Learn to cross country ski in Canada
| country: | Canada |
| location: | Kootenay National Park, Canadian Rockies |
| price: | From CA $1585 (7 days) excluding flights |
description
This week long instructional cross country ski week is the perfect skiing holiday for the novice to advanced cross country skier.
Great trails, expert coaching, fun & adventure make this an experience you will not forget. Participation in our Classic Loppet is included in this program. This mountain resort is nestled in the Canadian Rockies beside Kootenay National Park and offers guests a recreational and leisure environment situated right out the front door of our luxurious lodge and cabin accommodations.
Accommodation: The Lodge (sleeps 13): Finished in 1998, the lodge is an impressive timber frame building comfortably accommodating 13 guests in luxurious style and classic rustic decor. The lodge faces the vistas and valley of Kootenay National Park in the Canadian Rockies and is perfect for group events among friends or families, or work colleagues. There are two bedrooms on the upper level, and two bedrooms on the lower. The main level features a full size kitchen adjoining a large dining area, with a BBQ outside on the porch. At the far end is the Great Room with a stone fireplace. There are two complete bathrooms and there is a wood-burning stove on the lower level.
The Cabins (sleep 2-6): We also offer accommodations in unique, luxurious self-contained log cabins furnished to compliment the natural setting. Each cabin has a spectacular view and our extensive trail system is right out your front door. There are six cabins in total (2 smaller ones, and 4 larger ones) and each one offers guests a number of facilities. All of the cabins come with fully equipped kitchens, all linens, towels, toiletries, paper products, soaps, cleaning products, & gas BBQ's are here waiting for you. All you require is your own food, refreshments, clothing and recreational equipment.
Price includes accommodation for 7 nights, all meals, coaching in classic and skate skiing, theory sessions, trail fees, waxes as well as entry into the Nipika Classic Loppet, and social activities. Participants are required to bring their own skis, boots, poles, (rental ski equipment is available on request), warm clothing and alcoholic beverages of choice.
Great trails, expert coaching, fun & adventure make this an experience you will not forget. Participation in our Classic Loppet is included in this program. This mountain resort is nestled in the Canadian Rockies beside Kootenay National Park and offers guests a recreational and leisure environment situated right out the front door of our luxurious lodge and cabin accommodations.
Accommodation: The Lodge (sleeps 13): Finished in 1998, the lodge is an impressive timber frame building comfortably accommodating 13 guests in luxurious style and classic rustic decor. The lodge faces the vistas and valley of Kootenay National Park in the Canadian Rockies and is perfect for group events among friends or families, or work colleagues. There are two bedrooms on the upper level, and two bedrooms on the lower. The main level features a full size kitchen adjoining a large dining area, with a BBQ outside on the porch. At the far end is the Great Room with a stone fireplace. There are two complete bathrooms and there is a wood-burning stove on the lower level.
The Cabins (sleep 2-6): We also offer accommodations in unique, luxurious self-contained log cabins furnished to compliment the natural setting. Each cabin has a spectacular view and our extensive trail system is right out your front door. There are six cabins in total (2 smaller ones, and 4 larger ones) and each one offers guests a number of facilities. All of the cabins come with fully equipped kitchens, all linens, towels, toiletries, paper products, soaps, cleaning products, & gas BBQ's are here waiting for you. All you require is your own food, refreshments, clothing and recreational equipment.
Price includes accommodation for 7 nights, all meals, coaching in classic and skate skiing, theory sessions, trail fees, waxes as well as entry into the Nipika Classic Loppet, and social activities. Participants are required to bring their own skis, boots, poles, (rental ski equipment is available on request), warm clothing and alcoholic beverages of choice.
day-by-day itinerary
| Day 1: | Arrival, check-in, dinner & welcome reception/orientation in the Lodge. |
| Day 2: | Morning: check out your equipment, and morning introductory classic ski session. Afternoon: skate tour of trails. Evening: introductory waxing techniques. |
| Day 3: | Morning: classic session. Afternoon: skate. Evening: ski videos World Cups, Olympics. |
| Day 4: | Ski tour to the Continental Divide via Aurora creek. Evening: Wolf Movie. |
| Day 5: | Morning: downhill techniques on skate skis. Afternoon: long distance ski on Loppet course on classic skis. |
| Day 6: | Morning: skate session. Afternoon: ski tuning and prep for the Loppet evening rest & preparation for Loppet. |
| Day 7: | 36 km Classic Loppet, evening banquet in Lodge. |
| Day 8: | Short relaxing ski & checkout at 11am. |
how this holiday makes a difference
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As an eco-resort, we operate in harmony with its beautiful, natural environment. Our philosophy is to fully engage and enjoy the spectacular setting using self propelled activities, while utilizing clean energy sources, and recycling everything we can. It is our goal to enjoy the Rocky Mountains in non-consumptive ways.
The resorts power is sourced from the sun, the stream, and the forest. We are completely off grid. Being solar & micro-hydro powered, all of the eco-resort’s electricity is generated via clean and natural means. The majority of the resorts heating needs are satisfied by salvaging dead wood from the woodlot and burning it in a central boiler to provide hot water heating to the guest cabins and other buildings. Hot water is supplied using the same system. All of the buildings and much of the furniture at the resort have been built from trees killed by the Mountain Pine Beetles. Our employees selectively horse-log the woodlot, mill the dead wood on our own bandsaw mill, and build everything on site, in their woodworking shop. The team creates all of their own designs and do all the construction themselves. They take great pride in the fact that the majority of the building materials are selectively pulled from the surrounding forest from trees that are already dead. We take our environmental stewardship responsibilities seriously and therefore all of the forestry activities are done to enhance the wildlife habitat and recreational values of the land. Motorized vehicles are not permitted on the trail system, and hunting is not permitted here. The Bill Yearling Interpretive Cabin provides a home for our environmental learning center. Guests can access information on all aspects of our natural surroundings, history, and culture in this historic, interpretive facility. Anyone wishing to tour our facilities and learn more about the eco-resort can simply ask any staff members, and an educational tour will be arranged. The primary goal at the mountain resort is to offer comfortable accommodations and exciting and interesting activities in a sustainable, non-consumptive manner. |
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