Hi everyone.

Another beautiful day for skiing on Monday. What a great Easter weekend.

The Ski Challenge was to guess how many kilometres all the skiers would ski over the four day weekend. The total number of kilometres wasn't enormous, but most of them were skied in the sunshine on the excellent Games Trail and McLean Lake Trail. The total was 603 kilometres, and Breanne Card made the closest guess at 550 kms, with Jim Shouse second with a guess of 499. Breanne won a $20 gift certificate, and Jim's was for $10. Thanks to everyone who took part.

Cheers,
Graham

Birch Brook will be open from 10 to 4 over Easter weekend, Friday, March 29 through Monday, April 1. After Easter, Birch Brook will be open on weekends only until the end of ski season. Weekdays will remain available for group bookings made in advance.

The Jackrabbit season drew to a close on March 23, 2013 at the Birch Brook Nordic Ski Club. To view the photo gallery, click here.

The 38th PAL Great Labrador Loppet on March 23, 2013 was an exciting event to remember. It was very worrisome for organizers on Friday night with blowing snow, 60-80km winds and low visibility. But we persevered, sent our two Pisten Bullies (Menihek Nordic and Whitewolf Snowmobile Club) to Fermont for the 28km start at 2:00 a.m., held them there until 6:00 a.m. and then came to the Duley Park 10km start and waited there until an hour before the start 10:00 a.m. so we could achieve best possible...

Hi everyone.

Our Day at the Lakes will be on this Sunday, 24 March. For those of you who are wondering what this is all about, we encourage everyone, old or young, experienced skier or just started this year, to ski out to McLean Lake cabin. Out there we have soup and drinks, and hopefully we'll be sitting in the sunshine, just like last year.

This is a great opportunity for first timers to experience our great trail out to McLean Cabin. There will be lots of skiers to chat with, and the more experienced will be encouraging everyone as they go. The cabin is 6.5 kilometers from the chalet.

For those who like a bigger challenge, the route up to Colin's Hut is groomed. First one there puts the kettle on.

More details later in the week, but for now mark it on your calendars as a must do event.

See you up there.

Cheers,
Graham

The 38th Great Labrador Loppet takes place on Saturday, March 23, 2013. Hosted by the Menihek Nordic Ski Club, the loppet is one of the most prestigious events to take place in Labrador West.

Register at www.zone4.ca until 2:00 p.m. March 22. All rates are posted on zone4.ca

Win a ticket anywhere Provincial Airlines flies for skiing the Loppet. Free pasta supper at the Menihek Nordic Ski Club chalet at 5:00 p.m. on March 22.

Details:
• Event starts at 10:00 a.m.
• Three events:...

The CCNL Junior Development Draw took place at the NL Marathon in Clarenville on March 5, 2013. The draw was administered by Dr. Blaine Pearce, CCNL Eastern Vice-President. Congratulations to the lucky winners. Special thanks to Clarenville Nordic for handing the draw and hosting a good Marathon.

Thank you to everyone who sold and bought tickets in support of the CCNL's Junior Development Program.

The winners were:
• 1st Prize - Deidre MacDonnell, Corner Brook. Bundle including Apple...

The ski club will be closed on March 16th, Big Land Loppet day. Good luck to all participants!

Sunday, March 17, 2013 - 12:45 p.m., Snowshoe Day Hike. Give the old skiing muscles a rest after the Loppet and do something different. Join us on a hike to open a new segment of our snowshoe trail network. We'll leave promptly at 1:00 p.m. so be at the chalet by 12:45 p.m. to register. Bring your own snowshoes and bring a snack for a summit picnic. Click on the link above to download the event poster.