Foothills Nordic Ski Club (FNSC) must raise $65,000 by October 15, 2016 to deliver programs for the 2016-2017 ski season. Funding will support snow-making, snow farming, grooming and onsite lighting, warming and washroom facilities at Confederation Park Golf Course enabling all Calgarians and local Nordic club members to lead healthy, active lifestyles and attain their athletic goals.

Why we need your support:

• Urgent funding is needed due to Winsport’s June 2016 announcement to install a tube park through Canada Olympic Park’s (COP’s) Nordic trail network.
• WinSport’s decision reduces Calgarians’ only urban Nordic ski facility with snow-making and lighting to less than 1 km of lift-accessed trails (access via tube park magic carpet).
• Snow-making is needed for consistent and reliable Nordic trails given Calgary’s climate.
  
• Funding will cover 55% of project costs not covered by already-attained grant dollars.
  

Benefits of donating:

• Ensure you, your friends and family have a place to cross-country ski within Calgary this winter!
  
• Ensure that over one thousand Calgary children, youth and adults participating in Nordic programs with FNSC and other local clubs have a place to ski within the city.
  
• Support an estimated 210,000* Calgarians that cross-country ski, recreationally, in leading active, healthy lifestyles by providing access to reliable cross-country skiing within the city.
  
• Support the City of Calgary’s desire to increase year-round golf course use by expanding FNSC’s current capacity and volunteer grooming at Confederation Park Golf Course.
  
• Support snow-making to augment natural snow - more continuous ski days within the city and access to 5 km of free, safe cross-country ski trails and facilities within the city.
  
• Tax receipt for donations of $250 or more! (you must mail in a cheque - see instructions below)
  

Donate now!
With no need to purchase a WinSport Nordic Pass you can quickly get us to our goal by making a similar dollar contribution to this campaign! (WinSport Nordic Family Pass for 2016/17 is $300)...but any amount gets us one step closer to our goal!.

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If you love cross-country skiing or feel passionate about having a place for people to lead healthy, active lifestyles or achieve their personal Nordic training goals within Calgary, please support and share our campaign! Thank you for your generous support!

The RMR crew enjoyed an incredible Haig Glacier camp August 8-14. Luke and a mix of 12 skiers and biathletes hiked in to the camp on a mostly clear day, with no bear sightings but lots of wildflowers spotted and the first of many training stories being shared. 

The first 3 days of the camp were wet and cloudy, with the long sessions on snow starting on skate skis, and ending with most athletes turning to classic skis pretty quickly in the soft, damp conditions. Wet boots, clothes, and feeling constantly chilled was the general consensus. The second half of the camp turned sunny, with just the odd passing shower in the afternoons...and glorious conditions on the glacier. Faster snow in the early mornings meant longer skate sessions before the warm sun softened the track and made classic skiing on hairy skis the better choice. 

The whole team work hard on their technique throughout the camp, with lots of video sessions on snow followed by review in the afternoons. Most athletes found themselves working hard on transferring roller ski adaptions to snow; things like body position, weight transfer, and transitions. A couple of fun head-to-head sprint sessions on snow allowed us to test our technique changes under fast paces, and a couple of afternoon strength sessions kept our musculature up while doing so much volume at altitude! 

Of course, our muscles were well fuelled the whole camp by the usual awesome Haig Staff and great shared meals in the main cabin. Highlights include but are not limited to: fat sandwiches every day at lunch, many loaves of fresh banana bread, and steak and epic mashed potato night (2lbs of bacon and 2 tubs of sour cream will make most anything delicious). 

The team hiked out on the last day tired but happy to have some solid on-snow volume completed, and finished the training block off with some tough intensity and strength down at the lower altitude in Canmore.