There is a large list of tasks we are hoping to get accomplished before snow flies! After a successful Oct 14th trail day, we will be having one more on Sunday Oct 20th. Meet at the Trail Head cabin at 8:30 am for muffins and coffee and will start work at 9 am.
If anyone has access to chimney flue cleaning equipment, please let Sharman know. Additional questions can be forwarded to Sharman as well at s.naicker@hotmail.com
Welcome to Andi Fancy, the new coordinator for the Bunnies and Jack Rabbits. Originally from New Zealand, Andi has a solid background in cross country skiing and program organization. She's already hard at work getting things going for this season. You can contact her at blackjackbunnies@gmail.com.
Registration for the Bunny and Jackrabbit programs is open and the registration form can be found here.
*all lesson participants must be members of Black Jack.
Visit the Skier Development website for descriptions of the programs and more
Oct 31st is the last day for the discounted season pass rate!
If you need help with online registration (Zone 4) or to take advantage of the discounted price, please email membershipblackjack@gmail.com or phone 605-916-6261 before Oct 25th. Otherwise, click here to register and see the 2018 rates.
All registrations are online with credit card only until the kiosk opens for the ski season at which time you may pay with cheque or cash onsite.
Passes will be available for pick up at the Ski Swap on Nov 3rd. We will have a couple of computers on site to help with online registrations.
Then on Nov 1st, we will be doing our last prize draw for the early bird members. A huge thank you to our sponsors for the 2nd round of donations!
Black Jack Ski Club - 2019/20 Season Pass
Red Mountain Resort - an Adult 3-day Locals Only Card
Mountain Nugget Chocolates - $20 Gift Certificate
Andy Morel, CANSI instructor - Classic or Skate; beginner to advanced lesson
Rossland Beer Company - growler and beer glass
2018 Ski Swap
Come and support our Track Attack and Racing programs! See you at the Prestige on Saturday, November 3rd. Equipment drop-off from 8:30-10:30 and sales start at 11 a.m. There will also be ski waxing, program registration and a chance to pick up your season pass. For more information, contact Sue at 250-362-2116.
And like to check out what the other clubs are selling?? Castlegar and Nelson are also hosing their own swaps:
Nelson Nordic Cross Country- Sunday, Oct 28th
Nelson Rod & Gun Club- 801 Railway St
Gear drop off starts at 9 am, Sales start at 11 am
Castlegar Nordic Ski Club- Saturday, Nov. 17th
Castlegar & District Community Complex
Gear drop off starts at 9:00 a.m., Sales start at 10:00 am
Congratulations to the following members who won the first early bird prize draw. Second and final draw be Oct 31st… be sure to register before then to take advantage of the discounted 2018/19 pricing and get your name in the draw!
1 Day ski with Big Red Cats- Roach Family
Alpine Grind $50 Gift Certificate- Natalia Ksiazek
1 month pass to Better Life Fitness- Marie Tremblay
Stainless Steel growler from Rossland Beer Co- Heather Glenn
Ski Lesson with Lesley Beatson-Vic Buehler
My apologies to those who expected finish times but our club is trying to decrease our volunteer burn out and the board of directors felt that since this is meant to be a fun, participation event this would be an appropriate time to minimize our volunteers required.
Most of our usual team of volunteers indicated that they would like to ski in the Loppet instead of being part of the timing team so we opted to put a clock at the finish line for participants to check at the end of their race.
Thank you for coming out to support our club event and we hope to see you again in the future.
Linda Merlo, organizing committee
On February 3rd, Black Jack Skier Development will host the popular Tour de Soup day at the ski trails. There will be soup available at all three cabins from noon to 2 pm. Bring your own mug and spoon. The six soups are generously provided by local restaurants. There is no cost for a trail pass but we respectfully ask that you consider a donation to the skier development fund. This fund helps pay for all the great programming for children and youth at the club from age 3-25. We have over 100 people in the program and it gives them a sport for life and skills that translate to all areas of life. There will be donation jars in each of the cabins and at the trail head. The kids will also have bake tables at each of the cabins if you want a little something else other than soup.
Come out and enjoy our beautiful trails and meet members of the team from young to senior (in ski race terms anyway!)
Already a record year for Black Jack membership with 753 signed up as of Dec 1, bringing Black Jack to a very close second in CCBC's Club Membership Contest. Next year.
Thanks to the many prize donors for all of the Early Bird Draws making this membership drive such a success. Some have contributed many times to this contest.
And, the happy winners are.....
| November 17th Early Bird Draw Results | |
|---|---|
| Prize | Drawn Name |
| 10 x Punch Pass - Better Life Fitness | Jill Peacock |
| $100 Gift Certificate from Gerick's Sports | Milene Coombes |
| Black Jack 5 Punch Pass | Alexander Mountain |
| Skate Ski Lesson with Lesley Beatson | Jennifer Ellis |
| Mountain Nugget Chocolates | Iain Reid |
Starting this Saturday, November 18, the kiosk will be open for the season.
The hours for the month of November will be 9:00 am - 2:00 pm.
Season passes will be available for pickup.
| October 27th Early-bird Draw Results | |
|---|---|
| Prize | Winner |
| Mountain Nugget Chocolate | Andrew van Vliet |
| $50 Gift Certificate from Gerick Sports | Alyssa Franklin |
| Rossland Beer Company Growler | Mike Maturo |
| Classic or Skate Ski Lesson with Andy Morel | Fiona Dryden |
| Free Black Jack Day Pass and Ski Rental | Alexandra Loeb |
Biathlon and Gibbards are ready for both classic and skating. We have good early season skiing conditions with good coverage (thanks to extensive mowing and brush cutting) but with the snow still a bit soft.
The two snowcats and one skidoo were busy the better part of yesterday thanks to Ethan, Rick and Howard. There will be more grooming this morning, Saturday Nov 4.
Check the grooming report for daily updates here.
For more info contact Sue: 250-362-2116
Black Jack Ski Club has been awarded the 2016 Community Champion Award in recognition of their generous support of the Canadian Cancer Society, BC and Yukon Division, for hosting Slopes for Hope this year. Matt Toner, President and Penny Johnson, Slopes for Hope Coordinator, are pictured with the certificate.
The groomer was successfully repaired today so the trails will be groomed tomorrow (Wednesday, Feb 22)!
There will be limited grooming of the Black Jack trails on Tuesday, February 21 and possibly Wednesday due to some of our equipment being down. Our grooming team is working to have the equipment functional as soon as possible and we will post any updates here. Sorry for the inconvenience.
