Glacier Nordic Club

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Join us for the Annual Glacier Nordic Run at Whitefish Mountain Resort on Big Mountain

When: August 21, 2010 at 9:15 am

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This run is a fund raiser for the Gacier Nordic Ski Team. Participants may walk, hike or run the Danny On Trail. This trail is 3.8 miles long climbing 2200 vertitcal feet to the summit of Big Mountain. The course will use this popular hiking trail which begins in the Upper Village. Only event participants will be allowed to ride the lift down for free, otherwise day passes are available.

Questions?  Please contact Cameron Blake blakegray@centurytel.net

MTN IN CHARGE: Josh Knight, joshk@skiwhitefish.com .

VOLUNTEERS: please let us know if you are interested in volunteering/overseeing this event. reply below or contact - blakegray@centurytel.net

Nordic Skiers were welcomed to the 2^nd annual ‘Great American Broken Binding Ski Marathon’ with blue skies and fast conditions on February 21^st.  The race was held at Stillwater Nordic Center, 8 miles north of Whitefish.  Race distances included the 48km, 32km, 16km, 3.2km and a fun kids race on the ‘Winkler Loop’ for the tiny tots.

Hamilton resident Annie Creighton, who has won the OSCR in Seeley for the last 10 years, added the Broken Binding title to her list.  She was the overall winner in the 48km race for women, followed by Whitefish resident, Brenda Winkler.

The men were led in 48km race by Ryan Dye, followed by Rich Graves, both of Whitefish.  Full results posted under ‘results’ tab.

 Thank you to all of our participants, sponsors and volunteers!  We could not do this without you.

Gravityshots.com captured this unique aerial perspective of the race with this video.  Thank you to Jeff and Adele Scholl!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4ndfcg0WUo

We had a great turnout at the glacier glide yesterday, nearly 80 skiers competed.  Craig Prather, of Great Northern Cycles, did a great job pulling off this event including massing all of the volunteers and sponsors.  Thanks to Linda Grady and her group of timing volunteers.  Linda used the Glide to test a new state of the art timing system purchased for the Western States Ski Festival to held February 27th and 27th (see events page for more information).

The course was impeccable thanks to Marc Venery, GNC head groomer and his team of helpers.  The chili feed was awesome thanks to Whitefish Lake Restuarant.

We ran a circuit race, a 1 km loop, 1 longer approx. 5 km loop, 3 laps for 10 km, and 5 laps for 20 km.  The course was fast and included some technical uphills and downhills that had you holding on.  It was a great event for both racers and spectators who cheered the racers along every lap throughout the morning.

It was a great day for the Glacier Nordic Ski Team who were at the top of the podeum with 1st place overall wins in 5, 10, and 20 km events.  Abaygail Wambeke and Eric Holdusen came away with the win for the 1st km race.  Anne Miller and Jack Steele took 1st overall for the 10 km distance.  Stella Holt and Connor Gray took first overall in the 5 km race.  Glacier Nordic Ski Team Coaches, Ben Morely and Brenda Winkler came away with the 1st place overall in the 20 km race.  For more results see results page.

Skiers will be racing on the north side of the course Sunday AM.

DUE TO THE THIN SNOWPACK, CUTTING ACROSS FAIRWAYS, GREENS AND TEE BOXES CAUSES DAMAGE TO THE GOLF COURSE TERRAIN. PLEASE DO NOT COMPROMISE OUR SKIING PRIVELAGES AT THE WHITEFISH LAKE GOLF CLUB. SKI ON ESTABLISHED TRAILS ONLY.

Click on the grooming links to the right for more info

Help us raise $5,000. 

We have a donor who will match it to buy an environmentally friendly Skidoo Skandic Super Wide Four Stroke! 

See additional detail in the 2010 Newsletter (link below). 

Click here to see the November 2009  Glacier Nordic Club Newsletter Final GNC Newsletter 2009_2010

GLACIER NORDIC

“Season Kickoff”

 It’s a POTLUCK

 SATURDAY

DECEMBER 5, 2009

Rocky Mountain Lodge

(Best Western Hotel)

6510 Hwy 93 South

Whitefish, MT

 5:30 pm: GNC Annual Meeting

6:00 pm: Food, Fun and Friends!

 Bring your favorite appetizer, entrée or dessert & serving utensils

Bring your own plate, utensils & favorite beer stein or glass

Date : 22 August 2009       From : 9:00am   To : 12:00pm
Category : General

Description:

Glacier Nordic Run
Revised 5/ 4 /2009
August 22nd, 2009
DESCRIPTION:
This Annual Run is a fund raiser for the Flathead Valley’s Glacier Nordic Ski Team. Participants my walk, hike or run the Danny On Trail. This trail is approx. 3 ½ miles long climbing 2200 vertitcal feet. The course will use this popular hiking trail which begins in the Upper Village. The course then races up the Danny On to the Big Mountain Summit, approx 3.8 miles. Only event participants will be allowed to ride the lift down for free, otherwise day passes are available.
The Brewfest is the same Saturday, so there will be lots of action in the village from great brews, to food, music, art and good times.

SCHEDULE:
Registration: 8:00 – 9:00 am at the Danny One Trailhead with assistance from club members. Trailhead located in the Upper Village, next to the Hellroaring Saloon and the Alpinglow.

Start: 9:15 am, start at the Danny On Trailhead in the Upper Village (near Hellroaring Saloon)

Awards: ceremony on Summit House deck immediately following the race, at approximately 10:30. .

FEES:
$10 per individual
$20 per family
$5 Juniors (16 and under)

Proceeds will benefit Glacier Nordic Club.

GROUP IN CHARGE: Glacier Nordic Club. Please contact the club with any questions.
Larry Bruce – 270.5009

MTN IN CHARGE: Josh Knight, joshk@skiwhitefish.com .

VOLUNTEERS: provided by Glacier Nordic club

final-nov08-newsletter

Hey guys, click on the link to read our November 2008 newsletter.