teens, ski cross event for younger teens and a fun ski tournament for kids

Ski Areas

• Many of the clubs listed earlier operate their own trail systems.
• Cypress, A.K.A. Hollyburn Ridge. Our “local.”
• Cypress weather report, also at (604) 419-7669.
• (Lots of) Cypress trail maps.
• Cypress weather forecast.
• Manning Park Resort, in the Cascade mountains.
• Manning weather report.
• Whistler, perhaps better known for its downhill skiing.
• Whistler trail report, also at (604) 935-PLAY (935-7529), selection 2.
• Whistler temperatures. The cross-country trails are in the valley.
• Whistler Olympic Park at Callaghan Valley.
• The adjoining Callaghan Country area.
• Sovereign Lake Nordic Centre, near Vernon, B.C. Snow phone is (250) 260-5335.
• Silver Star Mountain, near Vernon, B.C. The location of our annual ski camp.
• Silver Star weather report, or call (250) 542-1745.
• Mount Washington, on Vancouver Island, near Courtenay, B.C.
• Mount Washington weather report, or call 1-888-833-1515.
• Methow Valley, in Washington state.

Ski Equipment and Shops

• Sigge’s Sport Villa, which offers a 10% discount to Nordic Racers Ski Club members, and hosts our annual Wine & Cheese in the fall. Sigge’s does mail-order, lessons & rentals, and ski bus trips.
• Deep Cove Outdoors, a North Shore purveyor of skis, boots, poles, clothing, and wax.
• MEC, a purveyor of skis, boots, poles, clothing, and wax.

Training Information

• Keith Nicol’s Nordic Ski Tips;
• More of Keith Nicol’s Nordic Ski Tips; and
• a couple of Keith Nicol’s videos: for skating and classic.
• Cross-Country Canada Technique Checklists.
• Stephen Seiler’s Exercise Physiology page.
• Dryland drills, stretching programs, and other articles from the New England Nordic Ski Association.
• Dryland Training Tips from Michigan Nordic Ski Racer
• The Australian Nordic Ski Instructor Manual

Other

• Michigan Nordic Ski Racer Wax Bench & Roller Board plans.
• Team DHL blog
• Meyrick Jones’s blog
• Society Act of BC