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Ski Clinic on Sat Jan 26

The club’s annual ski clinic will be on Sat Jan 26 at the Morin Heights Cross Country Ski Centre. The clinic is conducted by certified x-c ski instructors. It starts at 1:00 pm and lasts 1 to 1.5 hours. The club will pay for the lesson, you just have to buy a regular trail ticket.
This year we will have four classes instead of the usual three. We will have a class for skate-skiing in addition to the three classes for classic skiing at the beginner, intermediate and advanced levels. There is a maximum of 10 people per class.
We need to prepare for how many people want to take what level of instruction. If you do want to attend the clinic, send a message to the clinic organizer Glenn Kyte. REMEMBER to tell Glenn which class you want to take: beginner, intermediate, advanced or skate-skiing. The clinic usually fills up so don’t delay!

Gai Luron Dec 23 — 13 BTers Enjoy the First Ski Outing of the Season

Tom V’s report
This has to be one of the latest starts to the ski season we have had in years.  But with the heavy snowfall that the Laurentians received a few days ago, we finally had enough to kick start things.   Six members made it out for an unofficial outing on Sat at the P’tit Train du Nord on Sat, where they enjoyed a pleasant ski. See the forum for the reports that they and other members made about skiing at the PTdN and other local spots.
When I e-mailed the update message to you all yesterday, I told you that Gai Luron was almost fully open (28 of 32 km), because that was what the Skinet website was reporting.  But that turned out to be false — Skinet later updated the status to say that Gai Luron only had 4 of 32 km open!  But when reached by phone, the folks at Gai Luron said they expected to be mostly open by Sun.  They had enough snow on the ground.  The problem was that the heavy snow on Friday had brought down many branches and entire trees across the trails and it was taking them time to clear them.
So 13 of us showed up at Gai Luron on Sun morning expecting most of the trails to be open.  But we soon learned that the tree clearing had not gone well and they only had two trails open — the beginner “U” trail (3.1 km) and the intermediate “A” trail (5.1 km).  But for most of us, this was our first time out and 8.2 km of trails would be fine.
After waxing and taking the group photo, we set out on the trails (all two of them).  It was warmer (-8 C) and less windy than Continue reading “Gai Luron Dec 23 — 13 BTers Enjoy the First Ski Outing of the Season”

Sat Jan 5 — Ski and Pot Luck Lunch (RSVP)

The annual Ski and Pot Luck is in just two weeks on Sat, Jan 5.  We will ski (or walk or ice skate) at Mount Royal in the morning starting at 9:30 am and then go over at noon to Monique Isler’s place on Melrose Ave in NDG for a pot luck lunch.  If you want to participate, please send Monique a message telling her what you plan to bring so that she can make sure we have all the food bases covered

Information Meeting Nov 2

Centennial Hall
Coming soon Information Meeting
The meeting is intended for everyone. It’s for people who are new to the club and who would like to learn more about its activities, as well as for returning members who want to hear about what outings and events are planned for this season. It also gives one the chance to catch up with other members you have not seen in a while and to meet new ones.

Between 7:00 – 7:30 p.m. we will Continue reading “Information Meeting Nov 2”