Oct
25
9:00 AM09:00

Ski Swap and Team Practice - King's School - bring poles

9:00 AM 10:30 AM
Note the earlier time for a ski practice prior to the start of the Ski Swap

Ski and Board Swap

Saturday, Oct 25, 2025  

The Gathering Place –  350 30th St NE, Salmon Arm

Sale Drop Off:   7:30 am – 10:45 am (No early dropoff at Skookum)

Ski Swap:  11:00 am – 2:00 pm

Pickup:  2:00 pm to 3:30 pm (money or unsold gear must be picked up same day!)

Note: It will cost $2 per item entered into the swap and the club keeps 20% of the selling price if it sells. Only safe gear in working order will be accepted.  Includes XC skiing equipment, downhill skiing and boarding equipment, and other outdoor winter sports gear. 

Any alpine ski binding more than 7 years old should be checked at your local ski shop. Bindings past a certain age cannot be adjusted by ski technicians and will be turned away from the swap at check-in.  Skookum has graciously offered to provide free assessments.

Payment by Cash, Debit, or Cheque Only.

Questions please contact:

Cam Brown at camgbrown@gmail.com

To volunteer, please sign up Here:

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Nov
1
9:00 AM09:00

Up and over Rubber head to Larch Hills

9:00 AM 12:00 PM
Rubberhead to Larch Hills chalet
Lunch at the chalet and rides at 12:30 back to town.

We are all set for this coming saturdays "up and over" run from Rubberhead to Larch Hills. The plan is to meet at the Rubberhead Parking lot for 9:00, which is at 2.5 km up the 110 FSR. The turn off for the 110 is 4.4 km east past the canoe forest products office on the Trans Canada highway. We will be finishing at the Larch Hills chalet some time between 11:00-12:00. We will have some treats for the end and along the way, but athletes will need to either bring a lunch, or if there is a parent that is willing to shuttle "drop bags" with lunch and a change of clothing to the chalet,that would be ideal. If there is someone willing to do this, please let me know. We are hoping to enjoy a team lunch at the chalet around noon. Please remember to bring plenty of water, a snack and appropriate clothing (it can be much colder the top!).

Here’s the route that we plan to take:
Double D, Rubberhead Climb, Meatgrinder, Muffin Top. This gets you to the upper Rubberhead parking lot. From there, take Half Baked (brand new trail) to Larch Hills Road, Hemlock Glide, Afterthought, The Greenway, Cottonwood Cutoff to South Hub and down Larch Hills Road.

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Oct
4
9:45 AM09:45

Man Tracker


 Saturday, October 4, 2025 at Skimikin Lake.  10 AM start.  Details on how everything works is in the attachment.

It would be helpful if kids could pre-plan their teams and team names, but there will also be time to put together teams at the start.

The event is 90 minutes.  It should run from about 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM which allows some time at the beginning and end for organizing and results.  Bring a watch or other device to keep track of time!

Please arrive at the start/finish no later than 10:00 AM (9:45 would be better) - we hope to start the clock as soon as groups are organized.

We met with the Skimikin caretaker and there are a few requests:

  1. Don’t park in any campsites.  She will charge you for the site!

  2. Parking is free in the main parking lot (and walk to the start/finish area), along Skimikin road and on the FSR that goes around the lake.

  3. If you plan to stay after Mantracker, she suggested that the day use area by the main part of the campsite (east side of the lake) is a bit roomier and nicer.

Always a fun day!


Jan, Brook, and Mark

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Sep
26
to Sep 28

U16,U18, U20 Revelstoke camp

itinerary: 

Friday 

7pm  we would do a short run from the house, mobility and socialize

7:30pm team meeting to discuss the weekend and car pooling for Saturday and Sunday

Saturday 

7 - 7:30am Breakfast and pack a lunch 

8:00 am depart depart to skate roller ski on Big Bend Hwy 23 Mica Dam road starting at Downie Creek - this road has excellent pavement, low traffic and beautiful rolling terrain along the Columbia River.  It is a 1 hour drive from Revelstoke but worth the drive for the variety and beauty.

9:30am to noon - RS skate - zone 1

12:30 - 1:30 pm lunch at Downie Creek Recreation Site or Martha Creek Park 

2:30- 4:30 hike Mackenzie Mountain -  (Revestoke Resort) ( kill the banker trail)  and take the Gondola down - it is apparently no cost to ride the gondola down) 

5- 6pm free time - help prepare dinner

6-7 pm dinner

7- 9 pm games - someone needs to plan the games

9pm get ready for bed. ( some athletes will need to bring sleeping bag and sleeping pads as there are not enough beds for everyone 

Sunday 

7:00-7:30 am Breakfast

8:00am depart to Revelstoke Train Museum 

8:30am to 11:30am classic roller ski up Mount Revelstoke  - younger athletes will start further up the road 

12:00pm lunch location TBD

1:00pm drive back to Salmon Arm.

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Sep
20
10:00 AM10:00

Herald Park Day

Herald Park Team Day Camp

10:00 AM 3:00 PM

Bring your own water bottle and carrier, lunch and all equipment needed for the day.

U16+ Bring skate roller ski equipment, running shoes and ski striding poles

Rec Group - bring runners, water, lunch and snacks.

Camping - The Rec Group will be camping at Herald’s Park in Sites 60 and 61 on Saturday night after the day camp. We would like to invite any other ski team families that would like to join us to book a campsite too. Each family will be responsible for their own food and camping supplies.

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Sep
12
to Sep 14

CCBC regional camp at Revelstoke

Link to Regionla camp: https://revelstokenordic.org/fall-dryland-camp-2025

Friday:

Ice breakers & team building type games

Snack (provided)

Athlete & coaches meetings

Bed

Saturday:

Activation

Breakfast (bring your own)

Rollerskiing (and games for younger skiers)

Lunch (provided)

Coach clinic

Chill out time

Disc Golf/Camp Games

Orienteering

Dinner (provided)

Guest speaker

Sunday:

Activation

Breakfast (bring your own)

Pack up camp

Pole Striding/Run

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Sep
1
8:30 AM08:30

Mt Ida hike with Phil Wallensteen leading

There will be a ski team hike on Monday Sept. 1 for all those interested. We will meet at 8:30 am at the Silver Creek community park. Here are the directions:

The park is located 15 km south of Salmon Arm on the Salmon River Road.(3.5 km past the Silver Creek store.  The park is on the left hand side of the road and if you get to the Silver Creek fire hall you have just passed it.

We will drive another 6 km up a logging road.There are a couple rough steep sections but is is driveable with 2 wd.

It only takes 30 min. of hiking to get to a good look out. The last half of the hike is steep. I will be taking ski walking poles. For those who don't want to go all the way a route will be flagged back to the vehicles so you can turn back when you like. I expect the hike to the peak and back to take 4 to 5 hours.

Please send me an email if you think you might come so I know who to expect when we meet at the Silver Creek park.

Phil Wallensteen

wallfen@gmail.com

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Aug
23
7:30 AM07:30

Run before the parade ( we will classic roller ski the parade route)

Saturday is the Salmon Arm parade and Larch Hills has a float in the parade.

7:30am to 8:45am - Run - starting at Demilles Farm Market - limited parking, I will park in the overflow parking.

We will run pavement for 1 hour 15 minutes then return to De Milles to put on classic boots, roller skis, poles and helmets, wear yellow Larch Hills T shirt if you have one, or other Larch Hills T shirt.

Below is more details with a link to the parade route.

Alexa and Matt Klassen have kindly taken on getting LHNS & Ski Team entered in the Salmon Arm Fall Fair Parade 2025 'cause we had so much fun in 2023!!

The route is different this year: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/63d7f9698993472f87c29826/t/683d26da452ac736e589fb1f/1748838106990/Parade+Route+2025.JPG

Please meet us at the float in the marshaling area on Saturday, August 23 between 8:30 - 8:45.  The marshaling area starts at the Woodsman Equipment parking lot and flows back to DeMilles Farm Market.

Please wear LHNS/Ski Team clothing and comfy shoes for walking, a hat, sunscreen, and sunglasses & bring water! We will have ski team glitter for everyone as well!

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