December 8-14, 2025

I am SO happy that we have snow... now we just need the weather folks to be wrong about the cold snap coming our way... stay tuned to TeamSnap for changes to practice as things warm up!!!🤞

TIMECHANGE! PRACTICE STARTS ON SNOW AT 5:45-7:15. BRING YOUR OWN EQUIPMENT, WAX, AND BE ON SNOW ON TIME!!

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TO DO:

1. Alberta Winter Games trials are this coming weekend! If you are NOT trying out, please come and do your interval sets on the race course. 😄 See how I did that? If you are trying out, there is no registration until you make the team, then you will need to register and pay the $80 registration fee- which will be emailed out to you! 
2. If you are planning on trying out for the Arctic Winter Games team, registration is open for the Alberta Cup Races in Canmore. Please register here and if you're U16 and older you MUST have a Nordiq Canada race licence found here. Happy registering- we will need 3 days of day passes, and parents if you're wanting to ski as well, please add in your day licenses to your athlete's registration as it's cheaper than purchasing one at the day lodge. Yes, you will need to pay for the snow enhancement fee (everyone does). 
3. If you are driving down to Canmore you will need to purchase a Kananaskis park license (if you attended nationals last year, yours is still valid until next March- FYI) and are planning on attending Western Canadian Championships the end of January in Canmore, I'd suggest getting an annual membership as it's cheaper and is good for 365 days from purchasing (so wait until you show up in Canmore to do this). You can purchase this here.
4. There will be a Sign-up Genius email for meals for waxing nights. Please put your name down to help with the meals. Thank you in advance!

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TIMECHANGE! PRACTICE STARTS ON SNOW AT 5:45-7:15. BRING YOUR OWN EQUIPMENT, WAX, AND BE ON SNOW ON TIME!!

Tuesday: Meet at the lodge, your own gear, ready to ski- 5:45-7:15. We won't need rock skis. Bring a head lamp, water bottles etc and start warming up at 5:45. Skate Skiing!

Thursday: Cold temp cutoff is -20oC for U14's and younger, check environment Canada by 4:00pm (windchill doesn't count as we're sheltered on the trails); -25oC for everyone else. We will be classic skiing. Don't forget your headlamp and water bottle. 

Saturday: Christmas Party!!! Will start after our trials race around 11am. We should be done by 1:00pm. Please plan on bringing a $15 secret santa gift to exchange and snacks to share with the team. 

Alberta Winter Games Trials... the plan: all athletes will be ready to race this event at 10:00am with bibs on and you will wax your own skis. Athletes will race either: 2.5km (U14 and younger), 5km (U16), or 7.5km (U18) to prep for our races the following weekend. We will time by hand, and you all practiced the race course this past Saturday. 😄 We will then party afterwards! 

I'm hoping that the weather is warmer than what's in the forecast. I'm going to pretend that everything will be fine and will update this, if it's really not looking like we can have the trials on Saturday. If this is the case- we will do it on Tuesday evening the 16th.