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Classic Ski Event postponed to Sunday, Jan. 29
Posted 22 January 2012, 10:14 am AST
Hi everyone.
It's too cold to be out in the open for too long today, so we have postponed our Ski Around the Games Trail until next Sunday. Birch Brook is open and I'm sure there will be skiers on the trails, but they can get in amongst the trees whenever they want and out of the wind.
See you on the trails.
Cheers.
It's too cold to be out in the open for too long today, so we have postponed our Ski Around the Games Trail until next Sunday. Birch Brook is open and I'm sure there will be skiers on the trails, but they can get in amongst the trees whenever they want and out of the wind.
See you on the trails.
Cheers.
Classic ski event this Sunday at 2 p.m.
Posted 17 January 2012, 10:00 pm AST
I hope as many skiers as possible will join in a ski around the Games Trail this Sunday, Jan. 22, at 2 p.m. This will be the first part of a comparison of an early season ski and one we will do later on, and we can all see how much we have improved.
We'll have the timing clock in place, and although it doesn't matter how long anyone takes, everyone can compare their times and the level of effort it takes when they try the same course in April. It will help if all the participants can register...
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We'll have the timing clock in place, and although it doesn't matter how long anyone takes, everyone can compare their times and the level of effort it takes when they try the same course in April. It will help if all the participants can register...
Read more...Ski club closed today
Posted 14 January 2012, 12:07 pm AST
The Birch Brook Nordic Ski Club is closed today, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012, due to heavy snow, the need for snow removal in parking lots and access road. The weather forecast calls for wind and drifting in the afternoon.
Snowclearing cannot be arranged until snow has stopped falling and drifting. Grooming will be the best possible under the circumstances but is impossible to maintain until conditions settle. Status for Sunday, Jan. 15 to be announced.
Snowclearing cannot be arranged until snow has stopped falling and drifting. Grooming will be the best possible under the circumstances but is impossible to maintain until conditions settle. Status for Sunday, Jan. 15 to be announced.
Report from the President
Posted 14 January 2012, 9:20 am AST
Good luck to all the Jackrabbit skiers and those in the Track Attack program. This might not be the easiest time of year for skiing, but all the efforts made now, when the snow is soft and the weather cold, pays off later on when you have learned the skills and have the fitness to enjoy long days of skiing.
What a fantastic potluck supper we had last weekend. Eighty people at a potluck was amazing, and as always the food was delicious. The cold weather didn't seem to matter as skiers and...
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What a fantastic potluck supper we had last weekend. Eighty people at a potluck was amazing, and as always the food was delicious. The cold weather didn't seem to matter as skiers and...
Read more...Give us a call!
Posted 14 January 2012, 9:14 am AST
History was made on Jan, 11, 2012 at the Birch Brook Nordic chalet when John Houlahan installed a telephone in the rental office! Birch Brook's phone number is 899-0696 and someone should be available to take calls from Wednesday to Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
It's a basic phone - no leaving messages or pressing 1's or 2's for different options - and we'll decide later how much of that other stuff is needed. In the meantime, what we have is fantastic.
Profuse thanks to John for his hours of work today and his technical wizardry in figuring out what we needed !
It's a basic phone - no leaving messages or pressing 1's or 2's for different options - and we'll decide later how much of that other stuff is needed. In the meantime, what we have is fantastic.
Profuse thanks to John for his hours of work today and his technical wizardry in figuring out what we needed !
Whaleback Nordic hosting 2012 Provincial Masters
Posted 12 January 2012, 12:07 am AST
Hi Folks,
Attached is a copy of the race package for the 2012 Provincial Masters, which will be held at Whaleback Feb. 11-12. Please circulate this to all of your skiing friends 30 and over. In order to participate you must be a member of the Canadian Masters. You can now do this online at Zone 4.
Click on ONLINE REGISTRATION in the top left corner, scroll down the Club Registrations until you come to Canadian Masters, Newfoundland. This would save me much paper work on race day. You can also download the membership application from the Canadian Masters website and mail it to me. This is the weekend before the Provincials in Corner Brook so it will be a great tune up for all the keeners. Looking forward to a large crowd.
Bruce LeGrow
Race Secretary
Attached is a copy of the race package for the 2012 Provincial Masters, which will be held at Whaleback Feb. 11-12. Please circulate this to all of your skiing friends 30 and over. In order to participate you must be a member of the Canadian Masters. You can now do this online at Zone 4.
Click on ONLINE REGISTRATION in the top left corner, scroll down the Club Registrations until you come to Canadian Masters, Newfoundland. This would save me much paper work on race day. You can also download the membership application from the Canadian Masters website and mail it to me. This is the weekend before the Provincials in Corner Brook so it will be a great tune up for all the keeners. Looking forward to a large crowd.
Bruce LeGrow
Race Secretary
Moonlit Potluck Social on Saturday, Jan. 7
Posted 05 January 2012, 11:02 pm AST
Click here for Full moon potluck social poster.
Resolution Snowshoe Trot was 'great fun'
Posted 03 January 2012, 11:37 pm AST
I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas and are well started on a Happy New Year.
We had our Resolution Snowshoe Trot at Birch Brook yesterday and it was great fun. The event was organized in conjunction with the Trappers Running Club. It was long enough to be challenging, but not too long for a first time event. Well done to Lorna Acreman and Jim Shouse, who were the first female and male participants to cross the line. They each won a double-bottle water belt, and Samantha Harper won a...
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We had our Resolution Snowshoe Trot at Birch Brook yesterday and it was great fun. The event was organized in conjunction with the Trappers Running Club. It was long enough to be challenging, but not too long for a first time event. Well done to Lorna Acreman and Jim Shouse, who were the first female and male participants to cross the line. They each won a double-bottle water belt, and Samantha Harper won a...
Read more...Chaulk's Run Connector opened
Posted 26 December 2011, 12:45 am AST
The Chaulk's Run Connector is ready for classic skiing.
(larger version)
Hi all,
I hope Christmas is going well, with family, friends & food - the three Fs. Sam has packed 75 per cent of the Connector Trail from the summit of the Games Trail to Chaulk`s Run, a distance of approximately two km. I have packed with snowshoes and groomed the remaining 25 per cent with the small groomer. Attached are pictures to view the interim results. Now skiers can go to the backcountry as far as McLean Lake and Colin`s Heritage Trail and do a loop ski on the Chaulk`s Connector/Chaulk`s trails. Get out and enjoy the great ski and snow conditions before the snow and wind that is expected to arrive mid-week!
Submitted by John Bookalam
Click here to see more photos from the Chaulk's Run Connector.
I hope Christmas is going well, with family, friends & food - the three Fs. Sam has packed 75 per cent of the Connector Trail from the summit of the Games Trail to Chaulk`s Run, a distance of approximately two km. I have packed with snowshoes and groomed the remaining 25 per cent with the small groomer. Attached are pictures to view the interim results. Now skiers can go to the backcountry as far as McLean Lake and Colin`s Heritage Trail and do a loop ski on the Chaulk`s Connector/Chaulk`s trails. Get out and enjoy the great ski and snow conditions before the snow and wind that is expected to arrive mid-week!
Submitted by John Bookalam
Click here to see more photos from the Chaulk's Run Connector.
Chalet holiday hours
Posted 25 December 2011, 8:42 am AST
December 21 OPEN 10 – 4
December 22 OPEN 10 - 4
December 23 OPEN 10 - 4
December 24 CLOSED
December 25 CLOSED
December 26 OPEN Boxing Day Open House
December 27 OPEN 10 – 4
December 28 CLOSED
December 29 OPEN 10 – 4
December 30 CLOSED
December 31 OPEN 10 – 4
January 1 OPEN 10 – 4
January 2 OPEN 10 – 4
January 3 CLOSED
January 4 OPEN (regular hours resume)
Regular hours of operation: Wednesday to Sunday 10 to 4
December 22 OPEN 10 - 4
December 23 OPEN 10 - 4
December 24 CLOSED
December 25 CLOSED
December 26 OPEN Boxing Day Open House
December 27 OPEN 10 – 4
December 28 CLOSED
December 29 OPEN 10 – 4
December 30 CLOSED
December 31 OPEN 10 – 4
January 1 OPEN 10 – 4
January 2 OPEN 10 – 4
January 3 CLOSED
January 4 OPEN (regular hours resume)
Regular hours of operation: Wednesday to Sunday 10 to 4