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

[woodsong61 at gmail.com]

I’m giddy with excitement to join this event!  Both dates are my calendar.  Put me on the planning group if you need any help!  My biggest concern is all the different skiis to bring --  skate skiis, AT skiis, and my regular XC skiis!  ;o)

 

Laura Vernon

16 Piedras Negras

Santa Fe, NM 87505

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From: NMCCSCeGroup <nmccscegroup-bounces at mailman.swcp.com> On Behalf Of Faye Rafferty via NMCCSCeGroup
Sent: Wednesday, August 3, 2022 8:18 AM
To: Peter Marks <petermarks10 at aol.com>
Cc: NMCCSCEGroup Swcp <nmccscegroup at mailman.swcp.com>
Subject: Re: [NMCCSC] NMCCSC-How About XC Skiing in Canada Next Season?

 

Count me in! Either date works for me. Faye Rafferty

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On Aug 2, 2022, at 4:17 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.

 

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