[NMCCSC] NMCCSC-How About XC Skiing in Canada Next Season?

[Bet Gendron]

This sounds wonderful, Peter and Max.  Count Steve and I in.  I'll get back
with you on dates.  Thanks!  Bet


On Tue, Aug 2, 2022, 6:17 PM Peter Marks via NMCCSCeGroup <
nmccscegroup at mailman.swcp.com> wrote:

>
> I XC skied for 3 seasons (2016-2018) at a place called Silver Star and
> Sovereign Lake in British Columbia and found the conditions to be excellent
> and all 3 years I skied during March. While I have talked to a few club
> members about making this an unofficial club outing next season, I wanted
> to get the word out to everyone to gauge the level of interest.
>
> Let me though tell you a bit more about these two nordic areas which are
> actually separate though you can easily ski between them. The two areas
> consist of 105km of groomed trails that will satisfy all ski levels. Silver
> Star also has alpine skiing and some of the chairlifts can be used by XC
> skiers to get to trails higher up on the mountain. All of the
> accommodations that I am aware of are ski in/ski out. When I went I rented
> a house with others through VRBO though there are several hotels that are
> reasonably priced especially considering the favorable US exchange rate
> with the Canadian dollar. The closest airport is in Kelowna which is about
> an hour shuttle ride to Silver Star. When I flew there in the past, I was
> able to fly through either Seattle or Phoenix. It appears that Seattle is
> the only current US airport with a direct flight to Kelowna.
>
> Max Shepard prepared an estimate of what this trip might cost if you are
> interested and I have attached his estimate.
>
> The current plan is to fly up there on either Monday February 27th or
> Monday March 6th and ski for 4 days. I hope to hear from some of you. If
> you are interested, please let me know which week works best for you in the
> next couple of weeks as some of the accommodations are starting to fill up.
> You are not committed to anything if you say you are interested.
>
>
> Here is the Silver Star website: https://www.skisilverstar.com
>
>
> Peter Marks
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