The early Bird registration has been extended until November 10th!
Click here to register on Zone4!
Thank you to everyone who came out to our Snow Show and Pumpkin Patch, it was a huge success!
Thank you also to the High Performance ski team for helping with the pumpkin patch and all our volunteers who made it such a success.
Our last event of the season is a fun one: Nordic Cross.
Go fast or slow – anything goes on this ski/obstacle course, featuring slalom, backwards skiing, single sticking, etc. Read the full 2021 Nordic Cross Race Notice.
We expect conditions to be MUCH better than 2019 (pictured), but still fun and amazing.
Bib pickup starts at 10. Sign up here by Friday. Categories include:
From our volunteers director and loppet organizer Alyssa Titus:
What a day! Thank you for supporting the Loppet and being part of such an amazing ski community. We had 430 participants – a record!
Our biathlon range came to life over the weekend with the Biathlon Polar Cup competition. Thanks to athletes from Hay River for joining our crew, and to organizers Doug Lockhart and Belinda Whitford.
Here’s a team shot of the Hay River athletes who joined in the event, courtesy of the Hay River Ski Club.
You’ll find more photos from the competition on the Hay River Ski Club Facebook page.
A huge thank you to all the people who contributed to this event!
Organizers: Doug Lockhart, Kerry Wheler, Chuck Lirette and Doug Swallow.
Course and Stadium Planning: John Stephenson and the amazing grooming crew and Doug Lockhart.
Course and Range Officials: Doug Lockhart, Trent Waterhouse, Lisa & Brian McShane, Judy Whitford, Carol Lockhart, Karen Wall, Chuck & Dorothy Lirette, Braam Berrub, Tamara Pellisey, Kandace Groenewegen, Philippe Breton and Tyler Hawkins.
Coaching our athletes: Marie-Eve Raymond, Myra Berrub, Trent Waterhouse
Food and supplies: Hille Kumbholz, Braam Berrub, Trent Waterhouse, Doug & Carol Lockhart, Lisa & Brian McShane, Marie-Eve Raymond, Tyler Hawkins, Ashley Coombs.
Statistics: Mark Cliffe-Phillips and Doug Swallow
Uniforms: Kirk Tastad
Our club played host to the NWT Territorial Ski Races last weekend and it was a beauty event. We were thrilled to have over 130 skiers, including skiers from Fort Smith and Hay River, and dozens of volunteers. Congratulations to everyone who skied the course!
You’ll find the day one (classic) results here and here. And day two results (free) here.
Cross Country NWT has posted a few photos, and one again, the Yellowknifer caught up with the action. Thanks James McCarthy!
Let this one of two of our most hard-working coaches suffice: Mike Argue and Kevin Durkee.
Now bear with me for the thank you’s to volunteers. Just check out this enormous list.
Thank you!
We’ll have about 20 athletes, including 14 from Hay River and six from Yellowknife, as well as several dozen parents and volunteers on site for the Biathlon Polar Cup March 26-28. The chalet will be in use by our visiting athletes so members, please cede the building to our guests (washroom use excepted) who will arrive Friday.
Competition starts at 2 pm Saturday and noon on Sunday, with sighting in firearms starting an hour earlier. Trails in use include the Biathlon 1 km and 1.25 km.
It’s been many years since we’ve hosted a biathlon competition: major thanks to Belinda and Doug for making this event happen!
Registration ($10, $5 for kids) is now open on Zone4.ca.
Why register?
Here are the COVID rules:
Event Package Pickup and Information
Thank you to the Rotary Club for assembling the event packages!
Note: Buffs are reserved based on earliest registration, not earliest pickup. If your registration page listed an option for a buff, it means you were one of the first 400 and a buff is waiting for you.
Three options:
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Photos and Prizes
Enter our draw for prizes by posting a selfie or other photo on facebook or other social media with the hashtag #ykloppet2021, or email ykskiclubvolunteerdirect
Best Selfie and Best Dressed Skier also win a prize. Get out your capes and costumes!
Prizes include: Bluefish kite-flying expedition! Gift certificates! Cookies!
For the first time in many years, we’re running a kids ski camp during March break.
Kids will need to come equipped with skis/boots/poles. No skiing experience necessary!
The camp will run from March 15-19, from noon to five pm, and is for kids ages 8-12. The cost is $250 plus ski club membership ($40 per kid).
This camp will be led by fun and energetic athletes from our high performance ski team.
Register, and find more details, on Zone4.ca.
Questions? ykskiclubprograms@gmail.com
We’ve added a new set of beginner classic ski lessons to take advantage of the nice weather.
This course is for adults who are relatively new to skiing. We’ll cover fundamental techniques that will quickly improve your comfort on skis and skiing ability.
This course will include four lessons from 1-3 pm over four Sundays: Feb. 21, Feb. 28, March 7 and March 14.
Location: Ski Club chalet
Register here on Zone4.ca.
Cost: $80, plus $40 trail fee for non-members. (Note, if you rent skis from Overlander, trail fees are waived for the duration of the rental.)
Please arrive 15 minutes early, dressed warm, with skis waxed. Access to the chalet remains limited by our COVID exposure plan. (That is, the chalet is used for changing and storing equipment while skiing, but not for socializing. Guests are asked to wear masks, follow the signage and NOT enter the chalet if self-isolating for any reason.)
The Yellowknife Ski Club has officially kicked off a new Ski-at-School program designed to share our love of skiing with kids who are not currently accessing our youth programming. We hope to eliminate some of the systemic barriers we know exist by offering support to new and existing school ski programs during regular class hours or as after-school programs. Club coaches are sharing their knowledge — primarily through games that introduce fundamental techniques — to help make skiing a fun, positive part of physical education programs already in place.
The Ski-at-School program will also aim to empower more teachers to use existing school ski equipment by helping them build confidence on snow and in ski instruction. We are offering a FREE “Skiing 101” workshops for teachers on the Feb. 26 professional development day. For more information or to sign up contact Kerry Wheler at ykskiclubevents@gmail.com or Shirley Zouboules at shirley.zouboules@yk1.nt.ca.
We are thankful for the ongoing support from Cross Country NWT as well as new additional funding from Nordiq Canada, AltaGas, and the GNWT Regional Youth Sport Events program that makes this initiative possible. These amazing partners are making it possible to create and strengthen community bonds, while empowering our NWT youth to be physically active, lifelong skiers!
Questions/Comments/Feedback? Reach programs director Bernadette Knox: ykskiclubprograms@gmail.com. (And thanks so much to our volunteer, Bernadette, for making this happen!)