http://www.birchbrook.ca/home/ News from Birch Brook Nordic Ski Club website Thu, 23 Feb 2012 03:27:04 GMT en-us http://www.birchbrook.ca/home/blog-124 http://www.birchbrook.ca/home/blog-124 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:45:58 GMT Hi everyone. We had a great relay on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012 - lots of fun and excellent performances by young and not so young. John and Diane's attempts to even out the teams worked amazingly... http://www.birchbrook.ca/home/blog-123 http://www.birchbrook.ca/home/blog-123 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:43:07 GMT Hi everyone. Birch Brook will be closed today. There's too much snow in the car parking areas, and around the chalet, and the wind is causing sizeable drifts. The clearing operation will begin as... http://www.birchbrook.ca/home/blog-122 http://www.birchbrook.ca/home/blog-122 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:14:11 GMT If you've been to Birch Brook during the week, you will have met Charles-Antoine and Sebastien, our two Katimavik volunteers, who help to staff the chalet. You may have met other Katimavik... http://www.birchbrook.ca/home/blog-121 http://www.birchbrook.ca/home/blog-121 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:07:23 GMT Hi everyone, You've already heard about our potluck supper on Saturday, followed by a full moon ski or snowshoe outing, but there's more! Graham, who is still in Ottawa, has asked us to tell you... http://www.birchbrook.ca/home/blog-120 http://www.birchbrook.ca/home/blog-120 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:00:54 GMT The Birch Brook Nordic Ski Club can assist members in selling equipment they no longer need or find equipment they would like to purchase. Click here or see the link to the Ski Swap page in the menu... http://www.birchbrook.ca/home/blog-119 http://www.birchbrook.ca/home/blog-119 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:25:19 GMT Hello everyone. Congratulations to all the skiers who Skied Around the Games Trail today. We had a great time, and it was an excellent personalchallenge for everyone. Special thank yous go to John... http://www.birchbrook.ca/home/blog-118 http://www.birchbrook.ca/home/blog-118 Sun, 22 Jan 2012 14:14:20 GMT 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... http://www.birchbrook.ca/home/blog-117 http://www.birchbrook.ca/home/blog-117 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:00:26 GMT 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... http://www.birchbrook.ca/home/blog-116 http://www.birchbrook.ca/home/blog-116 Sat, 14 Jan 2012 16:07:52 GMT 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... http://www.birchbrook.ca/home/blog-115 http://www.birchbrook.ca/home/blog-115 Sat, 14 Jan 2012 13:20:09 GMT 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... http://www.birchbrook.ca/home/blog-114 http://www.birchbrook.ca/home/blog-114 Sat, 14 Jan 2012 13:14:34 GMT 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... http://www.birchbrook.ca/home/blog-113 http://www.birchbrook.ca/home/blog-113 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 04:07:09 GMT 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... http://www.birchbrook.ca/home/blog-112 http://www.birchbrook.ca/home/blog-112 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 03:02:25 GMT Click here for Full moon potluck social poster. http://www.birchbrook.ca/home/blog-111 http://www.birchbrook.ca/home/blog-111 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 03:37:52 GMT 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... http://www.birchbrook.ca/home/blog-110 http://www.birchbrook.ca/home/blog-110 Mon, 26 Dec 2011 04:45:06 GMT 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...