Nordic Racers Ski Club:
Links

Clubs & Organizations

• The Vancouver Skiers offer organized day and overnight tours by bus and carpool to various ski areas, including trips to the Larch Hills and Cariboo loppets.

  Since 2006/07, the Nordic Racers and the Vancouver Skiers have offered joint memberships. Join both clubs and save some money!

• Cross Country BC, the provincial governing body for cross-country skiing.
• Cross Country Canada, the national governing body for cross-country skiing.
• FIS, Fédération Internationale de Ski, the International Ski Federation.
• Hollyburn Jackrabbit Ski Club.
• FASP, the First Aid Ski Patrol at Hollyburn.
• Callaghan Valley Training Centre, a National Athlete Development Centre that aims to provide a concentration of world-class training facilities, coaching and sport science resources for cross-country skiers.
• B.C. ski clubs.
• Worldloppet Ski Federation
• World Masters Cross-Country Ski Association

Ski Areas

• Many of the clubs listed earlier operate their own trail systems.
• Cypress, A.K.A. Hollyburn Ridge. Our "local."
  
• Cypress weather report, also at (604) 419-7669.
• (Lots of) Cypress trail maps.
• Cypress weather forecast.
• Manning Park Resort, in the Cascade mountains.
• Manning weather report.
• Whistler, perhaps better known for its downhill skiing.
• Whistler trail report, also at (604) 935-PLAY (935-7529), selection 2.
• Whistler temperatures. The cross-country trails are in the valley.
• Whistler Olympic Park at Callaghan Valley.
• The adjoining Callaghan Country area.
• Sovereign Lake Nordic Centre, near Vernon, B.C. Snow phone is at (250) 260-5335.
• Silver Star Mountain, near Vernon, B.C.
• Silver Star weather report, also at (250) 542-1745.
• Mount Washington, on Vancouver Island, near Courtenay, B.C.
• Mount Washington weather report, also at 1-888-833-1515.
• Methow Valley, in Washington state.

Ski Equipment & Shops

• Alpina Sports boots, poles and skis.
• Atomic skis.
• Fischer skis & boots.
• Salomon, for boots and bindings.
• Swix, maker of klister, other waxes, and poles.
• Toko, another maker of klister & other waxes.
• Start waxes.
• Sigge's Sport Villa, which offers discounts to Nordic Racers Ski Club members, as well as supporting the Nordic Racers in other ways. Sigge's does mail-order, lessons & rentals, and ski bus trips.
• Deep Cove Outdoors, a North Shore purveyor of skis, boots, poles, clothing, and wax.
• SkiWax.ca, a Canadian online ski wax store, which also has a number of pages on technical issues.
• Velotique, a Canadian mail-order shop.
• Eagle River Nordic, an American mail-order shop.

Training Information

• Keith Nicol's Nordic Ski Tips;
• More of Keith Nicol's Nordic Ski Tips; and
• a couple of Keith Nicol's videos: for skating and classic.
• Cross-Country Canada Technique Checklists.
• Stephen Seiler's Exercise Physiology page.
• Dryland drills, stretching programs, and other articles from the New England Nordic Ski Association.
• Dryland Training Tips from Michigan Nordic Ski Racer
• The Australian Nordic Ski Instructor Manual.

Other

• rec.skiing.nordic, the Usenet forum for XC skiing.
• skifaster.net, "elite cross country ski resources."
• FasterSkier.com, for racers.
• The Master Skier magazine's website.
• xc-skiing.com, good for European racing news.
• www.xcskiworld.com, a general site.
• Michigan Nordic Ski Racer Wax Bench & Roller Board plans.
• Team DHL blog
• Meyrick Jones's blog