Nelson Nordic Ski Club Seeks Head Coach – FasterSkier com fasterskier.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from fasterskier.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A decision to log trees near part of the popular Apex Loop cross country skiing trail has the region’s Nordic ski club searching for answers for the coming season. When the trees siding a one-kilometre section of the Loop were logged by the landowner, the Nelson Nordic Ski Club (NNSC) approached the owner with questions of access and safety. The exposed hillside now creates an
Nelson Nordic Ski Hill purchases new snowcat through community donations
SHARE ON: Members of the Nelson Nordic Ski Team celebrate the purchase of a new PistenBully 100 snowcat, purchased with the support of the community. The snowcat will help the ski club manage and maintain its trail network for years to come (Supplied by Nordic Ski Club/Andrew Chewter)
With the support of more than 300 donors, including local businesses, an anonymous benefactor, and significant grants, Nelson Nordic Ski Club has purchased a new snowcat to groom its cross-country ski trail systems at Apex, Busk, and Clearwater, just south of Nelson.
“We’ve been overwhelmed by the tremendous community support for our campaign which we ran from late January to mid-February, we stopped on Valentine’s day,” said Frederick. ‘We raised over $30,000 from more than 300 donors and helping us manage what we see to be a community resource for years to come.”
by Contributor on Friday February 26 2021
Members of the Nelson Nordic Ski Team celebrate the purchase of a new PistenBully 100 snowcat, purchased with the support of the community. The snowcat will help the ski club manage and maintain its trail network for years to come. Submitted photo
With the support of more than 300 donors, including local businesses, an anonymous benefactor and significant grants, Nelson Nordic Ski Club has purchased a new snowcat to groom its cross-country ski trail systems at Apex, Busk and Clearwater, just south of Nelson.
The Club recently concluded its cheeky Love Your Club fundraising campaign, which brought in more than $30,000 in donations from local supporters attracted by the prospect of a long-term relationship with deep, luscious classic tracks and firm, rippling corduroy.
by Contributor on Tuesday February 09 2021
NNSC board members and volunteers, from left, Yev Malloff, Jaime Frederick, Denise Uhrynuk, Eric Jorgensen, Louise Poole, Kjell Bronson, Mike Knapik and Leo DeGroot, stand in front of a demo model Pisten Bully 100 snowcat that is under consideration for purchase by the Club at the end of its Love Your Club fundraiser. Submitted photo
Nelson Nordic Ski Club is in the final stages of fundraising for a new snowcat grooming machine for its cross-country ski trail systems at Apex, Busk and Clearwater, just south of Nelson.
With the support of a generous benefactor, the Club is currently holding a “Love Your Club” fundraiser, to raise $25,000 in matching donations by February 14, 2021. If the campaign is successful, the Club will be in a position to purchase a new snowcat before the end of the season.