Thursday night at Windsor is on as usual, 6:30 pm.  Skate technique: the classic tracks are a bit inconsistent.

APJ Spring Skiing Expedition:
Sunday! March 5!  Not at Assiniboine Park!

Sunday’s session will be at Falcon Trails Resort at the end of the south shore road of Falcon Lake: there will be warm snow and and great terrain!  Google Falcon Trails for a map and great resort stories or http://www.falconridgeski.com/.

Please set up to arrive  for skiing at 11:00 am.  APJ big group ski will launch then.

There is a very satisfying cafeteria there, or bring a lunch, and a guitar or mandolin as this type of behaviour is promoted. After lunch, strap on a helmet and have an absolute scream on a “not a lot of parental supervision required” inner tube slide, or keep skiing!  Many families stay to the bitter end, and all ages seem to have a great time.

It’s a provincial park so remember to bring your park pass for the mini van.

Driving time from Assiniboine Park is 1:45, leaving by 8:30 will give you plenty of time to unload the van once you get there .

See you there,

Coach Ihor

Hi ,

We will be skiing Sunday the 26^th, but at a different location in the park as our usual area has water on it.

Please enter the park from Corydon and Park Blvd and we will be staging in the Formal Gardens instead (where all the statues/head busts are along the bike path).

We will be doing a big group photo first, get into our routine, and then we can break out individually for individual photos.

Remember to bring a mug for hot chocolate!

Coach Ihor

Hi, just a reminder that we won’t have a session this Sunday, Feb. 19. Have a fun weekend!

Next weekend we’ll be back in the Park, and on the Saturday a few of us will be participating in the Boundary Trails Ski Club Distance Challenge, details to follow!

Coach Ihor

Hello,

Windsor Park Nordic Centre,  Thursday night skiing at 6:30 (ski racks).  Let’s go skate skiing, as we attacked classic last week. It will still not be super warm (darn) so put on that extra layer.

See you then,

Coach Ihor

Hi Everybody:

We will be skiing at the usual location Sunday, Feb. 5, 1:30 from the Duck Pond area.

A bit of a hiccup in that we are down a couple of coaches due to race travel and a really good story of a heroic crash injury!

So, we will need a few lively parents to help with making sure the skis get on and sweeping the trail a bit at the end of the session.

Coach Jeff and Ihor’s group should be set for classic skis.  I have wax.

Could we get a couple of extra things brought out if they are readily available:

• small blade shovel for moving snow (building small bumps on the hilly bits)
• a toboggan/sled that can be pulled
• cups for hot chocolate so we don’t have to toss out styrofoam

Thanks,

Coach Ihor

Hi!

We’ll  be skiing Thursday at Windsor Park, ski racks at 6:30. Working on classic technique, and put an extra layer of underwear on as it will be cooler than what we’ve been skiing in lately.

Thanks,

Coach IHOR

Coach Ihor picked these up at the top of the hill after our session had cleared out this past Sunday.  Send me an email so that they can go back home!

Coach Ihor

Get set for skate skiing as per last week.  We made big progress on balance and edging and let’s keep working on that.

Ski racks at 6:30.

Coach Ihor

MANITOBA SPRINTS CHAMPIONSHIPS AT FALCON LAKE

Hello,  I know some of the Track Attackers will be going: registration has been extended to end Thursday Jan. 26 at noon.   Please follow the link below.  Due to interesting snow conditions the event has been changed from classic to free technique (skate!)

https://www.ccsam.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Race-Notice-Falcon-Combined-2017_final-2.pdf

Bib pick up starts at 9:30 with opening time trial at 11:00: this means crossing the east perimeter at 8:20 am.

It will be a great day, not ridiculous weather and maybe some sunshine!

Sunday: Jackrabbits in Assiniboine Park as usual.

Hi, and this is awful to announce as it is not cold, but the snow is just garbage and quite unskiable for our large group for tomorrow.  On a reconnaissance 4:00 this afternoon I watched snowshoers sinking right through to the ground.  Skis were crunching right through and the poling was bottomless.  I sank a skidoo at Sunshine Village in snow just like this. Other venues close by will be with similar conditions due to the drizzle.

Sorry but we are off for Sunday Jan. 22. So bummed.

Coach Ihor