Strathcona Nordic Ski Club

Strathcona Nordic Ski Club Welcome! Strathcona Nordic Ski Club (SNSC), Vancouver Island’s cross-country ski club, based at t SNSC is Vancouver Island’s cross-country ski club.

Welcome to the Strathcona Nordic Ski Club (SNSC) facebook site.. We are based in the beautiful nordic ski area of Mount Washington Alpine Resort near Courtenay, BC. Mount Washington has over 55 km of groomed trails that cover a variety of terrain — everything to satisfy the beginner, the advanced nordic skier, and everyone in between. We are a not-for-profit society dedicated to skier development and the promotion of nordic skiing for fun, fitness, recreation, and health. We are also working to improve the infrastructure and facilities for nordic skiers on Vancouver Island.

❤️You come for the skiing. You stay for everything else. ❤️Ask anyone who’s been part of Strathcona Nordic Ski Club for ...
10/10/2026

❤️You come for the skiing. You stay for everything else. ❤️
Ask anyone who’s been part of Strathcona Nordic Ski Club for a few years what makes it special, and chances are they won’t just talk about the skiing. They’ll talk about the friendships made on the trails. The early mornings at Mount Washington. The hot chocolate after a cold day. The laughter, the encouragement, the celebrations, and the familiar faces that make a winter day feel like coming home.
They’ll talk about kids who started out barely able to stand on skis and are now flying down the trails with their friends. Parents who signed up to help out and discovered a whole new community of their own.

Because somewhere along the way, a ski program becomes something bigger. It’s a community. It’s a winter tradition. It’s a place to belong.

Whether you’re four or eighty-four, brand new to skiing or someone who’s been gliding along for decades, there’s a place for you at SNSC.

And we’d love to have you be part of it. 💚
📅 Registration opens October 15!
🔗 www.strathconanordics.com (http://www.strathconanordics.com/)

❄️SNSC REGISTRATION OPENS OCTOBER 15!❄️New to Strathcona Nordic? Returning for another season? Here’s how to get registe...
10/10/2026

❄️SNSC REGISTRATION OPENS OCTOBER 15!❄️
New to Strathcona Nordic? Returning for another season? Here’s how to get registered and ready for winter! ❄️

BEFORE OCTOBER 15
✅ Explore our programs and choose the best fit for you or your family.
✅ For Marmots, decide whether Level 5 or Level 6 is right for your skier.
✅ Consider your preferred session days where options are available.
✅ Remember that Mount Washington trail passes are purchased separately through the resort.

HOW TO REGISTER ON OCTOBER 15
1️⃣ Visit Zone4.ca
Search for Strathcona Nordic Ski Club or follow the registration link on our website.
2️⃣ Enter your information
Follow the registration form to add yourself or your family members. Good news: you don’t need to create a Zone4 account!
3️⃣ Select your membership and programs
Choose the appropriate club membership and follow the available program registration options.
4️⃣ Complete the registration details
Fill in the required information, review any volunteer opportunities or commitments, and complete the necessary acknowledgements.
5️⃣ Review and check out
Double-check your selections, complete payment and watch for your registration confirmation by email.

🙌 A WORD ABOUT VOLUNTEERING
SNSC runs on the energy of our incredible volunteers! From coaching and helping at events to supporting club activities, there are plenty of ways to get involved.

Interested in coaching? We help new coaches get trained and cover eligible certification costs. No previous coaching experience required!

QUESTIONS? WE’RE HERE TO HELP!
Visit www.strathconanordics.com (http://www.strathconanordics.com/) or reach out to mailto:[email protected].
🏔️ Ages 4 and up. There’s a place for everyone at SNSC.

❄️NORDIC SKIING IS FOR EVERYONE!Spotlight on ParaNordic at SNSC ❄️There’s more than one way to enjoy cross-country skiin...
10/09/2026

❄️NORDIC SKIING IS FOR EVERYONE!
Spotlight on ParaNordic at SNSC ❄️

There’s more than one way to enjoy cross-country skiing, and we believe everyone deserves the opportunity to experience the freedom, fun, and adventure of being out on the snow!

ParaNordic skiing makes cross-country skiing accessible to people with a wide range of varying abilities. Whether skiing standing or seated using specialized equipment, there are opportunities to get involved from recreational skiing and trying something new to training and competition. Here’s how you can get involved:

❄️Adaptive Skiing: Specialized equipment and techniques help people with different abilities experience Nordic skiing, including seated skiing using sit skis.

🤝 Instruction & Support: Through our partnership with the Vancouver Island Society for Adaptive Snowsports (VISAS), participants can explore opportunities for specialized instruction and support.

❄️ Give It a Try: VISAS initiatives, including Have-A-Go opportunities and the Snowsports Festival, help introduce more people to adaptive skiing in a welcoming environment.

🏅 Room to Grow: Whether your goal is to enjoy the outdoors, build confidence on skis, or explore competitive ParaNordic skiing, there are opportunities to develop your skills.

At SNSC, we believe Nordic skiing should be a sport for everyone. Different abilities, different goals, but the same opportunity to enjoy everything that makes skiing on Mount Washington so special.

Curious about ParaNordic skiing for yourself, a friend, or a family member? We’d love to help you explore the possibilities!
📩 mailto:[email protected]
🔗 Learn more: http://www.strathconanordics.com/paranordic
More people. More opportunities. More smiles on snow. 💚

🏔️ MARMOT WATCH — Part 5 of 6: The whole pathway, one picture.Where does your skier fit?SNSC programs follow Nordiq Cana...
10/06/2026

🏔️ MARMOT WATCH — Part 5 of 6: The whole pathway, one picture.

Where does your skier fit?

SNSC programs follow Nordiq Canada’s Long-Term Athlete Development pathway — an age- and stage-appropriate progression from a child’s first time on skis through skill development, competition and lifelong participation.

But there isn’t one “right” way through it.

Some kids want to race. Some want to train with their friends. Some simply love being outside on skis. Our job is to give them a place to keep skiing, developing and having fun and the opportunity to choose where the sport takes them.

🐰 Ages 4–5 · BUNNYRABBIT
First adventures on skis, with a parent alongside.

❄️Ages 6–9 · JACKRABBIT L1–4
Building skills, confidence and a love of being on snow.

🏔️ Ages 9–13 · MARMOT L5
The next step after Jackrabbits — more skills, more adventure and optional racing.

🏔️ Ages 9–13 · MARMOT L6
More training, more days on snow and a stronger racing focus, with year-round opportunities. Formerly called Devo.

🏁 Ages 12–18 · JUNIOR RACING
For athletes who want to chase it — Coast Cups, BC Cups, NorAms, Westerns and Nationals.

🔥 Ages 19+ · LEARN TO LOPPET + MASTERS RACE
Because the pathway doesn’t actually end.

The goal isn’t to push every skier toward racing. It’s to help every skier find their next step — whether that means a start line, a lifelong love of Nordic skiing, or simply Sunday mornings on the trails with friends.

There’s a place for all of it at Strathcona.

📅 Registration opens October 15.

Full program pathway and details:
strathconanordics.com/all-current-programs

Some of our favourite members have never registered for a single program. They’re the early-morning skiers. The couples ...
10/04/2026

Some of our favourite members have never registered for a single program.

They’re the early-morning skiers. The couples who’ve spent winter after winter exploring the trails together. The volunteers who help year after year, time races or pour hot chocolate and then head out on the trails simply because they love to ski.

Being part of the Strathcona Nordic Ski Club doesn’t have to mean joining a program or lining up for a race. Sometimes it just means being part of a community that loves 55 km of groomed Nordic trails, winter on Vancouver Island, and getting outside. ❄️

And your membership comes with some pretty great perks too. SNSC members have access to discounts with local partners and Nordic brands, including Ski Tak Hut, Rundle Nordic, KV+, ZIZU Optics, SkiWax.ca, Kal Tire, NordiqPlus+ and more. There’s also a 10% discount at the Raven Lodge Store at Mount Washington.

Membership also connects you to year-round club activities without having to register for a program.

So if you’ve been skiing our trails for years but haven’t joined the club yet, maybe this is your year.

SNSC membership opens October 15.
Come for the trails. Stay for the community. And enjoy a few perks along the way. 💙

JUNIOR RACING · Ages 12–18For young athletes who want to see how far they can go.Junior Racing is SNSC’s year-round comp...
10/01/2026

JUNIOR RACING · Ages 12–18
For young athletes who want to see how far they can go.
Junior Racing is SNSC’s year-round competitive development program, combining roller skiing, dryland training and on-snow development with opportunities to race locally, provincially and nationally.

🏃 Fall: Dryland and roller skiing
❄️ Winter: Tuesday & Thursday late afternoons + Saturday & Sunday mornings
☀️ Summer: Tuesday & Thursday + weekend sessions
❄️Racing: Coast Cup · BC Cup Series · NorAms · Western Canadians · Nationals

Full- and part-time options are available.

Junior Racing is about more than results. We see competition as a chance for athletes to learn how to prepare, race with intention, support their teammates, give their best effort and reflect on what they’ve learned. The medals and results are exciting. The athlete you become along the way matters even more.

Registration opens October 15.
Questions? 📧 contact us at [email protected]

⚡ Want to go faster this winter?MASTERS RACE · Ages 19+Masters Race is for adult skiers who want to train, improve and m...
09/29/2026

⚡ Want to go faster this winter?
MASTERS RACE · Ages 19+
Masters Race is for adult skiers who want to train, improve and maybe test themselves on a start line all in a keen, friendly group.

You’ll work on both classic and skate technique, follow a structured training plan, and train with SNSC Head Coach Bertrand Hamoumraoui throughout the season.

🍂 Dryland · October–November
Trail running, hiking, roller skiing and ski striding get things rolling before the snow arrives.

❄️ On snow · December–March

Regular coached sessions continue through the winter, building fitness, technique and race readiness.

🏁 Want to race?
There are opportunities throughout the season, including the BC Cup Series, Vancouver Island Loppet, Tour de Strathcona and P’ayakentsut.

You don’t have to be the fastest skier out there. You just need to enjoy training, improving and occasionally seeing how fast you can go.

Registration opens October 15.
🔗 Full program details at strathconanordics.com/masters-race
RollerSki

MARMOTS RUNNING FOR MARMOTS 🏔️There were plenty of familiar SNSC faces on the trails at Mount Washington last weekend fo...
09/27/2026

MARMOTS RUNNING FOR MARMOTS 🏔️
There were plenty of familiar SNSC faces on the trails at Mount Washington last weekend for the first-ever Monster Marmot Trail Run!

Our athletes traded skis and rollerskis for running shoes and took on the 5K and 10K courses across some pretty challenging mountain terrain. More importantly, it was a great community event supporting a species that’s pretty close to our hearts here on Vancouver Island, the Vancouver Island marmot.

The event raised an incredible $9,000 for the Marmot Recovery Foundation, helping support the ongoing recovery and return of marmots to the wild.

We loved seeing so many SNSC athletes, families and friends out there training, racing, smiling and enjoying our home mountain in a completely different season.

Turns out our Marmots are pretty good without snow too. ❄️🏃
Big thanks to Mount Washington Alpine Resort and everyone involved in putting on such a fun event and congratulations to everyone who took on the Monster!
NordicSkiin

🏔️ MARMOT WATCH — Part 4 of 6: What goes into a Marmot season?Registration opens October 15, so here’s the full picture ...
09/27/2026

🏔️ MARMOT WATCH — Part 4 of 6: What goes into a Marmot season?
Registration opens October 15, so here’s the full picture of what you’ll need for a season with the Marmots.
❄️ Your Marmot program
Level 5: choose one or two days per week.
Level 6: two or three days per week, with a bigger training and racing commitment.
❄️ SNSC membership
❄️ Sport association fees
Marmots are registered with Cross Country BC and Nordiq Canada. Because the program is run in partnership with the Vancouver Island Biathlon Club, applicable Biathlon BC and Biathlon Canada fees are also part of the registration.
❄️ Mount Washington trail pass
Your trail pass is purchased separately through Mount Washington.
We want everything to be clear before registration day. Current pricing and full details are on the SNSC website, and you’ll see the applicable costs in Zone4 before completing payment.
Registration opens October 15.

🏁 Eight weeks. One finish line. A whole lot of skiing in between.MASTERS REC — LEARN TO LOPPET · Ages 19+Looking for a l...
09/24/2026

🏁 Eight weeks. One finish line. A whole lot of skiing in between.

MASTERS REC — LEARN TO LOPPET · Ages 19+
Looking for a little more direction with your Nordic skiing this winter? Learn to Loppet is eight weeks of coached skiing designed to help you build your technique, confidence and fitness with the 2027 Vancouver Island Loppet waiting at the finish line.

❄️ 8 coached sessions
❄️ 4 classic + 4 skate
❄️ One session per week
❄️ Thursday, Saturday or Sunday morning options
❄️ Vancouver Island Loppet entry included

This program is for recreational skiers who are already comfortable with both classic and skate skiing and want to improve their skills, ski with a great group and work toward a fun end-of-season goal.

You don’t need to be a racer. You just need to be ready to ski, learn and give the Loppet a go.

Registration opens October 15.
Learn more at strathconanordics.com/masters-rec

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